Leandro Simioni

Leandro Simioni
Personal information
Full name	Leandro Vilas Boas Simioni
Date of birth	29 September 1974 (age 46)
Place of birth	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Nacional (SP)
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Leandro Vilas Boas Simioni (born 29 September 1974), also known as Leandro Testa,^[1] is a Brazilian former professional footballer. In December 2010 Simioni was involved in a car accident in Brazil, he was seriously injured and left paralyzed from the waist down.

Biography[]

Early career[]

Born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo state, Leandro started his career with clubs of the state before moved to Belgian side Cercle Brugge.

Hong Kong and Japan[]

He then moved to Hong Kong and played for Golden, Sai Kung and Yee Hope. He was the top-scorer in 1999–2000 Hong Kong First Division League.^[2]^[3] He was also selected into Hong Kong League XI for several times.^[3] In January 2001 he left Yee Hope and was offered a contract from Matsubara of Brazil, which the club was invested by Japanese.^[2]^{[deprecated source]}He then left for J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos. He left the club in July.

Return to Brazil[]

Leandro then returned to Brazil and played for Bahia (on loan from unnamed club),^[4] Santa Cruz and . He finished as the runner-up of 2002 Campeonato Pernambucano.^[5]

Germany and Israel[]

In June 2003 he left for 2. Bundesliga club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.^[6] The club relegated to Regionalliga Nord in mid–2005. In March 2007 he was signed by Bandeirante of São Paulo state,^[7] played the second half of 2007 Campeonato Paulista Série A2, scored twice.^[1]

He then left for Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 25 January 2010, he was signed by Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam.^[8]

Amateur[]

On 4 November 2010, he returned to Brazil again, signing for of .^[9]^[10]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "CAMPEONATO PAULISTA PROFISSIONAL – A2 – 2007 ARTILHEIRO DO CAMPEONATO" [São Paulo state Professional League A2 2007 Topscorers]. Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 李安度獲巴西球會垂青 [Leandro received a offer from Brazilian club]. The Epoch Times (in Chinese). 13 January 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 奪標 (Champion Sports) – No.446 Issue (1 September 2000) pp.41–43 (in Chinese)
^ "Tricolor contrata centroavante". Esporte Clube Bahia (in Portuguese). Re-published by www.maisumbahia.com. 25 January 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Campeonato Pernambucano 2002". BOLA N@ ÁREA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ "RELATÓRIO DE TRANSFERÊNCIAS INTERNACIONAIS EM 2003". CBF (in Portuguese). 10 December 2004. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E)RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 19/03/2007". CBF (in Portuguese). 19 March 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ סיום תקופת רישום שנייה–עונת משחקים 2009/10 [Winter Transfer List 2009–10] (PDF). The Israel FA (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ "no title (club profile)". Federação Paulista de Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ "Boletim Informativo Diário Eletrônico (BID-E) Relação Pela Data 04/11/2010". CBF (in Portuguese). 4 November 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

External links[]

Leandro Simioni at J.League (in Japanese)
Profile at FZSportsBrazil (football agent) at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 November 2009) (in Portuguese)
IFA Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 April 2012)
Leandro Simioni at WorldFootball.net
CBF Contract Archive at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 March 2012) (in Portuguese)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Paul Ritchie	Hong Kong First Division League top scorer 1999–2000	Succeeded by Paul Ritchie

[FPF-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "CAMPEONATO PAULISTA PROFISSIONAL – A2 – 2007 ARTILHEIRO DO CAMPEONATO" [São Paulo state Professional League A2 2007 Topscorers]. Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[epoch-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b 李安度獲巴西球會垂青 [Leandro received a offer from Brazilian club]. The Epoch Times (in Chinese). 13 January 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[Issue_2000_pp.41-43-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b 奪標 (Champion Sports) – No.446 Issue (1 September 2000) pp.41–43 (in Chinese)

[4] "Tricolor contrata centroavante". Esporte Clube Bahia (in Portuguese). Re-published by www.maisumbahia.com. 25 January 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "Campeonato Pernambucano 2002". BOLA N@ ÁREA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[6] "RELATÓRIO DE TRANSFERÊNCIAS INTERNACIONAIS EM 2003". CBF (in Portuguese). 10 December 2004. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[7] "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E)RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 19/03/2007". CBF (in Portuguese). 19 March 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[8] סיום תקופת רישום שנייה–עונת משחקים 2009/10 [Winter Transfer List 2009–10] (PDF). The Israel FA (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[9] "no title (club profile)". Federação Paulista de Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[10] "Boletim Informativo Diário Eletrônico (BID-E) Relação Pela Data 04/11/2010". CBF (in Portuguese). 4 November 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

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