Leonardo Pinheiro da Conceição (born 6 March 1996), known as Léo Pelé, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for São Paulo FC.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Leonardo Pinheiro Conceição | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back / Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | São Paulo | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Fluminense | 28 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Londrina (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Bahia (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 2019– | São Paulo | 77 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2020 | |||
Léo began his career at Fluminense FC. He was first integrated into the first team towards the end of the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, remaining an unused substitute in three matches starting with a 1–1 draw against AA Ponte Preta at the Maracanã Stadium on 19 October.
He made his professional debut in the same tournament two years later, playing the full 90 minutes as the team lost 1–0 at Sport Club do Recife on 13 September 2015; after the game, he and Marcos Júnior were castigated by fans who said "You need to bleed for the team...this isn’t Vasco".[1] In total he made six appearances for Flu, all but one as a starter.
On 31 January 2016, he made his debut in the Campeonato Carioca, starting in a 3–1 loss at Volta Redonda Futebol Clube in the first game of the season. On 17 February, he was awarded a new contract until the end of 2019.[2]
On 5 December 2018, Léo Pelé moved to São Paulo FC on a four-year deal for a fee of $3 million.[3]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fluminense | 2015 | Série A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | ||
| → Londrina (loan) | 2016 | Série B | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Career total | 44 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 2 | ||
São Paulo FC – current squad | |
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