Leonai Souza de Almeida (born 28 April 1995), simply known as Leonai, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ecuadorian club Barcelona SC.
Born in Pontal, São Paulo, Leonai played for Olé Brasil as a youth,[1] and made his senior debut with Jaboticabal in 2016, playing for the side in a non-official tournament called Taça Paulista.[2] He was announced by Sete de Dourados in January 2017,[3] but spent only 40 days at the club before leaving.[2] During that period, he also worked as a stock boy in a supermarket and as an assistant in a chemical laboratory.[4]
On 26 April 2017, Leonai joined Taquaritinga.[5] After impressing with the side in the year's Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, he was announced at Comercial-SP on 16 January 2018.[6]
On 17 October 2018, after helping Comercial in their promotion to the Campeonato Paulista Série A3, Leonai renewed his contract until 2020.[7] He scored his first goal for the club the following 6 April, netting the winner in a 1–0 success over Desportivo Brasil.[8]
On 6 November 2019, Comercial confirmed the transfer of Leonai to Uruguayan club Plaza Colonia.[9] He made his professional – and Primera División – debut on 7 March 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for Leandro Suhr in a 1–1 home draw against Fénix.
Leonai became a regular starter for the Patas Blancas, and scored his first professional goal on 28 June 2021, netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw against Cerro Largo.[10] At the end of that season, he was chosen as the best foreign player of the tournament by Referí, the football section of newspaper El Observador.[11]
On 10 January 2022, Ecuadorian Serie A side Barcelona SC announced that Leonai had joined the club on a one-year loan deal, with a buyout clause.[12]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Taquaritinga | 2017 | Paulista 2ª Divisão | — | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Comercial-SP | 2018[14] | Paulista 2ª Divisão | — | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2019[14] | Paulista A3 | — | 16 | 1 | — | — | 20[a] | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||||
| Total | — | 38 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 0 | 58 | 1 | |||||
| Plaza Colonia | 2020 | Primera División | 31 | 0 | — | — | 3[b] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 60 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | 63 | 1 | |||||
| Barcelona SC | 2022 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | — | — | 5[c] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 63 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 145 | 3 | ||
Leonai foi titular do Comercial nas últimas duas temporadas. No total, ele fez 58 jogos pelo Alvinegro.
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