Léo Bolgado

Brazilian footballer

Léo Bolgado
Personal information
Full name	Leonardo da Costa Bolgado
Date of birth	(1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Cuiabá, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Leixões
Number	4
Youth career
2015–2018	Cruzeiro
2018–2020	Coimbra
2019–2020	→ Académica (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Coimbra	0	(0)
2020–2021	→ Alverca (loan)	21	(2)
2021–2022	→ Leixões (loan)	32	(4)
2022–2023	→ Casa Pia (loan)	11	(1)
2023–	Leixões	15	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2024

Leonardo "Léo" da Costa Bolgado (born 20 August 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Leixões.

Club career

Bolgado is a youth product of the Brazilian clubs Cruzeiro and Coimbra, and had a stint on loan with the Académica U23s in Portugal in the 2019-20 season.^[1]

He began his senior career with Alverca on loan from Coimbra for the 2020-21 season in the Portuguese third division.^[2]

The following season he was loaned to Leixões in the Liga Portugal 2 in the 2021-22 season, where he was named to that divion's Team of the Season making 32 appearances.^[3]

On 7 July 2022, he was sent on loan to Casa Pia, who had been recently promoted to the Portuguese Primeira Liga.^[4]

On 4 July 2023, Bolgado returned to Leixões on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract.^[5]

References

^ "Oficial: Defesa Léo Bolgado reforça Casa Pia". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). July 7, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "Leonardo Bolgado é reforço". Futebol Clube de Alverca (in Portuguese). October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "LÉO BOLGADO É 1ª DIVISÃO!". Coimbra Sports (in Portuguese). July 4, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "Casa Pia confirma mais um reforço para a defesa da equipa" [Casa Pia announces another reinforcement for the team's defence] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ "Leixões confirma regresso de Léo Bolgado" [Leixões confirms Léo Bolgado's return] (in European Portuguese). Record. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.