Leonardo Araújo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Niterói, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder, Left winger, Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1987 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Flamengo | 52 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | São Paulo | 44 | (1) |
| 1991–1993 | Valencia | 70 | (7) |
| 1993–1994 | São Paulo | 12 | (3) |
| 1994–1996 | Kashima Antlers | 49 | (30) |
| 1996–1997 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | (7) |
| 1997–2001 | Milan | 96 | (22) |
| 2001 | São Paulo | 13 | (0) |
| 2002 | Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Milan | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 371 | (70) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989 | Brazil U20 | 6 | (1) |
| 1990–2002 | Brazil | 55 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2010 | Milan | ||
| 2010–2011 | Internazionale | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo, known as Leonardo (born 5 September 1969), is a football manager and a former player. A versatile player, he played in several positions throughout his career, including as an attacking midfielder, left winger, and left-back. He is currently active as director of football of French club Paris Saint-Germain. Throughout his club career, he played for teams in Brazil, Spain, Japan, France and Italy, winning titles with Flamengo, São Paulo, Kashima Antlers and Milan. Following his retirement, he also served as a manager for Italian side Milan, and successively as manager of crosstown rivals Internazionale, where he won a Coppa Italia title in 2011.
A former Brazil international, he played in the 1994 World Cup winning side, as well as the team that finished runners-up in the 1998 edition of the tournament. He also represented his nation in two Copa América tournaments, reaching the final in 1995, and winning the title in 1997, also claiming the FIFA Confederations Cup in the same year.
Leonardo was born and raised in Niterói, Brazil.
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