Leonidas Pereira Neto de Sousa (born 4 January 1979), known as Neto Pereira, is a Brazilian football coach and a former player.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonidas Pereira Neto de Sousa | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | General Carneiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Matsubara | 15 | (11) |
| 2001–2010 | Itala San Marco | 258 | (114) |
| 2010–2015 | Varese | 154 | (31) |
| 2015–2017 | Padova | 53 | (15) |
| 2017–2018 | Mestre | 28 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Milano City | 27 | (4) |
| 2019 | Luparense | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Este | 18 | (3) |
| 2020 | Olimpia Ponte Tresa | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2023 | Città di Varese (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
editNeto (means grandson), son of Mr. Pereira and Ms. (née) Sousa, started his career at Matsubara and played at 2000 Torneo di Viareggio where he was scouted.[1]
Itala San Marco
editNeto Neto Pereira joined Italian Serie D side Itala San Marco in January 2001.[2] Neto Neto Pereira played for the club for 9 years and won the Serie D group stage champion in 2008. In 2004, he was trailed at Triestina but the transfer was failed due to work permit issue[3] (Serie B clubs cannot sign non-EU players abroad nor from Serie D). He was allowed to remain at the promoted side for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2008-09 season and played as captain.
Varese
editOn 31 January 2010, he was loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Varese as the club did not have a true regular goalscorer except Osariemen Ebagua. Neto Neto Pereira scored an equalizer goal in his debut against Benevento. The match ended in 1-1 draw. The club won promotion to Serie B at the end of season and signed him to a permanent deal.
In his debut in the Italian second division, he scored a goal against Torino, while Varese won 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino.
Padova
editOn 17 July 2015, after remaining free agent, signing for Padova in Lega Pro.
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "100 di questi Neto Pereira". Itala San Marco (in Italian). 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ "Intervista a Neto Pereira". AS Varese 1910 (in Italian). 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
External links
edit- Neto Pereira at Soccerway
- Profile at AIC.Football.it (in Italian)
- Neto Pereira at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
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