Leandro Marcolini Pedroso de Almeida (born 19 March 1982), generally known as Leandro, is a former professional footballer who played mainly as a

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. Born in Brazil, he played for the Hungary national team.

Club career

He has also played for Brazilian clubs

Londrina Londrina (, literally "Little London") is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is 388 km (241 miles) away from the state capital, Curitiba. It is the second largest city in the state and f ...

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Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

, and Hungarian clubs

Debrecen Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the large ...

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, MTK, Haladás and

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Omonia

In January 2010, he signed a contract with Cypriot side Omonia. He broke into the first team very quickly and he soon became a key player for the successful 2009–10 league campaign. He scored in a 2010

Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is ...

final against

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

to send the match to penalties, which were eventually won by Omonia. At the end of the season, Omonia won the

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

, with Leandro contributing heavily by scoring it the extra-time of semi-final against

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. For the 2011–12 season, he was named third captain of Omonia, behind

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and

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. During that season, the Brazilian faced many injury problems and performed poorly. Eventually, he stayed with the club and participated in the preparation with no problems, and not only he won a position in the starting lineup but became captain of the team.

Ferencváros

On 16 June 2020, he became champions with Ferencváros again after beating Honvéd at the

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion () is a multi-purpose stadium in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary. The stadium was opened on 13 October 2016. It was renamed after the MTK Budapest FC, MTK Budapest and Hungary national football team, Hungary footballer ...

on the 30th match day of the

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season.

International career

After residing in Hungary for 5 years since the age of 17, he became a naturalized citizen of Hungary. He has since played for

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. Leandro's début came on 1 June 2004, in a match against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

MTK Hungária *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

: 1999–2000 Ferencvárosi *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: 2003–04 * Magyar Kupa: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2016–17 Atlético Paranaense *

Campeonato Paranaense The Campeonato Paranaense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is run by the Paraná Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Notes * In 1924 Internacional and América merged in ...

: 2005 Debrecen * Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2006–07, 2008–09 * Magyar Kupa: 2007–08 *

Szuperkupa The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between ...

: 2007, 2009 Omonia *

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

: 2009–10 *

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, 2011–12 *

: 2010, 2012

External links

Brazilian FA archive
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leandro 1982 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Hungary men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football fullbacks MTK Budapest FC players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Debreceni VSC players Szombathelyi Haladás footballers Büki TK Bükfürdő footballers Club Athletico Paranaense players AC Omonia players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Nemzeti Bajnokság III players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Cypriot First Division players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Hungarian people of Brazilian descent People from Cornélio Procópio Naturalized citizens of Hungary Brazilian emigrants to Hungary Footballers from Paraná (state) Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Naturalised association football players 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen