Claudionor Souza de Jesus (born March 5, 1993), nicknamed Lelêu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Icasa.

Lelêu
Personal information
Full name Claudionor Souza de Jesus
Date of birth (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Icasa
Youth career
2002–2008 Vasco da Gama
2008–2012 Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2018 Atlético Mineiro 7 (1)
2012Paysandu (loan) 0 (0)
2014Náutico (loan) 16 (1)
2015Paysandu (loan) 0 (0)
2015Madureira (loan) 5 (0)
2016Boa (loan) 4 (0)
2017Boa (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020 Shonan Bellmare 2 (0)
2019Mito HollyHock (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2021 FC Gifu 19 (1)
2022– Icasa 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 June 2022

Career edit

Atlético Mineiro & Loans edit

Leleu, as he is commonly known, began his professional career in the year of 2011, playing for Atlético Mineiro. Leleu's first match was against Democrata-GV, for the Campeonato Mineiro.[1] In the year of 2012, Leleu was borrowed for the Brazilian club Paysandu, but returned to his former club in the same year.[2][3] Returning to Atlético Mineiro at Belo Horizonte for 2013, he scored his first Brasileiro Série A goal on July 7 in a 3-2 win against Criciúma.

In 2014, he is loan at Náutico in Série B where he scored 1 goal for 16 appearances. After that season and during 3 years, he is loaned at different Brazilian clubs from weaker leagues like Paysandu, Madureira and Boa.

Shonan Bellmare / Mito HollyHock edit

He changes country and signs at Hiratsuka for Shonan Bellmare for the 2019 season. He made his Japanese debut for the club on March 13 in a J.League Cup Group stage match against Yokohama F. Marinos where he also scored his first goal with the club to secure a 2-0 win.[4] After another goal in J.League Cup and 2 appearances in J1 League, he is loaned at Mito HollyHock in J2 League for the rest of the season.[5]

Honours edit

Atlético Mineiro

References edit

  1. ^ "Claudionor Souza de Jesus". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Leleu - Claudionor Souza de Jesus - Atletico Mineiro - Sambafoot.com, tudo sobre o futebol brasileiro". sambafoot.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Atacante Leleu segue em busca de espaço no Paysandu". iberoamerica.net. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Soccer: Bellmare bounce back with 2-0 win over Marinos in Levain Cup". mainichi.jp. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Shonan Bellmare's Leleu moves on loan to Mito Hollyhock". cooljapansoccer.wordpress.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

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