Léo Pelé
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Pinheiro Conceição | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athletico Paranaense | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Fluminense | 48 | (3) |
| 2016 | → Londrina (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Bahia (loan) | 52 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | São Paulo | 123 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Vasco da Gama | 84 | (2) |
| 2025– | Athletico Paranaense | 47 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 July 2026 | |||
Leonardo Pinheiro da Conceição (born 6 March 1996), known as Léo Pelé or simply Léo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Athletico Paranaense. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.
Career
Léo began his career at Fluminense FC. He was first integrated into the first team towards the end of the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, remaining an unused substitute in three matches starting with a 1–1 draw against AA Ponte Preta at the Maracanã Stadium on 19 October.
He made his professional debut in the same tournament two years later, playing the full 90 minutes as the team lost 1–0 at Sport Club do Recife on 13 September 2015; after the game, he and Marcos Júnior were castigated by fans who said "You need to bleed for the team...this isn’t Vasco".[1] In total he made six appearances for Flu, all but one as a starter.
On 31 January 2016, he made his debut in the Campeonato Carioca, starting in a 3–1 loss at Volta Redonda Futebol Clube in the first game of the season. On 17 February, he was awarded a new contract until the end of 2019.[2]
On 5 December 2018, Léo Pelé moved to São Paulo FC on a four-year deal for a fee of $3 million.[3]
On 21 December 2022, Léo Pelé was transferred to Vasco from São Paulo FC, in a R$16 million deal for a 3-year contract.[4] For the 2025 season, Leo Pelé left Vasco for Athletico Paranaense, who acquired his pass for R$12.3 million.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 20 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fluminense | 2015 | Série A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 3 | ||
| Londrina (loan) | 2016 | Série B | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Bahia (loan) | 2018 | Série A | 32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 9[c] | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| São Paulo | 2019 | Série A | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6[e] | 0 | — | 58 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9[a] | 0 | — | 58 | 0 | |||
| Total | 86 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 0 | — | 162 | 0 | |||
| Vasco da Gama | 2023 | Série A | 34 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 95 | 2 | ||||
| Athletico Paranaense | 2025 | Série B | 27 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 1 | ||
| 2026 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 50 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 266 | 2 | 101 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 446 | 5 | ||
- 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
- ↑ Four appearances in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
Honours
- São Paulo
References
- ↑ "Após serem cobrados por organizada do Fluminense, Leo Pelé e Marcos Júnior posam para foto com torcedor" [After being criticised by a Fluminense organisation, Léo Pelé and Marcos Júnior pose for a photo with a fan] (in Portuguese). Globo. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Fluminense prorroga contrato e altera salário de Léo Pelé" [Fluminense prolong the contract and raise the salary of Léo Pelé]. Lance!. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "São Paulo anuncia a contratação do lateral-esquerdo Léo Pelé" [São Paulo announces the signing of left-back Léo Pelé] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ↑ "Vasco anuncia contratação do zagueiro Léo, ex-São Paulo". Lance! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ↑ "Vasco anuncia venda de Léo para o Athletico-PR, e zagueiro diz por que escolheu clube: 'Vi coisas extraordinárias'". ESPN Brasil (in Portuguese). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
External links
- Léo Pelé at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Fluminense FC players
- Londrina Esporte Clube players
- Esporte Clube Bahia players
- São Paulo FC players
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- Club Athletico Paranaense players
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen