Leandro Marcolini Pedroso de Almeida (born 19 March 1982), generally known as Leandro, is a former professional footballer who played mainly as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he played for the Hungary national team.
Club career He has also played for Brazilian clubs Londrina, Corinthians, Atlético Paranaense, and Hungarian clubs Debrecen, Ferencváros, MTK, Haladás and Bük.
Omonia In January 2010, he signed a contract with Cypriot side Omonia. He broke into the first team very quickly and he soon became a key player for the successful 2009–10 league campaign. He scored in a 2010 Cypriot Super Cup final against Apollon Limassol to send the match to penalties, which were eventually won by Omonia. At the end of the season, Omonia won the Cypriot Cup, with Leandro contributing heavily by scoring it the extra-time of semi-final against Ethnikos Achna. For the 2011–12 season, he was named third captain of Omonia, behind Constantinos Makrides and Christos Karipidis. During that season, the Brazilian faced many injury problems and performed poorly. Eventually, he stayed with the club and participated in the preparation with no problems, and not only he won a position in the starting lineup but became captain of the team.
Ferencváros On 16 June 2020, he became champions with Ferencváros again after beating Honvéd at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion on the 30th match day of the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.
International career After residing in Hungary for 5 years since the age of 17, he became a naturalized citizen of Hungary. He has since played for Hungary. Leandro's début came on 1 June 2004, in a match against China.
Career statistics Club . + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMTK Budapest1999–00Nemzeti Bajnokság I20??000020Bük2000–01Nemzeti Bajnokság II100??—00100Haladás2000–01Nemzeti Bajnokság II173??—001732001–02Nemzeti Bajnokság I358??—00358Total52110000005211Ferencváros2002–03Nemzeti Bajnokság I2945050003942003–04Nemzeti Bajnokság I3034040003832004–05Nemzeti Bajnokság I1101070001902005–06Nemzeti Bajnokság I150????00150Total85710+0+16+0+001117Paranaense2005Campeonato Brasileiro Série A40??—0040Debrecen2006–07Nemzeti Bajnokság I2678000003472007–08Nemzeti Bajnokság I27873203139112008–09Nemzeti Bajnokság I2953140103762009–10Nemzeti Bajnokság I133109100234Total95231941514113329Omonia2009–10Cypriot First Division1510000001512010–11Cypriot First Division2844262113992011–12Cypriot First Division1613041102422012–13Cypriot First Division3066020113972013–14Cypriot First Division2623020003122014–15Cypriot First Division17331—00204Total132171931433216825Ferencváros2015–16Nemzeti Bajnokság I3025140104032016–17Nemzeti Bajnokság I2526220003342017–18Nemzeti Bajnokság I2512130003022018–19Nemzeti Bajnokság I2915110003522019–20Nemzeti Bajnokság I923100001232020–21Nemzeti Bajnokság I00100000102021–22Nemzeti Bajnokság I0010000010Total11882361001015214Career total4986671135548363286
International National team Year Apps GoalsHungary 2004 3 0 2005 2 0 2006 1 0 2007 4 0 2014 1 0 2015 5 0 Total 16 0
International appearances # Date Venue Opponent Result Competition 1 1 June 2004 Tianjin 1–2 Friendly 2 6 June 2004 Kaiserslautern 2–0 Friendly 3 18 August 2004 Glasgow 3–0 Friendly 4 2 February 2005 Istanbul 0–0 Friendly 5 9 February 2005 Cardiff 0–2 Friendly 6 10 October 2006 Valletta 1–2 UEFA Euro 2008 Qual. 7 22 August 2007 Budapest 3–1 Friendly 8 13 October 2007 Budapest 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 Qual. 9 17 October 2007 Łódź 1–0 Friendly 10 21 November 2007 Budapest 1–2 UEFA Euro 2008 Qual. 11 5 March 2014 Győr 1–2 Friendly 12 29 March 2015 Budapest 0–0 UEFA Euro 2016 Qual. 13 5 June 2015 Debrecen 4–0 Friendly 14 4 September 2015 Budapest 0–0 UEFA Euro 2016 Qual. 15 7 September 2015 Belfast 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 Qual. 16 11 October 2015 Athens 3–4 UEFA Euro 2016 Qual.
Honours MTK Hungária Magyar Kupa: 1999–2000
Ferencvárosi Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2003–04 Magyar Kupa: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2016–17
Atlético Paranaense Campeonato Paranaense: 2005
Debrecen Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2006–07, 2008–09 Magyar Kupa: 2007–08 Szuperkupa: 2007, 2009
Omonia Cypriot First Division: 2009–10 Cypriot Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12 Cypriot Super Cup: 2010, 2012
External links Brazilian FA archive
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