Makelele (footballer, born 1985)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leandro dos Santos de Jesus | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Salvador, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Botafogo | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2003 | Real Salvador Esporte Clube | ||
2004 | Santo André | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Santo André | 35 | (4) |
2007–2009 | Palmeiras | 27 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Grêmio (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2009 | → Coritiba (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2010 | Santo André | 16 | (0) |
2011 | Pelotas | ||
2011 | ABC | 28 | (0) |
2012 | Linense | ||
2012–2014 | Académica | ||
2014–2015 | Kuwait SC | ||
2016– | Botafogo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leandro dos Santos de Jesus, or simply Makelele (born 26 February 1985), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Botafogo.
Career
[edit]On 25 September 2009, it was announced the 24-year-old midfielder from Palmeiras will play on loan for Coritiba Foot Ball Club until the end of the Campeonato Brasileiro, in the next month of December 2009.[1]
On 30 March 2016, it was confirmed that Makelele has signed with Botafogo.
Honours
[edit]Palmeiras
[edit]Notes
[edit]External links
[edit]- (in English) sambafoot
- (in Portuguese) CBF
- (in Portuguese) palmeiras.globo.com
- (in Portuguese) zerozero.pt
- (in Portuguese) globoesporte
- (in Portuguese) Makelele: «É um sonho jogar na Liga Europa»
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Esporte Clube Santo André players
- SE Palmeiras players
- Grêmio FBPA players
- Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- Académica de Coimbra (football) players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- Footballers from Salvador, Bahia
- Primeira Liga players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Men's association football midfielders
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs