Leopoldo Roberto Markovsky (born 29 August 1983), known as Léo Paulista, is a Brazilian former

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 lea ...

who played as a striker.

Club career

Léo Paulista's career began with

SE Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...

- his hometown team. In 2002, he was loaned to

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ese club Yokohama F. Marinos. In 2004, he transferred to Londrina EC on loan for two seasons. Returning to SE Palmeiras, he played out the 2006 season. In the spring of 2007, he transferred to the São Paulo club CA Juventus, but within six months moved to CRB. In 2008, a further shift was made to another São Paulo club,

Bragantino Red Bull 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 Série A1, the highest level ...

. In June 2008, Leo trialled for second tier Polish club

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

. On 3 July 2008, he signed a two-year contract with the club. However, his move to Poland was not successful, and after only 8 league games, Léo Paulista returned to East Asia. In July 2009, he signed with Korean K-League club

Daegu FC Daegu FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was relegated at the ...

, joining them for the second half of the 2009 K-League season. Léo Paulista played an important part in improving the winning record of Daegu FC, the club having only won a single league game by the time Leo joined the team. Léo Paulista would score 4 goals in 14 appearances in the

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, and helped put together a four-game winning streak, which although not improving their final league position, at least ensured the team finished the season more positively than it seemed mid-season. Léo Paulista,who was unattached after end of the contract with

, moved to

Volta Redonda Volta Redonda () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) and with a pop ...

in February 2011. In January 2012, Léo Paulista signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Tunisian club

Étoile Sportive du Sahel Étoile Sportive du Sahel (), known as ES Sahel or simply ESS for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Sousse in the Sahel, Tunisia, Sahel region of Tunisia. Their home stadium, Sousse Olympic Stadium, has a capacity of 50,000 spectators ...

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