Leonardo "Léo" Henrique Veloso (born May 29, 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Henrique Veloso | ||
| Date of birth | May 29, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atlético Mineiro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Willem II | 40 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | CFR Cluj | 20 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Chornomorets Odesa | 7 | (1) |
| 2014 | Goiás | 11 | (0) |
| 2015 | Santa Cruz | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | São Bernardo | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | Ferroviária | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:23, 20 April 2019 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Veloso was born in Pedro Leopoldo. During his youth, he played for Atlético Mineiro in Belo Horizonte. His prosperous background gave him quite a wealthy youth. After playing a few years in the Atlético Mineiro reserve squad, he moved to the Netherlands with his wife Bruna Cypriano Veloso in January 2008. He signed a two and a half year contract with Willem II Tilburg. For the first half a year, he did not play for the senior squad because he had adaptation problems. He made his professional debut on August 30, 2008 in a 2–1 home win against Ajax.
In February 2010, he signed with Romanian side CFR Cluj. In January 2012, he joined Ukrainian side Chornomorets.
Honours edit
Player edit
CFR Cluj
References edit
External links edit
- Profile at the Brazilian Football Confederation's page (in Portuguese)
- Léo Veloso at Soccerway
- Léo Veloso at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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