Léo Santos
Brazilian footballer
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Leonardo Rodrigues dos Santos (born 9 December 1998), known as Léo Santos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Portuguese club Nacional.
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Santos in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Rodrigues dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nacional | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2016 | Corinthians | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2023 | Corinthians | 32 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Fluminense (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Ponte Preta (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Ferroviária (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Ceará (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2024 | Guarani | 24 | (1) |
| 2024– | Nacional | 47 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Brazil U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Brazil U20 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 May 2023 | |||
Club career
Early career
Born in São Paulo, Santos started his career when he was 10 years old at Corinthians. He was part of the 2016 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior squad that ended up as runner up.[1]
Corinthians
He made his professional debut as part of the starting team against Figueirense on 16 November 2016.[2]
Nacional
On 27 August 2024, Santos signed a three-season contract with Nacional in Portugal.[3]
International career
Santos was part of the winning squad of the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship. He was also called for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, despite being an unused substitute in all matches.[4]
Career statistics
- As of 26 October 2021[5]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Corinthians | 2016 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |||
| Fluminense (loan) | 2019 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 25 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
Honours
- Corinthians
- Brazil
