Leandro "Léo" Ferreira Medeiros (born May 14, 1981, in Recreio), is a Brazilian retired player, manager and politician.
Career as a footballer
Léo Medeiros was a
defensive midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...
who was successful in
Ipatinga ease of play as attacking midfielder, and without the ball as wheel being used well in the scheme of coach
Ney Franco, both in mining and in the club
Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...
.
It has come to Fla in the middle of 2006, along with
Walter Minhoca and
Diego da Silva, also from Jaipur and was the only remaining trio for the year 2007. Working with the Holy Mantle, Medeiros pointed up some goals, but had a very irregular and she alternated changeover good performances in matches and not so inspired.
In 2008, considered disposable by
Joel Santana
Joel Natalino Santana (born 25 December 1955) is a Brazilian football coach and former player. He was recently in charge of Vasco da Gama in 2014.
Biography
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Santana played his entire career as a central defender in his n ...
, Leo was on loan at
Atlético Paranaense prompted by
Ney Franco that this time the team trained Paraná. Failing to keep good performances, the player was still far from the starting lineup at midseason, however, remained on the coaching staff of Curitiba.
In 2009, again dismissed by the coaches, the player was loaned again, this time in
Bahia
Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...
. Bahia arrived at the team carrying the status and salary of crack, about $50 000, resumed between Fla and Bahia. He played the best matches of the club from
Salvador in the first half, but still not pleased the coach
Gallo, still at the beginning of the Brazilian Championship, asked her head and put him to train separately.
By luck or chance, Medeiros saw soon after the coach and disaffection,
Gallo, be dismissed. So it was then reinstated to the team by new coach Bahia,
Paulo Comelli. Though reinstated, Léo Medeiros was no more consensus in Bahia and was eventually released as soon as that team finished the season.
In 2010, he presented himself again to Most Wanted from Brazil to perform the pre-season and was eventually reinstated to the first team squad games
Cariocão. But the player did not take the chance offered by then-coach
Andrade
Andrade (/ɐ̃ˈdɾa.d͡ʒi/ (Brazil), �̃ˈdɾa.ðɨ(Portugal), or �n̪ˈd̪ɾa.ð̞e(Spanish)) is a surname of Kingdom of Galicia, Galician origin, which emerged in the 12th century as the family name of the knights and lords of the sma ...
, who used improvised on the
left back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Defenders fall into four main categ ...
and ended up forgotten in the red-black cast.
In the year 2014, and hung up the boots, the
Nacional de Muriaé and in 2015, assumes another function, now out of the four lines being technical assistant of
Valeriodoce.
Career as a politician
In the
2024 Brazilian municipal elections
Municipal elections took place in Brazil on 6 October 2024, with any runoffs scheduled for 27 October.
Schedule
Voters will choose mayors, vice mayors, and city councillors of 5,570 municipalities in the country. Party conventions to nominate ...
, Medeiros ran for mayor on his hometown of Recreio, and won. He's expected to assume the office on January 1, 2025.
Career statistics
:''(Correct January 17, 2010)''
''according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website and Flaestatística.
Flaestatística
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Honours
* Minas Gerais State League: 2005
* Taça Guanabara
The Taça Guanabara ( English: Guanabara Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to the Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Fe ...
: 2007, 2008
* Rio de Janeiro State League: 2007
References
External links
CBF
soccerterminal
Guardian Stats Centre
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1981 births
Brazilian men's footballers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
Ipatinga Futebol Clube players
Ceará Sporting Club players
Sociedade Esportiva do Gama players
CR Flamengo footballers
Club Athletico Paranaense players
Esporte Clube Bahia players
Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players
Clube do Remo players
Esporte Clube Rio Verde players
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Minas Gerais politicians
Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians
21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
21st-century Brazilian politicians