Léo Moura

Early career

Léo Moura begun his footballing career at the youth division of Linhares, acting as a midfielder. Still at the youth level, he was transferred to the Rio club Botafogo. Making his professional debut for the Botafogo team in 1998, Moura has transferred to Belgian side Germinal Beerschot where he played for one season. Afterwards, he has transferred to ADO Den Haag, then at the Dutch second division, Eerste Divisie, where he adapted to play as a right back and had a remarkable season.

Return to Brazil

On the second semester of 2001, he returned to Brazil and to Botafogo. Once there, Leo Moura sought a position as a midfielder, but lost it due to being sidelined by an injury. After his recovery, Leonardo switched to the role of right back, which suited him well and solved his club's lack of players for that role since César Prates's departure in 1999. However, Leo Moura surprisingly left Botafogo, moving to Vasco da Gama. At Vasco, Leo Moura showed good chemistry with Romário and Euller, the attacking duo for the club. In spite of his success, Leo Moura decided to move to Palmeiras in 2002, a move which he regretted, as he was part of the Palmeiras squad that was relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2003, he joined São Paulo, and due to the presence of another full back named Leonardo on the squad, Leonardo adopted the name of Leonardo Moura. After poor showings for the club, Leo returned to Rio de Janeiro, this time to defend…

Leonardo debuted for the Brazil national team in a friendly match played in Dublin against Ireland on 6 February 2008, which they won by 1–0.

Flamengo

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2009 Copa do Brasil: 2006, 2013 Campeonato Carioca: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 Santa Cruz

Copa do Nordeste: 2016 Campeonato Pernambucano: 2016 Grêmio

Copa Libertadores: 2017 Recopa Sudamericana: 2018 Campeonato Gaúcho: 2018, 2019 Individual

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2007, 2008