Leonildo Soares Gonçalves Ceita (born 7 August 1992), commonly known as Leonildo Soares and sometimes as Ju,[1] is a São Toméan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for UFC Moitense and the São Tomé and Príncipe national team. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonildo Soares Gonçalves Ceita | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Água Grande, São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Moitense | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Seixal | ||
| 2008–2009 | Amora | ||
| 2009–2011 | Vitória de Setúbal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Fabril Barreiro | 30 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | Amora | 32 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Pinhalnovense | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | Abahani Limited | (4) | |
| 2015–2017 | Peimari United | ||
| 2018–2020 | Oriental Dragon | 46 | (5) |
| 2020–2021 | Fabril Barreiro | 21 | (2) |
| 2021 | Pinhalnovense | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Fabril Barreiro | 15 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Moitense | 31 | (2) |
| 2023 | Barreirense | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Moitense | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | São Tomé and Príncipe | 16 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:21, 24 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editAfter he immigrated to Portugal along with his family during his childhood years, he played in several Portuguese clubs including Seixal, Amora and Vitória de Setúbal. He started his professional career, his first club was Fabril do Barros, then played with Amora and recently Pinhalnovense. He became the first Santomean to play with a Bangladeshi club Abahani Limited of its capital Dhaka for the 2014 season.
International career
editLeonildo Soares made his international debut on 4 June 2016, when he played entirely in a loss Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Cape Verde.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Ju valor são-tomense nos campeonatos jovens de Portugal – Em entrevista" (in Portuguese). 3 January 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". CAF. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
External links
edit- Leonildo Soares at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Leonildo Soares at National-Football-Teams.com
- Leonildo Soares at Soccerway
- Leonildo Soares at ZeroZero
- Leonildo Soares at FootballDatabase.eu
