Léo Souza

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is de Souza.
Léo Souza
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza
Date of birth (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Sorocaba, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Ulsan Hyundai
(on loan from Shandong Taishan)
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2012 Red Bull Brasil
2012–2014 Corinthians
2015–2016 Ituano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Ituano 0 (0)
2017 Santos 0 (0)
2017 → Rio Verde (loan) 3 (0)
2018 Gainare Tottori 31 (24)
2019 Albirex Niigata 38 (28)
2020 Urawa Red Diamonds 24 (11)
2021– Shandong Taishan 8 (1)
2021 → Hebei (loan) 12 (1)
2022– → Ulsan Hyundai (loan) 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 February 2022

Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza (born 28 May 1997), known as Léo Souza or simply Leonardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for K League 1 club Ulsan Hyundai on loan from Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan.

Career[]

Léo Souza 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[]

Léo Souza 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]

Shandong Taishan[]

On 22 February 2021, Léo Souza joined Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan.[6]

On 30 July 2021, Léo Souza joined fellow Chinese Super League club Hebei F.C. on loan.[7]

On 24 February 2022, Léo Souza joined K League 1 club Ulsan Hyundai on loan.[8]

Club statistics[]

As of 24 February 2022.[9][10]
Club Season League State League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ituano 2015 Paulista — 0 0 — — — 6[a] 1 6 1
2016 Série D 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 — — — 6 1 6 1
Santos 2017 Série A 0 0 — 0 0 — — 14[a] 2 14 2
Rio Verde (loan) 2017 Goiano — 3 0 — — — — 3 0
Gainare Tottori 2018 J3 League 31 24 — 2 0 — — — 33 24
Albirex Niigata 2019 J2 League 38 28 — 0 0 — — — 38 28
Urawa Red Diamonds 2020 J1 League 28 11 — 0 0 2 2 — — 30 13
Shandong Taishan 2021 Chinese Super League 8 1 — 0 0 — — — 8 1
Hebei (loan) 12 1 — 0 0 — — — 12 1
Ulsan Hyundai 2022 K League 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 117 65 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 20 3 141 70
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista

Honours[]

Individual

  • J3 League top scorer: 2018 (24 goals)[11]
  • J2 League top scorer: 2019 (28 goals)[12]

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. ^ "官方：浦和前锋莱昂纳多正式加盟山东泰山". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ^ "河北队官宣席尔瓦＆莱昂纳多＆雷腾龙三人加盟". Sina Sport. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ "官方：山东泰山外援莱昂纳多加盟蔚山现代". Dongqiudi. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ Leonardo at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  11. ^ https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J3
  12. ^ https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J2

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