Léo Costa (footballer, born 1986)

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Leonardo Fabrício "Léo" Soares da Costa (born March 3, 1986) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Portuguesa Santista as an attacking midfielder.

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Léo Costa
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Fabrício Soares da Costa
Date of birth (1986-03-03) 3 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth São José dos Campos, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Portuguesa Santista
Youth career
Santo André
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Santo André 0 (0)
2008São Bernardo (loan)
2009 Paulista 8 (1)
2009 Brno 9 (0)
2010 União São João 15 (1)
2010–2011 Linense 9 (1)
2011 Itumbiara 3 (0)
2012 São Bernardo 23 (3)
2012 Vila Nova 3 (0)
2013 Rio Branco 5 (0)
2013 Guarani 13 (0)
2014 Rio Claro 12 (9)
2014 Vitória 5 (0)
2014–2015 Portuguesa 13 (1)
2015 Ponte Preta 2 (0)
2016 Rio Claro 0 (0)
2016–2018 Mumbai City 11 (2)
2018 Santa Cruz 0 (0)
2018 Mumbai City 9 (1)
2019 Pelotas 0 (0)
2019 São Bernardo SP
2019Figueirense (loan) 0 (0)
2020– Portuguesa Santista 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2019
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Club career

Born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Léo Costa graduated with Santo André, being promoted to the main squad in 2007. In 2008, he was loaned to São Bernardo, and was subsequently released by his parent club in December of that year.[citation needed]

In July 2009, after a short stint at Paulista, Léo Costa moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Czech side Brno.[1] He returned to his homeland in the following year, signing for União São João.[citation needed]

In August 2010 Léo Costa moved to Linense, appearing with the club in Copa Paulista and Campeonato Paulista. He later played for clubs mainly in his native state, representing Itumbiara, São Bernardo, Vila Nova,[2] Rio Branco, Guarani[3] and Rio Claro;[4] with the latter he was the top scorer of 2014 Campeonato Paulista, scoring nine goals.[5]

On 28 April 2014 Léo Costa signed for Série A's Vitória.[6] He made his debut in the competition on 11 May, coming on as a second half substitute in a 1–1 away draw against fierce rivals Bahia.[7]

On 16 September, after appearing in only five matches, Léo Costa rescinded his link with Leão,[8] and joined Portuguesa three days later.[9]

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