Sérgio Leite

Sérgio Leite
Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Barbosa Dias Leite
Date of birth	16 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1989–1990	Lapa
1990–1998	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2003	Boavista
1999–2000	→ Maia (loan)
2000–2001	→ Espinho (loan)
2001–2002	→ Penafiel (loan)
2003	→ Leça (loan)
2003–2005	Charlton Athletic
2004–2005	→ Ovarense (loan)
2005–2006	Hull City
2006	Vaslui
2007	Braşov
2007–2008	Atromitos
2008–2009	Boavista
2009–2011	Gondomar
Total
International career
1995	Portugal U15
1996	Portugal U16
1997	Portugal U17
1996–1998	Portugal U18
1998–2000	Portugal U20
2000–2002	Portugal U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sérgio Barbosa Dias Leite (born 16 August 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

After emerging from local Boavista FC's youth ranks, Porto-born Leite found it hard to find a spot in the first team, barred by William Andem first then Ricardo. He went on to serve four loans in the second division, in representation of F.C. Maia, S.C. Espinho, F.C. Penafiel and Leça FC.

Definitely released in 2003, Leite then had two unassuming spells in England, first with Charlton Athletic^[1]^[2] which also loaned him to A.D. Ovarense back in his country, then with Hull City.^[3] With the latter team until February 2006, he only had one Football League Cup appearance to his credit.

Leite spent 2006–07 with two Romanian sides, appearing only once in Liga I with FC Vaslui, then spent the following season in Cyprus with lowly Atromitos Yeroskipou. In the summer of 2008 he returned to Boavista, immersed in a deep financial crisis and now in the second level (soon to be third).

For the 2009–10 campaign, Leite moved sides again, joining Gondomar S.C. – also in division three – a club to which former Boavista chairman Valentim Loureiro also had connections. He left in June 2011 at the age of 32 and retired shortly after, subsequently working as a players' agent.^[4]

Honours

Individual

Toulon Tournament Best Goalkeeper: 2000^[5]

References

^ Addicks make double signing; BBC Sport, 14 August 2003
^ Addicks release trio; BBC Sport, 7 June 2004
^ Hull sign Portuguese keeper Leite; BBC Sport, 9 June 2005
^ Da baliza para os negócios (From the goal to the deals); Record, 8 August 2013 (in Portuguese)
^ "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon: Official Player Awards". rsssf.or. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

External links

Sérgio Leite at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Sérgio Leite at Soccerbase
National team data (in Portuguese)
Sérgio Leite at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Sérgio Leite at Soccerway
Sérgio Leite at WorldFootball.net
Sérgio Leite – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] Addicks make double signing; BBC Sport, 14 August 2003

[2] Addicks release trio; BBC Sport, 7 June 2004

[3] Hull sign Portuguese keeper Leite; BBC Sport, 9 June 2005

[4] Da baliza para os negócios (From the goal to the deals); Record, 8 August 2013 (in Portuguese)

[5] "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon: Official Player Awards". rsssf.or. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

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