Leandro Moreira dos Santos, commonly known as Leandro Santos is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for Treze.

Career

Born in

Rondonópolis Rondonópolis (formerly known as Rio Vermelho (Red River)) is the third-largest Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is located around from Cuiabá, the capital of the state. The city is named for military officer and ...

, Leandro Santos joined Portuguesa at the age of sixteen. He made his professional debut in the

2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2006, namely the second division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 teams. The tournament started in April 2006 and ended on November 25 of 2006. The 20 teams played home and away matches against each o ...

season opener against São Raimundo-AM on 15 April 2006. During his career with Portuguesa he was loaned to

Coruripe Coruripe is a municipality located in the southern coast of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 57,294 (2020) and its area is 913 km².IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de G ...

and

Monte Azul Monte Azul is a municipality in the north of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The population is 20,696 (2020 est.) in an area of 994 km². The elevation is 582 meters. It became a municipality in 1878. The postal code (CEP) is 39500-000. Th ...

, being one of the highlights of the team who won promotion to the top division of São Paulo state football at the latter. In July 2009, he joined São Caetano, where he again competed in Série B. In the final year of his contract he had loan spells at Monte Azul for a second time, and

Mirassol Mirassol is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located in the northern part of the state, 453 km from the city of São Paulo and 15 km from São José do Rio Preto. Mirassol has 60,303 inhabitants (IBGE/2020). ...

, where he would represent the club in

2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D In 2012, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of the Brazilian League, was contested for the fourth time. Forty clubs competed, four of which eventually qualified for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C to be contested in 2013. ...

. In September 2013, he signed an agreement to play in the

2013 Campeonato Paulista The 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2013 for sponsorship reasons ) was the 112th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. It was won for the 2 ...

with Linense. He was one of four player signed by

Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino, commonly known as Bragantino, is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista S ...

from Linense in mid-2013, agreeing a one-year deal to play in

2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2013 was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It is contested by 20 clubs, between May 24 and November 30. The top four teams will have access to Série A in 2014 and ...

and

2014 Campeonato Paulista The 2014 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2014 Paulistão Chevrolet for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Format *In the first ...

. He stayed with the club for the

2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2014 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It is contested by 20 clubs, between April 18 and November 28. The top four teams will be promoted to Série A in 2015 an ...

, but suffered injury and lost his place, signing in June 2014 with Penapolense to play in Série D. Leandro Santos played

2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2015 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It is contested by 20 clubs, between May 9 and November 28. The top four teams will have access to Série A in 2016 and ...

and

2016 Campeonato Paulista The 2016 Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 115th season of São Paulo (state), São Paulo's top professional football league. Format *In the first stage the twenty teams are ...

with Oeste, before signing with Guarani in April 2016. He secured promotion with the club from Série C, and signed up for the 2017 season. From 2018 to 2020, Leandro Santos played in the lower division of Paulista football, firstly returning to Portuguesa, then with Comercial and

Desportivo Brasil Desportivo Brasil Participações Ltda., commonly referred to as Desportivo Brasil, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Porto Feliz, São Paulo. The team competes in the Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third tier of t ...

. In January 2021, Leandro Santos signed for Treze.

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