Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza

Leonardo Nascimento Lopes De Souza (born 28 May 1997) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Leonardo
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Nascimento
Lopes De Souza
Date of birth (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997
Place of birth Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 45
Youth career
2010–2012 Red Bull Brasil
2012–2016 Corinthians
2014–2016 → Ituano FC (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Santos 0 (0)
2017 → Santos B (loan) 16 (3)
2017 → Rio Verde GO (loan) 3 (0)
2018 Gainare Tottori 31 (24)
2019 Albirex Niigata 38 (28)
2020– Urawa Red Diamonds 8 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2020 12:56 (UTC)

Career

Leonardo grew in the Santos youth ranks and then he was loaned to the B-team, where he scored three goals in 16 games.[1] Gainare Tottori wanted to scout him, so GM Masayuki Okano and returning Fernandinho went to Brazil to see with their own eyes the striker and another player, Vitor Gabriel. In January 2018, the Tottori-based club signed both class '97 for their incoming 2018 season.[2]

After a top-scorer season with Albirex Niigata, scoring 28 goals in the 2019 J2 League, the Brazilian striker signed for Urawa Red Diamonds in the J1 League.[3]

Urawa Red Diamonds

Leonardo made his debut for Urawa in the club's match against Vegalta Sendai in the 2020 J.League Cup group stage on 16 February 2020. He scored twice in the first-half as Urawa won 5–2.[4] He made his league debut five days later and scored the club's second goal of a 3–2 away victory at Shonan Bellmare.[5]

Club statistics

Updated to 8 July 2020.[6]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Other Total
Club Season League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Gainare Tottori2018J3 League312420––––3324
Albirex Niigata2019J2 League382800––––3828
Urawa Red Diamonds2020J1 League320012––44
Total 72542012007556

Honours

Individual

  • J3 League top scorer: 2018 (24 goals)[7]
  • J2 League top scorer: 2019 (28 goals)[8]
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References
  1. "［移籍］ガイナーレ鳥取、名門サントスから期待の若手FW獲得！ さらなるブラジル人補強も……｜theWORLD（ザ・ワールド）｜世界中のサッカーを楽しもう！". www.theworldmagazine.jp. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. "レオナルド選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ". ガイナーレ鳥取 オフィシャルサイト. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. "レオナルド 選手 浦和レッズに完全移籍のお知らせ". Albirex (in Japanese). 25 December 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. "J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP GROUP STAGE 1st Sec". JLeague. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. "Shonan 2:3 Urawa". JLeague. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 273 out of 289)
  7. https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J3
  8. https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J2
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