Léo Pereira

Leonardo "Léo" Pereira (born 31 January 1996) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Flamengo.

Léo Pereira
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Pereira
Date of birth (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Flamengo
Number 4
Youth career
2010–2014 Atlético Paranaense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Atlético Paranaense 58 (5)
2015 → Guaratinguetá (loan) 8 (2)
2015 → Náutico (loan) 5 (0)
2017 → Orlando City B (loan) 8 (0)
2017 → Orlando City (loan) 10 (0)
2020– Flamengo 3 (0)
National team‡
2013 Brazil U17 4 (0)
2015 Brazil U20 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 October 2015

Club career

Atlético Paranaense

Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Léo Pereira finished his formation with Atlético Paranaense. He made his Série A debut on 3 May 2014, replacing Marcos Guilherme in a 2–3 home loss against Cruzeiro.[1] He went on to make a further thirteen league appearances in 2014.

Guaratinguetá (loan)

Pereira joined Guaratinguetá of Série C on loan in August 2015 where he made eight appearances before returning to Atlético in October 2015.[2]

Orlando City (loan)

On March 14, 2017 Pereira joined Orlando City B, the USL affiliate of Orlando City, on a season long loan. He was the first player to move between the two clubs since they became official partners the previous November.[3] After beginning the season with Orlando City B, he was called up to the first team in mid-April and made his MLS debut against San Jose Earthquakes on 17 May 2017.[4]

Flamengo

On 28 January 2020 Flamengo signed Pereira from Athletico Paranaense in a €6.1m transfer.[5]

International career

Pereira has made twelve appearances across two age levels for the Brazilian national team. He received his first call up to the U17s when he was selected for the 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship in April. He made two appearances in Argentina against Peru and Venezuela. His final U17 caps came in October and November when he was called up for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The first coming in the Group Stage against Honduras and the second in a quarter-final penalty shoot-out defeat to Mexico in which Pereira scored a spot-kick in the shoot-out.[6]

Two years later Pereira appeared in five of Brazil's 2015 South American Youth Football Championship matches, with two caps coming against Colombia and the other three coming against Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru who he also scored against. Later that year he played in three of Brazil's 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup matches. The first two came in the Group Stage against Hungary and North Korea, he scored a goal against the latter, and his last U20 World Cup cap was versus Senegal in a 5–0 semi-final win. Brazil subsequently made it to the final which they lost to Serbia, Pereira was an unused substitute.[7]

Career statistics
As of 15 August 2020.[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Athletico Paranaense 2014 Série A 14010—7[lower-alpha 1]0220
2015 0010—2[lower-alpha 1]030
2018 1830010[lower-alpha 2]113[lower-alpha 1]2374
2019 262718[lower-alpha 3]03[lower-alpha 4]0443
Total 585911812521088
Guaratinguetá (loan) 2015 Série C 82———82
Náutico (loan) 2016 Série B 50———50
Orlando City B (loan) 2017 USL 80———80
Orlando City (loan) 2017 MLS 100———100
Flamengo 2020 Série A 30002[lower-alpha 3]011[lower-alpha 5]0160
Career total 9279120136215711
  1. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paranaense.
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
  4. Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance in J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.
  5. One appearance in Recopa Sudamericana, ten appearances in Campeonato Carioca.

Honours
Athletico Paranaense
Flamengo
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References
  1. "Cruzeiro reage duas vezes e consegue virada para cima do Furacão" [Cruzeiro reacts twice and completes comeback over Furacão] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. "Léo Pereira on Soccerway". Soccerway. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. "OCB Acquires Clube Atlético Paranaense Defender Léo Pereira on Loan". Orlando City. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. "Starting XI vs. San Jose". Orlando City. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  5. "Pablo Marí viaja para fechar com o Arsenal, e Flamengo acerta contratação de Léo Pereira, do Athletico". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  6. "Léo Pereira on Soccerway". Soccerway. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. "Léo Pereira on Soccerway". Soccerway. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  8. Léo Pereira at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  9. Vickery, Tim (27 February 2020). "Flamengo's Recopa win over Independiente a stepping stone to more glory". ESPN. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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