Neto Pereira
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonidas Pereira Neto de Sousa | ||
Date of birth | 4 January 1979 | ||
Place of birth | General Carneiro, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Este | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000 | Matsubara | 15 | (11) |
2001–2010 | Itala San Marco | 258 | (114) |
2010–2015 | Varese | 154 | (31) |
2015–2017 | Padova | 53 | (15) |
2017–2018 | Mestre | 28 | (5) |
2018–2019 | Milano City FC | 27 | (4) |
2019– | Este | 18 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:49, 25 February 2020 (UTC) |
Leonidas Pereira Neto de Sousa (born 4 January 1979), known as Neto Pereira, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Serie D club A.C. Este.
Biography[]
Neto (means grandson), son of Mr. Pereira and Ms. (née) Sousa, started his career at Matsubara and played at 2000 Torneo di Viareggio where he was scouted.[1]
Itala San Marco[]
Neto Neto Pereira joined Italian Serie D side Itala San Marco in January 2001.[2] Neto Neto Pereira played for the club for 9 years and won the Serie D group stage champion in 2008. In 2004, he was trailed at Triestina but the transfer was failed due to work permit issue[3] (Serie B clubs cannot sign non-EU players abroad nor from Serie D). He was allowed to remain at the promoted side for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2008-09 season and played as captain.
Varese[]
On 31 January 2010, he was loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Varese as the club did not have a true regular goalscorer except Osariemen Ebagua. Neto Neto Pereira scored an equalizer goal in his debut against Benevento. The match ended in 1-1 draw. The club won promotion to Serie B at the end of season and signed him to a permanent deal.
In his debut in the Italian second division, he scored a goal against Torino, while Varese won 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino.
Padova[]
On 17 July 2015, after remaining free agent, signing for Padova in Lega Pro.
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "100 di questi Neto Pereira". Itala San Marco (in Italian). 2009-02-03. Archived from the original on 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ^ "Intervista a Neto Pereira". AS Varese 1910 (in Italian). 2010-02-19. Archived from the original on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
External links[]
- Neto Pereira at Soccerway
- Profile at AIC.Football.it (in Italian)
- Neto Pereira at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- S.S.D. Varese Calcio players
- Calcio Padova players
- A.C. Mestre players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Serie D players
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Association football forwards
- People from Paraná (state)
- Brazilian football forward, 1970s birth stubs