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==Career==
==Career==
Leonardo was born in [[São Paulo]] and played for the São Paulo youth teams before being promoted into the senior team. He was sent out on loan to [[Major League Soccer]] team [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] in 2010 along with fellow Brazilians from the club [[Alex Cazumba]] and [[Vitor Gomes Pereira Junior|Juninho]].<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20091223&content_id=7850912&vkey=pr_lag&fext=.jsp&team=t106 Galaxy sign three players on loan from Sao Paulo FC]</ref>
Leonardo was born in [[São Paulo]] and played for the São Paulo youth teams before being promoted into the senior team. He was sent out on loan to [[Major League Soccer]] team [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] in 2010 along with fellow Brazilians from the club [[Alex Cazumba]] and [[Vitor Gomes Pereira Junior|Juninho]].<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20091223&content_id=7850912&vkey=pr_lag&fext=.jsp&team=t106 Galaxy sign three players on loan from Sao Paulo FC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100319103829/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20091223&content_id=7850912&vkey=pr_lag&fext=.jsp&team=t106 |date=March 19, 2010 }}</ref>


He made his debut for the team on March 27, 2010, in Galaxy's opening game of the 2010 MLS season against [[New England Revolution]].<ref>http://stats.cbc.ca/mls/boxscore.asp?gamecode=2010032707&season=2010-1</ref> He only made a dozen or so appearances in his debut season with Galaxy, struggling with injuries for most of the year, but returned to the starting lineup in 2011. He scored his first professional goal on April 2, 2011, a headed goal off a [[David Beckham]] cross in a 1-0 win over [[Philadelphia Union]].<ref>[http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter-recap/galaxy-hold-1-0-win-after-birchall-red-card Galaxy hold on for 1-0 win after Birchall red card]</ref> Injuries limited his play once again in his second season with Los Angeles.
He made his debut for the team on March 27, 2010, in Galaxy's opening game of the 2010 MLS season against [[New England Revolution]].<ref>http://stats.cbc.ca/mls/boxscore.asp?gamecode=2010032707&season=2010-1{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He only made a dozen or so appearances in his debut season with Galaxy, struggling with injuries for most of the year, but returned to the starting lineup in 2011. He scored his first professional goal on April 2, 2011, a headed goal off a [[David Beckham]] cross in a 1-0 win over [[Philadelphia Union]].<ref>[http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter-recap/galaxy-hold-1-0-win-after-birchall-red-card Galaxy hold on for 1-0 win after Birchall red card] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405054101/http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter-recap/galaxy-hold-1-0-win-after-birchall-red-card |date=April 5, 2011 }}</ref> Injuries limited his play once again in his second season with Los Angeles.


On February 7, 2012, Los Angeles announced it had acquired the full rights to Leonardo on a free transfer from São Paulo.<ref>http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2012/02/juninho-and-leonardo-return-la-galaxy-2012</ref>
On February 7, 2012, Los Angeles announced it had acquired the full rights to Leonardo on a free transfer from São Paulo.<ref>http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2012/02/juninho-and-leonardo-return-la-galaxy-2012</ref>

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Leonardo
Personal information
Full name José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva
Date of birth (1988-02-05) February 5, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Houston Dynamo
Number 22
Youth career
1999–2009 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 São Paulo 0 (0)
2009Toledo (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2011LA Galaxy (loan) 17 (1)
2012–2016 LA Galaxy 68 (1)
2014LA Galaxy II (loan) 1 (0)
2016LA Galaxy II (loan) 1 (0)
2017– Houston Dynamo 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 11, 2016

José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva (born February 8, 1988) is a Brazilian footballer, commonly known as Leonardo, and currently plays for Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer.

Career

Leonardo was born in São Paulo and played for the São Paulo youth teams before being promoted into the senior team. He was sent out on loan to Major League Soccer team Los Angeles Galaxy in 2010 along with fellow Brazilians from the club Alex Cazumba and Juninho.[1]

He made his debut for the team on March 27, 2010, in Galaxy's opening game of the 2010 MLS season against New England Revolution.[2] He only made a dozen or so appearances in his debut season with Galaxy, struggling with injuries for most of the year, but returned to the starting lineup in 2011. He scored his first professional goal on April 2, 2011, a headed goal off a David Beckham cross in a 1-0 win over Philadelphia Union.[3] Injuries limited his play once again in his second season with Los Angeles.

On February 7, 2012, Los Angeles announced it had acquired the full rights to Leonardo on a free transfer from São Paulo.[4]

Honors

Los Angeles Galaxy[5]

References