Leandro Marcos Peruchena Pereira (born 13 July 1991), known as Leandro Pereira or sometimes as just Leandro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Botafogo-SP.
Career Early years Born in Araçatuba, State of São Paulo, Leandro began his career on Ferroviária, making his senior debuts in 2011. In the following year he signed with Mogi Mirim, where he earned the nickname of Leandro BananaLeandro Banana explica origem do apelido incomum (Leandro Banana explains unusual nickname's origin); Futebol Interior, 3 January 2012 and went on to appear twice in that year's Campeonato Paulista. In December 2012 he signed with Capivariano,A2: Capivariano acerta com atacante dispensado pela Ferroviária (A2: Capivariano signs with forward released from Ferroviária) ; Sim! News, 22 December 2012 but left the club in May of the following year, joining Icasa.Icasa acerta com mais quatro reforços para a Série B (Icasa completes four more signings for Série B) ; Tribuna do Ceará, 9 May 2013
In January 2014 Leandro signed a short-term contract with Portuguesa.Portuguesa apresenta novos reforços para a temporada de 2014 (Portuguesa presents new reinforcements for 2014 season) ; Portuguesa's official website, 17 January 2014
Chapecoense On 1 April, after appearing regularly with Lusa, Leandro moved to Chapecoense, freshly promoted to the Série A.Chapecoense contrata atacante Leandro (Chapecoense signs forward Leandro) ; Diário Catarinense, 1 April 2014 He made his top level debut on 27 April 2014, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Sport Recife.Sport mantém embalo do título estadual e bate a Chapecoense (Sport keeps state championship run going and defeats Chapecoense); Globo Esporte, 27 April 2014
Leandro scored his first league goal on 25 September 2014, netting the last of a 3–0 home win against Atlético Paranaense.Chape aproveita a bola aérea, faz 3 a 0 e aumenta crise do Atlético-PR (Chape takes advantage of the aerial play, scores 3–0 and worsen Atlético-PR's crisis); Globo Esporte, 25 September 2014 He finished the campaign with 10 goals, scoring all of them in the last four months of the League.
Palmeiras
On 19 December 2014, after being linked with a move to Corinthians, Leandro signed a five-year deal with their fierce rivals Palmeiras.Após superar rival, Palmeiras fecha com o atacante Leandro, da Chape (After overcoming rival, Palmeiras signs with forward Leandro, from Chape); Globo Esporte, 19 December 2014 He started the 2015 season with Palmeiras playing regularly in the attack, he scored in his first match for the club in a friendly against Shandong Luneng. Leandro scored only 3 goals in 14 appearances in the Campeonato Paulista, but nonetheless helped the team reach the finals where Palmeiras lost to rivals Santos on penalties.
In the beginning of the Série A, Leandro started most of the matches and had great appearances for the team, playing 11 matches and scoring 6 goals. On July, he called the attention of Belgian side Club Brugge, after only 7 months with Palmeiras.
Brugge In August 2015, Leandro Pereira signed with Club Brugge on a three-year deal for R$14.2 million, with an option to extend a year.Club Brugge have signed Pereira, Agu and Vossen; Club Brugge, 31 September 2015 Together with the team, he won the 2015–16 Belgian Pro League, playing 12 matches mainly as a substitute and without scoring a goal.
Return to Palmeiras (loan)
On 29 June 2016, Leandro returned to Palmeiras after manifestation of manager Cuca to count on another forward in the squad. Leandro signed a loan deal from Club Brugge until 30 June 2017.(Leandro Pereira signs with Palmeiras); Globo Esporte, 29 June 2016
Persepolis
In 24 January 2023, Leandro linked with Persian Gulf Pro League side Persepolis. On 4 February 2023, Leandro joined the team on a one-and-a-half-year deal.
Style of play Pereira is a forward, but he has the ability to play as a left or right winger too. Accurate shots in difficult situations towards the goal have been known as one of his abilities.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMogi Mirim2012Paulista A1—20————20Capivariano2013Paulista A2—183————183Icasa (loan)2013Série B184—————184Portuguesa (loan)2014Série B—123————123Chapecoense (loan)2014Série A2410—21———2611Palmeiras2015Série A11614330———289Club Brugge2015–16Belgian Pro League170—00—60—230Palmeiras (loan)2016Série A102—10———112Sport Recife (loan)2017Série A205163—10702142018—5022———72Total2010185—1070286Chapecoense (loan)2018Série A3411—————3411Matsumoto Yamaga2019J1 League122—0020——142Sanfrecce Hiroshima (loan)2019J1 League94—1012——11620202615——11——2716Total3519—1023——3822Gamba Osaka2021J1 League245—102062103472022234—1040——284Total479—206062106211Persepolis2022–23Persian Gulf Pro League91—20———111Tochigi2023J2 League31—————31Career total2226556101961031328032886
Honours Mogi Mirim Campeonato Paulista do Interior: 2012
Palmeiras Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2016 Copa do Brasil: 2015
Club Brugge Belgian Pro League: 2015–16
Persepolis Persian Gulf Pro League: 2022–23 Hazfi Cup: 2022–23 Iranian Super Cup: 2023
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