Leonardo de Jesus Geraldo (born 4 August 1985), known as Leonardo Jesus or just Léo, is a Brazilian

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, usually playing as a wing-back.

Career

Portuguesa

Born in

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, Leonardo Jesus started his career with

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. After made his national league debut at 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, he signed a new -year contract with club in August 2005. In 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, he was the regular start of the team, played 18 out of 21 games and 11 out of 12 games in champion playoffs. He missed twice due to suspension (that season he was cautioned 11 times and every 3 cautions suspend once) and rested in round 21. That season ''Lusa'' finished as the 4th. In 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, he played 23 league matches and most notably missed 9 matches from round 11 to 19 and the last 4 matches of the league. He was cautioned 3 times that season but no suspension. He enjoyed his best season in 2007, winning

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, played 35 times in 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, scored 2 goals and just suspended once. That season he was cautioned 5 times in Serie B. Portuguesa finished as the third and promoted to 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He also earned an international cap coached by

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on 9 December. He did not play in

2008 Campeonato Paulista The 2008 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 107th season of São Paulo's top-flight professional association football league. The competition began on January 16 and ended on May 4. Palmeiras won ...

as he was busy in transfer talks.

Olympiacos

Leonardo Jesus was signed by

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

in January 2008. for a reported €2 million paid to ''Lusa'' to buy its 65% economic rights of the player. The rest was owned by a third-party owner

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. In July 2011 his contract was terminated.

Internacional

In June 2010, he was loaned back to Brazil in 1-year deal. However, he suffered from injury and did not play any match for the first team in the 2011 season.

PAOK

On 9 September 2011 Leonardo Jesus signed one-year contract with PAOK. The club keeps the right to break this contract in January 2012, if the player won't meet its expectations.

International career

The left-back was set to be in Brazil's 2008 Olympic football squad and gained his first national cap in a pre-olympic friendly, against Brazil League Best XI. Brazil Olympic eventually lost 0–3. He was then dropped from the preliminary squad.

Career statistics

*Note: State Leagues were marked as league cup
¹ No stats. available for 2004 to 2006 Campeonato Paulista Série A1 and

.
² 3 games in 2010 qualification playoffs for European competitions
³ Not registered in 2010 and 2011 Copa Libertadores
⁴ See note 1 and 2

Honours

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

: 2008, 2009 *

Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 2007–2008, 2008–2009 *

: 2007

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jesus, Leonardo Brazilian footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Super League Greece players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Olympiacos F.C. players Sport Club Internacional players Grêmio Barueri Futebol players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Association football fullbacks People from Carapicuíba 1985 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state)