Léo Itaperuna Explained

Léo Itaperuna
Fullname:Leonardo de Oliveira Clemente
Height:1.73 m
Birth Date:12 April 1989
Birth Place:Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Currentclub:FC Cascavel
Clubnumber:9
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:2006
Youthclubs1:Fluminense
Years1:2007–2011
Clubs1:Fluminense
Caps1:10
Goals1:1
Years2:2008
Clubs2:Paulista (loan)
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Years3:2009
Clubs3:America-RJ (loan)
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:2010
Clubs4:CRAC (loan)
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Years5:2010
Clubs5:Duque de Caxias (loan)
Caps5:4
Goals5:0
Years6:2011
Clubs6:Cabofriense (loan)
Caps6:10
Goals6:2
Years7:2011
Clubs7:Anápolis
Caps7:0
Goals7:0
Years8:2011–2012
Clubs8:Arapongas
Caps8:24
Goals8:10
Years9:2012–2017
Clubs9:Sion
Caps9:108
Goals9:19
Years10:2015
Clubs10:Suwon Bluewings (loan)
Caps10:11
Goals10:1
Years11:2015
Clubs11:Jiangxi Liansheng (loan)
Caps11:13
Goals11:2
Years12:2017
Clubs12:Aarau
Caps12:10
Goals12:1
Years13:2018
Clubs13:São Bento
Caps13:0
Goals13:0
Years14:2018
Clubs14:Paraná
Caps14:11
Goals14:0
Years15:2018
Clubs15:Vila Nova
Caps15:10
Goals15:0
Years16:2019
Clubs16:Sertãozinho
Caps16:0
Goals16:0
Years17:2019
Clubs17:Itaboraí
Caps17:4
Goals17:0
Years18:2020
Clubs18:Concórdia
Caps18:0
Goals18:0
Pcupdate:14:20, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Years19:2020–
Clubs19:FC Cascavel
Goals19:12
Caps19:37

Leonardo de Oliveira Clemente (born April 12, 1989 in Itaperuna, state of Rio de Janeiro), or simply Léo Itaperuna, is a Brazilian striker who plays for FC Cascavel

Career

Club career

Formed in Fluminense, Leo made an immediate impact in Swiss Football after his arrival at Sion, scoring in every friendly game played by his team during the summer preparation.

He was discovered in a small club in the interior of Brazil (Arapongas), seen by media and professionals in Swiss football as: "A strong talented striker, natural finisher." His speed and technique had surprised the football world along with his very strong physical abilities despite his relative small size and undeniable goal scoring skills.

Laurent Fournier, his coach at Sion said of him in an interview: "He's really a refreshing and good surprise for us. Leo have all the kit of the modern perfect striker, he's never short on efforts for the team, fights on every ball, is Lethal on 1 v 1 and despite his short size for a No. 9 (1.73m), he jumps 70cm off the ground. For me, even more important than that in the modern game, he's humble and always starving for work, the key for any talented player to reach success. If he continues this way he will go very far."

His Representative, Rui Alves was quoted lately in an interview saying about: "Leo progressed in a exponential way in the past year. I've have been bluffed by the way he's adapting to Europe and with his progression all this pasts months. I truly believe that the kid will break through really fast in European football if he continues to be focus and committed like this. Switzerland is being the perfect adaptation championship for Leo. You will heard very highly about him very soon without a doubt, if he keeps with this kind of exigences and standards in his game, he's a very very good young man in and out the pitch what makes everything much more easy for him in all senses".

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