Leandro Damião
Damião playing for Brazil in 2011
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| Full name | Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos |
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| Date of birth | 22 July 1989 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jardim Alegre, Brazil | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Flamengo | |||||||||||
| Number | 18 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2007-2009 | Atlético Ibirama | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Internacional | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Internacional | 98 | (33) | |||||||||
| 2014– | Santos | 26 | (6) | |||||||||
| 2015 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 23 | (4) | |||||||||
| 2016 | → Betis (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2016– | → Flamengo (loan) | 15 | (2) | |||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Brazil U23 | 6 | (6) | |||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Brazil | 17 | (3) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2016. |
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Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: [leˈɐ̃dɾu daˈmjɐ̃w̃]; born 22 July 1989), known as Leandro Damião or simply Damião, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Brazilian club Flamengo on loan from Santos as a striker. He has been capped at international level by Brazil.
Damião began his career as a midfielder, playing for local teams in Jardim Alegre, Paraná. Having failed a trial as a midfielder at Atlético Ibirama, he had a new opportunity as a striker and was signed by team.
Damião was first loaned to XV de Outubro de Indaial before playing the 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C for Marcílio Dias; he would later join Atlético Tubarão in the same year. Back to Atlético Ibirama, he scored 12 goals in the 2009 Campeonato Catarinense and was transferred to Internacional.
At Internacional, he won three titles with the club's under-20 side and earned a call-up to the B team. He scored twice in his Campeonato Gaúcho debut and was then called up to the first team for their 2010 Copa Libertadores campaign. Damião won his first major title in August 2010 when he helped Internacional defeat Guadalajara in the Copa Libertadores Finals. He scored the club's second goal in their second leg victory in Porto Alegre to win the competition 5–3 on aggregate. His performances at the Porto Alegre club earned him a place in the Brazil national football team and praise from Ronaldo, also drawing the interest of European clubs.
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