Léo Bolgado

Léo Bolgado
Personal information
Full name Leonardo da Costa Bolgado
Date of birth (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998
Place of birth Cuiabá, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Petro Atlético
Youth career
2015–2018 Cruzeiro
2018–2020 Coimbra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Coimbra 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Académica U23 (loan) 28 (3)
2020–2021 → Alverca (loan) 21 (2)
2021–2022 → Leixões (loan) 32 (4)
2022–2023 → Casa Pia (loan) 11 (1)
2023–2024 Leixões 32 (2)
2024–2026 CFR Cluj 40 (3)
2025–2026 → Rapid București (loan) 13 (1)
2026– Petro Atlético 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026

Leonardo da Costa Bolgado (born 20 August 1998), known as Léo Bolgado, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Girabola club Petro Atlético.

Club career

Bolgado is a youth product of the Brazilian clubs Cruzeiro and Coimbra, and had a stint on loan with the Académica U23s in Portugal in the 2019-20 season.[1]

He began his senior career with Alverca on loan from Coimbra for the 2020-21 season in the Portuguese third division.[2]

The following season he was loaned to Leixões in the Liga Portugal 2 in the 2021-22 season, where he was named to that divion's Team of the Season making 32 appearances.[3]

On 7 July 2022, he was sent on loan to Casa Pia, who had been recently promoted to the Portuguese Primeira Liga.[4]

On 4 July 2023, Bolgado returned to Leixões on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2026[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Académica U23 (loan) 2019–20 Liga Revelação 283———283
Alverca (loan) 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal 21220——232
Leixões (loan) 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 32431——355
Casa Pia (loan) 2022–23 Primeira Liga 11130—2[b]0161
Leixões 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 32220—3[b]1373
CFR Cluj 2024–25 Liga I 3634000—403
2025–26 40—8[c]01[d]0130
Total 403408010533
Rapid București (loan) 2025–26 Liga I 13120——151
Petro Atlético 2026–27 Girabola 0000000000
Career total 13416161806116418
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Cupa României
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Taça da Liga
  3. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României

Honours

CFR Cluj

References

  1. ↑ "Oficial: Defesa Léo Bolgado reforça Casa Pia". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 7 July 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Leonardo Bolgado é reforço". Futebol Clube de Alverca (in Portuguese). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "LÉO BOLGADO É 1ª DIVISÃO!". Coimbra Sports (in Portuguese). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Casa Pia confirma mais um reforço para a defesa da equipa" [Casa Pia announces another reinforcement for the team's defence] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Leixões confirma regresso de Léo Bolgado" [Leixões confirms Léo Bolgado's return] (in European Portuguese). Record. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Léo Bolgado at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 January 2026.