Léo Rafael
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonardo Rafael dos Santos | ||
Date of birth | 25 April 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Campinas, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ceará | ||
Number | 80 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016 | Barretos | ||
2017 | Rio Claro | ||
2017–2018 | Juventude | ||
2018–2019 | Bragantino | ||
2021 | Ceará | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Grêmio Osasco | 6 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Caldense | 4 | (0) |
2021– | Ceará | 4 | (1) |
2023 | → América-RN (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2024 | → Ferroviário (loan) | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:10, 10 November 2024 (UTC) |
Leonardo Rafael dos Santos (born 25 April 2001), known as Léo Rafael, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ceará.
Club career
[edit]Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Léo Rafael played youth football for Barretos, Rio Claro, Juventude and Bragantino, leaving the latter in 2019 when the club merged with Red Bull Brasil.[1] He subsequently joined Grêmio Osasco, and made his senior debut during the 2019 Copa Paulista.
On 12 September 2020, Léo Rafael signed for Caldense.[2] The following 17 March, he moved to Ceará, being initially assigned to the under-20 squad.[1]
On 6 September 2021, Léo Rafael renewed his contract with Ceará for a further year.[3] He was promoted to the first team on 27 December,[4] and made his first team debut for the club the following 22 February, starting in a 2–1 Campeonato Cearense home win over Iguatu.[5]
Léo Rafael made his Série A debut on 17 April 2022, coming on as a late substitute for Richard in a 1–3 home loss against Botafogo.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 18 April 2022[7]
Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grêmio Osasco | 2019 | Paulista A3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8[a] | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
2020 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||||||
Total | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |||||
Caldense | 2020 | Série D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Ceará | 2021 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Career total | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 2 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
Honours
[edit]- Ceará
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Léo Rafael é o novo reforço do sub-20 do Ceará" [Léo Rafael is the new addition of the under-20s of Ceará] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Esporte News Mundo. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Caldense confirma mais seis reforços para a disputa da Série D" [Caldense confirm six more additions for the Série D] (in Brazilian Portuguese). AA Caldense. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Com multa altíssima, Ceará renova contrato do meia do Sub-20 Léo Rafael" [With a very high release clause, Ceará renew contract of the midfielder of the under-20s Léo Rafael] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Meia Léo Rafael será integrado ao Ceará de Tiago Nunes" [Léo Rafael will integrated into Tiago Nunes' Ceará] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Técnico do Ceará explica opção e elogia Léo Rafael após titularidade: 'Tem se destacado" [Ceará manager explains option and praises Léo Rafael after starting spot: 'He has been standing out'] (in Brazilian Portuguese). NE45. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Com dois de Erison, Botafogo bate Ceará por 3 a 1 e vence a primeira no Brasileirão" [With two goals from Erison, Botafogo defeat Ceará by 3–1 and win the first one in the Brasileirão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Léo Rafael at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Ceará profile (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Campinas
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players
- Grêmio Esportivo Osasco players
- Associação Atlética Caldense players
- Ceará Sporting Club players
- América Futebol Clube (RN) players
- Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE) players
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen