Leandro Franco

Leandro Franco
Personal information
Full name	Leandro Lourenço Franco
Date of birth	August 10, 1981 (age 45)
Place of birth	Pouso Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Forward
Youth career
	União Barbarense
	Inter de Limeira
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Inter de Limeira
2003	Tombense
2003	XV de Piracicaba
2004	Paulista-SP
2005	Rio Branco-PR
2005	Colo-Colo
2006	Inter de Limeira
2006	Rio Branco-PR
2007–2008	Guarani-SP
2008	Atromitos
2008	Águila
2009	Luis Ángel Firpo
2010	Marília
2011	Caldense
2011	Atlético Sorocaba
2011	Sport Boys
2012	Sporting Cristal
2013	Sport Boys
2013	León de Huánuco
2014	Juventude
2014–2015	Independente Limeira
2015	Unión Magdalena
2018	Pouso Alegre
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leandro Lourenço Franco (born August 10, 1981), commonly known as Lê, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Franco was born in Pouso Alegre. After playing with South American giants Colo-Colo in 2005,^[2]^[3]^[4] he got offers to play in well known Mexican teams, such as Cruz Azul. Then went on to play in Super League Greece team Atromitos. His team relegated to Beta Ethniki, so he looked for new options. He finally got an offer to play for Águila, one of the biggest clubs in El Salvador and Central America. In 2009, he signed a one-year contract with fellow Salvadorans Luis Ángel Firpo. Then, in 2010 he moved back to his native Brazil to play with Marília Atlético Clube only to join Sport Boys in Peru in 2011 and 2013.^[5] In that country, he also played for Sporting Cristal^[2] and León de Huánuco.

Post-retirement

Franco has served as coach for football academies in his homeland and took part in sport events alongside the former futsal player Falcão.^[2]

References

↑ "Lê". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2025.
1 2 3 "Qué fue de Leandro, el último brasileño que pasó por Colo Colo... Habla de Scolari, Sampaoli y el penal que lo sacó del Cacique". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
↑ "Colo Colo 2005 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2025.
↑ "El brasileño Leandro Franco jugó en Colo Colo en 2005 y nunca perdió un partido 🇧🇷⚪⚫" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
↑ Valenzuela, Gabriel (17 June 2013). "El Ascensor: Franco y merecido -". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2025.

External links

Leandro Franco at Soccerway (archived)
Leandro Franco at BDFA (in Spanish)
sambafoot (in Portuguese)
paginas.terra (in Portuguese)

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[1] "Lê". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2025.

[emol-2] 1 2 3 "Qué fue de Leandro, el último brasileño que pasó por Colo Colo... Habla de Scolari, Sampaoli y el penal que lo sacó del Cacique". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2025.

[3] "Colo Colo 2005 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2025.

[4] "El brasileño Leandro Franco jugó en Colo Colo en 2005 y nunca perdió un partido 🇧🇷⚪⚫" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2025.

[5] Valenzuela, Gabriel (17 June 2013). "El Ascensor: Franco y merecido -". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2025.

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