Léo Coelho

Léo Coelho
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Henriques Coelho
Date of birth (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993[1]
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Juventus-SP
Number 17
Youth career
2011-2012 Nacional-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Nacional-SP 56 (2)
2013 → Grêmio Barueri (loan) 7 (0)
2015 → Penapolense (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Paraná (loan) 10 (0)
2016 Rio Claro 5 (0)
2016–2017 Santos 0 (0)
2017 → Penapolense (loan) 6 (0)
2018 Portuguesa 5 (0)
2019 Comercial-SP 10 (0)
2019–2021 Fénix 40 (5)
2021–2022 Atlético San Luis 10 (0)
2022 → Nacional (loan) 33 (2)
2023–2025 Peñarol 71 (3)
2025–2026 Amazonas 35 (2)
2026- Juventus-SP 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 August 2026

Leonardo Henriques Coelho (born 17 May 1993), known as Léo Coelho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Juventus-SP.

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Léo Coelho was a Nacional-SP youth graduate. He made his senior debut for the club on 30 April 2011 by starting in a 1–3 home loss against Jabaquara for the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão championship,.[3]

Léo Coelho was subsequently loaned to Grêmio Barueri, Penapolense and Paraná,[4] appearing with the latter in Série B. In January 2016 he moved to Rio Claro permanently.[5]

On 18 May 2016 Léo Coelho was loaned to Santos,[6] being initially assigned to the B-team. After being an undisputed starter during the year's Copa Paulista, he returned to Penapolense on 6 February 2017, also in a temporary deal.[7]

Career statistics

As of 22 August 2026[1]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional-SP 2011 Paulista 2ª Divisão —80———80
2012 —211———211
2013 —60———60
2014 —191———191
Total —562———562
Grêmio Barueri (loan) 2013 Série C 0070———70
Penapolense (loan) 2015 Paulista —40———40
Paraná (loan) 2015 Série B 100————100
Rio Claro 2016 Paulista —50———50
Santos 2016 Série A 00—00—14[a]1141
Penapolense (loan) 2017 Paulista A2 —60———60
Portuguesa 2018 Paulista A2 —50———50
Comercial-SP 2019 Paulista A3 —100———100
Fénix 2019 Primera División 185————185
2020 200——6[b]0—260
2021 20——2[b]0—20
Total 405——80—465
Atlético San Luis 2021-22 Liga MX 100————100
Nacional-URU 2022 Primera División 332——9[c]0—422
Peñarol 2023 Primera División 310—304[b]0—382
2024 233——5[d]0—283
2025 170——6[d]01[e]0240
Total 713—3015010905
Amazonas FC 2025 Série B 141————141
2026 Série C 11110020—2[f]0251
Total 25210020—20392
Juventus-SP 2026 Paulista A2 ————2[a]020
Career total 1491210325032019134617
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercopa Uruguaya
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Norte

Honours

Nacional-URU

Peñarol

References

  1. 1 2 Léo Coelho at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Leonardo Coelho" (in Spanish). Peñarol. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Nacional x Jabaquara" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 30 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Léo Coelho, ex-Penapolense e Fernando Viana, ex-Joinville, treinam no Paraná" [Léo Coelho, formerly of Penapolense and Fernando Viana, formerly of Joinville, train at Paraná] (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rio Claro investe pesado na busca de reforços para o Paulistão" [Rio Claro invests heavily in the search of additions for the Paulistão] (in Portuguese). Portal Morada. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Santos contrata ex-joia do Corinthians e zagueiro do Rio Claro para time B" [Santos hires former jewel of Corinthians and defender of Rio Claro for team B] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Com poucas opções na defesa, Santos empresta zagueiro para Penapolense" [With little options in the defense, Santos loan stopper to Penapolense] (in Portuguese). Terra. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.