Leandro Simioni

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vilas Boas and the second or paternal family name is Simioni.

Leandro Vilas Boas Simioni (born 29 September 1974), also known as Leandro Testa,^[1] is a Brazilian former professional footballer. In December 2010 Simioni was involved in a car accident in Brazil, he was seriously injured and left paralyzed from the waist down.

Leandro Simioni

Personal information
Full name	Leandro Vilas Boas Simioni
Date of birth	(1974-09-29) 29 September 1974 (age 48)
Place of birth	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Nacional (SP)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Portuguesa
1996	XV de Piracicaba^[citation needed]
1996–1997	Cercle Brugge	14	(0)
1997–1998	Golden
1998–1999	Sai Kung	?	(16)
1999–2000	Yee Hope	?	(13)
2001	Yokohama F. Marinos	3	(0)
2002	Bahia
2002	Santa Cruz
2003	Paulista de Campo Limpo Paulista
2003–2005	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	43	(6)
2007	Bandeirante	0	(0)
2007–2008	Bnei Sakhnin	3	(0)
2008–2009	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	38	(13)
2010	Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam
2010	União da Vila Sá
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Early career

Born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo state, Leandro started his career with clubs of the state before moved to Belgian side Cercle Brugge.

Hong Kong and Japan

He then moved to Hong Kong and played for Golden, Sai Kung and Yee Hope. He was the top-scorer in 1999–2000 Hong Kong First Division League.^[2] He was also selected into Hong Kong League XI for several times.^[2] In January 2001 he left Yee Hope and was offered a contract from Matsubara of Brazil, which the club was invested by Japanese.^{[citation needed]} He then left for J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos. He left the club in July.

Return to Brazil

Leandro then returned to Brazil and played for Bahia (on loan from unnamed club),^[3] Santa Cruz and Paulista de Campo Limpo Paulista. He finished as the runner-up of 2002 Campeonato Pernambucano.^[4]

Germany and Israel

In June 2003 he left for 2. Bundesliga club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.^[5] The club relegated to Regionalliga Nord in mid–2005. In March 2007 he was signed by Bandeirante of São Paulo state,^[6] played the second half of 2007 Campeonato Paulista Série A2, scored twice.^[1]

He then left for Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 25 January 2010, he was signed by Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam.^[7]

Amateur

On 4 November 2010, he returned to Brazil again, signing for União da Vila Sá of Campeonato Paulista Amador do Estado.^[8][9]

References

1. [São Paulo state Professional League A2 2007 Topscorers]. Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
2. 奪標 (Champion Sports) – No.446 Issue (1 September 2000) pp.41–43 (in Chinese)
3. "Tricolor contrata centroavante". Esporte Clube Bahia (in Portuguese). Re-published by www.maisumbahia.com. 25 January 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Campeonato Pernambucano 2002". BOLA N@ ÁREA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 November 2010.
5. . CBF (in Portuguese). 10 December 2004. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
6. "BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E)RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 19/03/2007". CBF (in Portuguese). 19 March 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
7. סיום תקופת רישום שנייה–עונת משחקים 2009/10 [Winter Transfer List 2009–10] (PDF). The Israel FA (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 November 2010.
8. . Federação Paulista de Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
9. . CBF (in Portuguese). 4 November 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

External links

• Leandro Simioni at J.League () (in Japanese)  
• at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 November 2009) (in Portuguese)
• at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 April 2012)
• Leandro Simioni at WorldFootball.net
• at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 March 2012) (in Portuguese)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Paul Ritchie	Hong Kong First Division League top scorer 1999–2000	Succeeded by Paul Ritchie