Leonardo Henrique Veloso
Encyclopedia
Leonardo "Léo" Henrique Veloso, (born May 29, 1987 in Pedro Leopoldo
) is a Brazilian professional football player, who is currently a Free Agent
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in Belo Horizonte
. His prosperous background gave him a quite wealthy youth. After playing a few years in the Atlético Mineiro reserve squad, he moved to the Netherlands with his wife Bruna Cypriano Veloso, in January 2008. He signed a two and a half year contract with Willem II Tilburg. The first half year he did not play for the senior squad, because he had adaptation problems. He made his professional debut on August 30, 2008 in the home match against Ajax (2-1 win).
In February 2010 he signed with Romanian side CFR Cluj
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Pedro Leopoldo
Pedro Leopoldo is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte...
) is a Brazilian professional football player, who is currently a Free Agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
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Career
During his youth, Veloso played for Atlético MineiroClube Atlético Mineiro
Clube Atlético Mineiro , are a Brazilian football club based in Belo Horizonte, the oldest in the city. Founded in 1908, they play in the Campeonato Mineiro and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão. Atlético Mineiro have been Brazilian champions once, state winners a record 40 times and...
in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
. His prosperous background gave him a quite wealthy youth. After playing a few years in the Atlético Mineiro reserve squad, he moved to the Netherlands with his wife Bruna Cypriano Veloso, in January 2008. He signed a two and a half year contract with Willem II Tilburg. The first half year he did not play for the senior squad, because he had adaptation problems. He made his professional debut on August 30, 2008 in the home match against Ajax (2-1 win).
In February 2010 he signed with Romanian side CFR Cluj
CFR Cluj
CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...
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Player
CFR ClujCFR Cluj
CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...
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- Liga ILiga ILiga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
- winner (2010) - Romanian CupRomanian CupThe Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
- Winner (2010)
- Liga I