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Leandro Rocha
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Miramar Rocha
Date of birth (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Almada, Portugal
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Lierse
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2007 Amora
2007–2008 Colégio Guadalupe
2008–2010 Belenenses
2010 Vitória Setúbal
2011 Boavista
2011–2012 Pescara
2012 Ituano
2013–2014 Barra
2014 Amora
2015–2017 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Monaco B 1 (0)
2017 Vicenza 0 (0)
2017–2018 Leganés B 10 (3)
2018 → Ontinyent (loan) 9 (3)
2018–2019 Lommel 32 (19)
2019–2022 Eupen 19 (0)
2020–2021 → RWDM47 (loan) 13 (7)
2022– Lierse 2 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 August 2022

Leonardo Miramar Rocha (born 23 May 1997) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Belgian club Lierse as a forward.

Football career

Born in Almada to a Brazilian father,[1] Rocha represented nine different clubs during his youth career, and finished his formation with AS Monaco FC. He made his senior debut with the B-team on 26 November 2016, playing the last 11 minutes in a 2–1 loss against US Colomiers for the CFA championship.

Rocha terminated his contract with Monaco on 30 January 2017, and joined Serie B side Vicenza Calcio on 1 February.[2] He did not play for the club during his six-month spell, and subsequently moved to Spain with CD Leganés, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[3]

Rocha scored his first senior goal on 1 October 2017, scoring his team's third in a 3–1 home defeat of CDF Tres Cantos. The following 31 January, after three goals in ten matches, he was loaned to Segunda División B side Ontinyent CF until June.[4]

On 19 July 2018, Rocha switched teams and countries again after signing for Lommel SK in the Belgian First Division B.[5] He made his professional debut on 3 August, starting in a 1–0 home win against Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.[6]

Rocha scored his first professional goal on 17 August 2018, netting a last-minute winner in a 2–1 away success over KV Mechelen. On 6 October, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win against K.S.V. Roeselare.[7] He finished the campaign with 19 goals, being the division's top goalscorer as his side narrowly avoided relegation.

Remaining in Belgium, Rocha signed a three-year contract with First Division A side KAS Eupen on 23 July 2019. The fee was €500,000.[8] In 2020–21, he was loaned back to the second tier at RWDM47 where he was the club's top scorer.[9] On 10 October 2020, he scored a hat-trick for the Molenbeek-based club in an 8–1 win at Union Rochefortoise in the fifth round of the national cup.[10]

On 16 August 2022, Rocha signed a two-year contract with Lierse.[11]

Career statistics

As of 25 June 2019.[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monaco B 2016–17 CFA 1 0 — 1 0
Vicenza 2016–17 Serie B 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Leganés B 2017–18[13] Tercera División 10 3 — 10 3
Ontinyent 2017–18 Segunda División B 9 3 — — — 9 3
Lommel 2018–19 Belgian First Division B 26 16 1 2 — 6[a] 3 33 21
Career total 46 22 1 2 0 0 6 3 53 27
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Relegation play-offs

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "1B-topschutter Leandro Rocha: 21 jaar, 12 clubs in 7 verschillende landen" [1B top scorer Leandro [sic] Rocha: 21 years, 12 clubs in 7 different countries] (in Dutch). Knack.be. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Vicenza, ecco il colpo Leonardo Miramar" [Vicenza, here is the hot shot Leonardo Miramar] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ "El Leganés B ya se prepara de cara a una temporada ilusionante" [Leganés B get ready for a hopeful season] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Leonardo Rocha, altura i futur per a la davantera" [Leonardo Rocha, height and future for the forward lines] (in Catalan). Ontinyent CF. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Leonardo Rocha versterkt de aanval" [Leonardo Rocha bolsters the attack] (in Dutch). Lommel SK. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Lommel vs Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0". Soccerway. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  7. ^ Ver Elst, Bart (6 October 2018). "Leonardo Miramar Rocha bezorgt Lommel met een hattrick de zege tegen Roeselare" [Leonardo Mirarmar Rocha gives Lommel the win with hat-trick against Roeselare] (in Dutch). Voetbal Krant. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  8. ^ Walckiers, Johan (23 July 2019). "Dan toch 1A-oplossing voor vlotscorende spits? Eupen durft het risico wel nemen" [Then 1A solution for a fast-scoring striker? Eupen dares to take the risk] (in Dutch). Voetbal Krant. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ^ Sterpigny, Sébastien (15 June 2021). "Leonardo Rocha ne prolongera pas au RWDM" [Leonardo Rocha will not extend deal at RWDM]. La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Le RWDM déroule contre l'Union Rochefortoise (1-8) et poursuit son aventure en Coupe" [RWDM relax against Union Rochefortoise (1-8) and pursue their adventure in the Cup] (in French). BX1. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  11. ^ "LEONARDO ROCHA NAAR HET LISP!!!" [Leonardo Roach to Het Lisp] (in Dutch). Lierse. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  12. ^ Leonardo Rocha at Soccerway
  13. ^ Leonardo Rocha at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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