Leandro Garcia Azevedo Pires (born 16 June 1979) is a Portuguese football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Santa Clara.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leandro Garcia Azevedo Pires | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Caminha, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santa Clara (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | AC Caminha | ||
| 1995–1997 | Âncora-Praia FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997−1998 | Âncora-Praia FC | ||
| 1998−1999 | Cerveira | ||
| 1999−2001 | Os Limianos | ||
| 2001−2003 | Vianense | 34 | (4) |
| 2003−2004 | Vilaverdense | ||
| 2004−2005 | Desportivo de Monção | ||
| 2005−2015 | Aves | 223 | (3) |
| 2015−2016 | Vianense | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Vianense | ||
| 2018 | Cerveira | ||
| 2018–2020 | Desportivo Aves (U23) | ||
| 2019 | Desportivo Aves (caretaker) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Tirsense | ||
| 2022–2023 | Alverca | ||
| 2023– | Santa Clara (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Born in Caminha, Leandro, started is youth career at his hometown club, AC Caminha in 1994. A year later, he moved to rivals Âncora-Praia FC. He debuted as a professional in the fourth tier in 1997, he then passed through five other clubs, before arriving at C.D. Aves in 2005, at age 26.
On 21 August 2005, Leandro made his professional debut with DEsportivo de Aves in a 2004–05 Liga de Honra match against Leixões.[1] In the following ten seasons, Leandro has made over 200 league appearances for Desportivo de Aves, ultimately being named team captain.[2][3] He left Aves after ten seasons and subsequently joined Vianense, assuming the team managerial role on 23 December 2015.[3]
On 21 October 2019 he was appointed caretaker manager of Primeira Liga club Aves following the dismissal of Augusto Inácio.[4]
In the summer of 2023, Pires was hired as an assistant coach by Santa Clara.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Leixões 2-1 Desp. Aves". ZeroZero. 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Treinador e capitão do Aves reconhecem "mau jogo" da equipa" [Coach and captain of Desportivo de Aves acknowledged "bad game"]. Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). 2 January 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Leandro Pires é o novo treinador do SC Vianense" [Leandro Pires is the new manager of SC Vianense]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "AUGUSTO INÁCIO DEIXA O COMANDO TÉCNICO" (Press release) (in Portuguese). Aves. 21 October 2019.
- ^ "REFORÇOS DA EQUIPA TÉCNICA DEFINIDOS" [TECHNICAL TEAM REINFORCEMENTS DEFINED] (in Portuguese). Santa Clara. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
External links edit
- Leandro Pires at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Leandro Pires at Soccerway
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