Leston Izaias do Nascimento Júnior (born 20 October 1978), known as Leston Júnior, is a Brazilian football coach, currently the head coach of América de Natal.

Leston Júnior
Personal information
Full name Leston Izaias do Nascimento Júnior
Date of birth (1978-10-20) 20 October 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Divinópolis, Brazil
Team information
Current team
América de Natal (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
1998–2001 Cruzeiro U20
2002–2004 Flamengo-MG U20
2005–2006 DEC U20
2006–2008 América Mineiro U20
2008–2009 Cruzeiro U20
2009 Bahia U20
2010–2012 Inter de Bebedouro
2012 Olímpia
2012–2014 Guarani de Divinópolis
2014 Madureira[1]
2015 Tupi
2016 Remo[2]
2016 Mogi Mirim
2017 Villa Nova
2017 Moto Club
2018 Botafogo-PB
2019 Santa Cruz
2020–2021 Floresta
2021–2022 Santa Cruz
2022 Floresta
2023 Campinense
2023–2024 Cascavel
2024 Santo André
2025– América de Natal

Early life

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Born in Divinópolis, son of former athlete Leston Isaias (50s and 60s), Leston Izaias do Nascimento Júnior, was created in the middle of football. Were four years at Soccer Schools and six years in high-performance base teams.

Career

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He began his career as a coach in 1999, in the categories of base of Cruzeiro. The front of the Children's Team, Leston was at the club from 1999 to 2001. In the youth level, past the clubs: Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Divinópolis EC, América Mineiro and Bahia.

11 years later, in 2010, she made her first job as a professional at Inter de Bebedouro. In 2012 Leston coached Olímpia, which was close to winning a place in Campeonato Paulista Série A2. In the same year, he was hired by the Guarani-MG, which prevented the fall of the Buggy to the second division of the State.

In 2014, he commanded Madureira, which led the team to the quarterfinals of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, being eliminated by the CRB. The following year he coached Tupi, where he led the club to the long-sought access to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Honours

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Botafogo-PB

References

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  1. ^ "Madureira fecha com novo treinador para disputa do Brasileiro da Série C". FutRio. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Remo anuncia Leston Júnior, ex-Tupi, como novo técnico para 2016". GloboEsporte.com. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
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