Leonardo Augusto Bonifácio (born 14 January 1983 in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná), commonly known as Léo Bonfim, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for S.C. Salgueiros 08 in Portugal as a central defender.

Léo Bonfim
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Augusto Bonifácio
Date of birth (1983-01-14) 14 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Salgueiros 08
Youth career
1997–1998 Cruzeiro
1998–2001 Vila Nova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Serra FC
2006 Portuguesa
2007 Ceará
2007–2008 Vitória Setúbal 1 (0)
2008–2009 Gondomar 7 (0)
2009–2010 Olimpija Ljubljana 19 (2)
2010–2012 Boavista 31 (1)
2012–2013 Naval 5 (0)
2013– Salgueiros 08 23 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2014

Football career

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After playing youth football for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and Vila Nova Futebol Clube, Léo Bonfim began his senior career in 2002 with amateurs Sociedade Desportiva Serra Futebol Clube. Four years later he competed with Associação Portuguesa de Desportos in the Série B, remaining in the same division in the next season, with Ceará Sporting Club.

During the winter transfer window of 2007–08, Portuguese top level team Vitória de Setúbal brought Bonfim to his ranks. After only one league match during the entire campaign he left for another team in the country, second division's Gondomar SC.

In the 2009 summer Bonfim signed with NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian First League, but after one season he returned to Portugal, joining Boavista F.C. in level three.

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