Léo Veloso

Léo Veloso
Personal information
Full name	Leonardo Henrique Veloso
Date of birth	May 29, 1987 (age 34)
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
2007–2010	Willem II
2010–2011	CFR Cluj
2012–2013	Chornomorets Odesa
2014	Goiás
2015	Santa Cruz
2016–2017	São Bernardo
2017	Ferroviária
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:23, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Leonardo "Léo" Henrique Veloso (born May 29, 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Career[]

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[]

Player[]

CFR Cluj

Liga I: 2009–10
Romanian Cup: 2009–10

References[]

External links[]

Profile at the Brazilian Football Confederation's page (in Portuguese)
Léo Veloso at Soccerway
Léo Veloso at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com

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