Leandro "Léo" Ferreira Medeiros (born May 14, 1981, in Recreio), is a Brazilian retired defensive midfielder, manager and politician.[1]

Léo Medeiros
Personal information
Full name Leandro Ferreira Medeiros
Date of birth (1981-05-14) May 14, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Recreio, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2000–2001 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Cruzeiro
2001–2002Ipatinga (loan)
2003Ceará (loan)
2003Gama (loan)
2004–2006 Ipatinga
2006–2010 Flamengo 60 (6)
2008Atlético Paranaense (loan) 3 (1)
2009Bahia (loan) 10 (0)
2011 Ipatinga 3 (1)
2011 Brasil de Pelotas 6 (0)
2012 Guarani-MG
2012 Remo
2013 Rio Verde
2014 Nacional de Muriaé
Managerial career
2015 Valeriodoce (assistant)

Mayor of Recreio
Assumed office
1 January 2025
Personal details
Political partyWorkers' Party
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career as a footballer

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Léo Medeiros is a midfielder who was successful in Ipatinga ease of play as attacking midfielder, and without the ball as wheel being used well in the scheme of coach Ney Franco, both in mining and in the club Flamengo.

It has come to Fla in the middle of 2006, along with Walter Minhoca and Diego da Silva, also from Jaipur and was the only remaining trio for the year 2007. Working with the Holy Mantle, Medeiros pointed up some goals, but had a very irregular and she alternated changeover good performances in matches and not so inspired.

In 2008, considered disposable by Joel Santana, Leo was on loan at Atlético Paranaense prompted by Ney Franco that this time the team trained Paraná. Failing to keep good performances, the player was still far from the starting lineup at midseason, however, remained on the coaching staff of Curitiba.

In 2009, again dismissed by the coaches, the player was loaned again, this time in Bahia. Bahia arrived at the team carrying the status and salary of crack, about $50 000, resumed between Fla and Bahia. He played the best matches of the club from Salvador in the first half, but still not pleased the coach Gallo, still at the beginning of the Brazilian Championship, asked her head and put him to train separately.

By luck or chance, Medeiros saw soon after the coach and disaffection, Gallo, be dismissed. So it was then reinstated to the team by new coach Bahia, Paulo Comelli. Though reinstated, Léo Medeiros was no more consensus in Bahia and was eventually released as soon as that team finished the season.

In 2010, he presented himself again to Most Wanted from Brazil to perform the pre-season and was eventually reinstated to the first team squad games Cariocão. But the player did not take the chance offered by then-coach Andrade, who used improvised on the left back and ended up forgotten in the red-black cast.

In the year 2014, and hung up the boots, the Nacional de Muriaé and in 2015, assumes another function, now out of the four lines being technical assistant of Valeriodoce.[2]

Flamengo career statistics

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(Correct as of January 17, 2010)
Club Season Carioca League Brazilian Série A Brazilian Cup Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Flamengo 2006 - - - 27 3 2 - - - - - - - - - 27 3 2
2007 7 2 ? 26 3 ? - - - 3 0 ? - - - 36 5 3
2008 2 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - 2 0 0
2010 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 - - - 1 0 0
Total 10 2 ? 53 6 ? 0 0 0 3 0 ? 2 0 0 66 8 5

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website[3] and Flaestatística.[4]

Career as a politician

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In the 2024 Brazilian municipal elections, Medeiros ran for mayor on his hometown of Recreio, and won. He's expected to assume the office on the 1st of January, 2025.[1]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Ex-jogador do Flamengo é eleito prefeito em cidade de Minas Gerais". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  2. ^ "Léo Medeiros, ex-Flamengo, vira auxiliar técnico de Wantuil Rodrigues" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 2015-06-19. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  3. ^ Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Flaestatística (in Portuguese)
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