Leandro Ricardo Vieira (born 3 April 1979) is a former

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ian

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. He spent most of his career at Brazilian lower division, but made a successful career with Swiss club

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, where he played at

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. Leandro Vieira spent

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with

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

, played once in national league A. In 2004 season he left for Malutrom then signed by

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side

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. In 2005 season he was signed by

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for 2005

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. In July 2005, along with countryman

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, Tiago Bernardini and

Adriano Spadoto Adriano Luís Spadoto (born 19 February 1977 in Piracicaba, São Paulo) is a former Brazilian football player. Career He was signed by Swiss team FC Thun along with Adriano Pimenta in summer 2005. He went to Europe through Josias Lacour, a Fifa ...

were joined

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side

, which he played all 6 group stage matches of

as starter. The small Swiss club reached its highest peak in European competitions that season, eventually losing to

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in 2005–06 UEFA Cup round of 32. He left the club in 2006. In 2007–08 season he was signed by Czech club

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but for its B team. He was injured in October 2008.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vieira, Leandro Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Swiss Super League players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Deportivo Pasto footballers J. Malucelli Futebol players FC Thun players FK Teplice players Men's association football fullbacks Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic J2 League players Kyoto Sanga FC players 1979 births Living people Footballers from Santo André, São Paulo