Léo Coelho

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Henriques and the second or paternal family name is Coelho.
Léo Coelho
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Henriques Coelho
Date of birth (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Peñarol
Number 2
Youth career
Nacional-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Nacional-SP 56 (2)
2013 → Grêmio Barueri (loan) 7 (0)
2015 → Penapolense (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Paraná (loan) 10 (0)
2016 Rio Claro 5 (0)
2016–2017 Santos 0 (0)
2017 → Penapolense (loan) 6 (0)
2018 Portuguesa 5 (0)
2019 Comercial-SP 10 (0)
2019–2021 Fénix 51 (6)
2021–2022 Atlético San Luis 10 (0)
2022 → Nacional (loan) 33 (2)
2023– Peñarol 46 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2024

Leonardo Henriques Coelho (born 17 May 1993), known as Léo Coelho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Uruguayan Primera División club Peñarol.[3]

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Léo Coelho was a Nacional-SP youth graduate. He made his senior debut for the club on 30 April 2011 by starting in a 1–3 home loss against Jabaquara for the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão championship,.[4]

Léo Coelho was subsequently loaned to Grêmio Barueri, Penapolense and Paraná,[5] appearing with the latter in Série B. In January 2016 he moved to Rio Claro permanently.[6]

On 18 May 2016 Léo Coelho was loaned to Santos,[7] being initially assigned to the B-team. After being an undisputed starter during the year's Copa Paulista, he returned to Penapolense on 6 February 2017, also in a temporary deal.[8]

Career statistics

As of 3 November 2020[1]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nacional-SP 2011 Paulista 2ª Divisão — 10 0 — — — 10 0
2012 — 21 1 — — — 21 1
2013 — 6 0 — — — 6 0
2014 — 19 1 — — — 19 1
Total — 56 2 — — — 56 2
Grêmio Barueri (loan) 2013 Série C 0 0 7 0 — — — 7 0
Penapolense (loan) 2015 Paulista — 4 0 — — — 4 0
Paraná (loan) 2015 Série B 10 0 — — — — 10 0
Rio Claro 2016 Paulista — 5 0 — — — 5 0
Santos 2016 Série A 0 0 — 0 0 — 14[a] 1 14 1
Penapolense (loan) 2017 Paulista A2 — 6 0 — — — 6 0
Portuguesa 2018 Paulista A2 — 5 0 — — — 5 0
Comercial-SP 2019 Paulista A3 — 10 0 — — — 10 0
Fénix 2019 Primera División 18 5 — — — — 18 5
2020 16 0 — — 3[b] 0 — 19 0
Total 34 5 — — 3 0 — 37 5
Career total 44 5 93 2 0 0 3 0 14 1 154 8
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

References

  1. ^ a b Léo Coelho at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Leonardo Coelho" (in Spanish). Peñarol. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Ignacio Ruglio confirmó que Peñarol compró el pase de Leo Coelho y firma contrato por 3 años". ESPN. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Nacional x Jabaquara" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 30 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Léo Coelho, ex-Penapolense e Fernando Viana, ex-Joinville, treinam no Paraná" [Léo Coelho, formerly of Penapolense and Fernando Viana, formerly of Joinville, train at Paraná] (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Rio Claro investe pesado na busca de reforços para o Paulistão" [Rio Claro invests heavily in the search of additions for the Paulistão] (in Portuguese). Portal Morada. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Santos contrata ex-joia do Corinthians e zagueiro do Rio Claro para time B" [Santos hires former jewel of Corinthians and defender of Rio Claro for team B] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Com poucas opções na defesa, Santos empresta zagueiro para Penapolense" [With little options in the defense, Santos loan stopper to Penapolense] (in Portuguese). Terra. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.