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'{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2012}} {{Portuguese name|da Silva|dos Santos}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Leandro Damião | image = Leandro Damião.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Damião playing for Brazil in 2011 | fullname = Leandro Damião da Silva <br/>dos Santos | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|07|22|df=y}}<ref name="SW">{{cite web|title=Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/players/leandro-damiao-da-silva-dos-santos/113526/|work=Soccerway|publisher=Global Sports Media|accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Jardim Alegre]], Brazil | height = {{height|m=1.87}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Leandro Damiao|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/144196/leandro-damiao?cc=5739|publisher=[[ESPNsoccernet]]|accessdate=5 June 2011}}</ref> | position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 2007–2009 | clubs1 = [[Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger|Atlético Ibirama]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2007 | clubs2 = → [[Sociedade Desportiva XV de Outubro|XV de Outubro]] (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2008 | clubs3 = → [[Atlético Tubarão]] (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2008 | clubs4 = → [[Clube Náutico Marcílio Dias|Marcílio Dias]] (loan) | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2009–2013 | clubs5 = [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]] | caps5 = 98 | goals5 = 33 | years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = [[Santos FC|Santos]] | caps6 = 26 <!-- ONLY LEAGUE APPS --> | goals6 = 6 <!-- ONLY LEAGUE GOALS --> | years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = → [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] (loan) | caps7 = 23 <!-- ONLY LEAGUE APPS --> | goals7 = 4 <!-- ONLY LEAGUE GOALS --> | nationalyears1 = 2012 | nationalteam1 = [[Brazil national under-23 football team|Brazil U23]] | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 6 | nationalyears2 = 2011–2013 | nationalteam2 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] | nationalcaps2 = 17 | nationalgoals2 = 3 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{BRA}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament|Team Competition]]}} | club-update = 12:11, 02 December 2015 (GMT) | nationalteam-update = }} '''Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos''', commonly known as '''Leandro Damião''' ({{IPA-pt|leˈɐ̃dɾu daˈmjɐ̃w̃|br}}; born 22 July 1989), is a [[Brazil]]ian [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]]. He has been [[Cap (sport)|capped]] at international level by [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]. ==Club career== {{Quote box | width=30% | align=left | quote= "Leandro Damiao, from Internacional de Porto Alegre. He's tall, strong, a very good goalscorer, a threat in the air and skilful with both feet. He'll play a big part in 2014."|source= <small>[[Ronaldo]], when asked to apply "the new Ronaldo" tag to one of the current [[Brazil national football team|Seleção]] crop by FIFA.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.givemefootball.com/internationals/leandro-damiao-the-new-ronaldo- |title=Leandro Damiao: The new Ronaldo? |publisher=givemefootball.com |date=20 April 2012 |accessdate=12 June 2012}}</ref> </small> }} Damião began his career as a [[midfielder]], playing for local teams in [[Jardim Alegre]].<ref name=FIFA>{{cite web|title=Leandro Damiao: I've achieved my dream|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1422556.html|publisher=[[FIFA]]|accessdate=28 June 2011|date=21 April 2011}}</ref> He had unsuccessful trials with XV de Outubro and [[Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger|Atlético Ibirama]] before joining [[Atlético Tubarão]]. "When I went to Ibirama a lot of people said I wasn’t good enough," he said. "I had an awful lot of problems to face and I nearly gave up football to go and help my family."<ref name=FIFA/> During his time with Atlético Tubarão he established himself in the team, having moved into a more advanced position as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], and was given a second chance by Atlético Ibirama in 2009.<ref name=FIFA/> Having scored eight goals in the [[Campeonato Catarinense|Santa Catarina state championship]], Damião was transferred to [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]] where he won three titles with the club's under-20 side and earned a call-up to the B team.<ref name=FIFA/> He scored twice in his [[Campeonato Gaúcho]] debut and was then called up to the first team for their [[2010 Copa Libertadores]] campaign. Damião won his first major title in August 2010 when he helped Internacional defeat [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]] in the [[2010 Copa Libertadores Finals|Copa Libertadores Finals]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sturtridge|first=Tim|title=Internacional superstars claim Copa Libertadores win|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/internacional-superstars-claim-copa-libertadores-win-2056689.html|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=19 August 2010}}</ref> He scored the club's second goal in their second leg victory in [[Porto Alegre]] to win the competition 5–3 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Copa Libertadores: Internacional claim the title|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=815521&sec=global&cc=5739|publisher=[[ESPNsoccernet]]|accessdate=28 June 2011|date=19 August 2010}}</ref> During the 2013 summer, he had offers from English side [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/br/news/805/transfer%C3%AAncias/2013/06/06/4029878/tottenham-reabre-negocia%C3%A7%C3%B5es-por-leandro-dami%C3%A3o |title=Tottenham reabre negociações por Leandro Damião |trans_title=Tottenham re-opens negotiations for Leandro Damião |language=Portuguese |publisher=Goal.com |date=6 June 2013 |accessdate=7 February 2014}}</ref> and Italian club [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]].<ref>http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/internacional/noticia/2013/07/napoli-faz-oferta-de-25-milhoes-por-leandro-damiao-diz-jornal-italiano.html</ref> He was close to join the Italian side, but the deal fell through because "sponsorship contracts made it impossible".<ref>http://www.football-italia.net/37599/agent-damiao-napoli-ruined-sponsors</ref> Even though the club bought [[Gonzalo Higuaín]] after failing to land the Brazilian striker, Napoli chairman [[Aurelio De Laurentiis]] later stated that [[Rafa Benítez]] wanted Damião instead of Higuaín.<ref>http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/serie-a/napoli/2015/10/30/news/de_laurentiis_scudetto_higuain_benitez-126247574/?refresh_ce</ref> ===Santos=== After a season below standards with Internacional (only 13 goals in nearly 50 matches), Damião signed with fellow top-divisioner [[Santos FC]] in December, who paid a [[Brazilian real|R$]] 41 million fee, supported by investors, to bring Damião to [[Estádio Urbano Caldeira|Vila Belmiro]].<ref>[http://www.foxsports.com.br/blogs/view/133281-inter-aceita-e-leandro-damiao-fecha-com-o-santos Inter aceita e Leandro Damião fecha com o Santos (Inter agrees and Leandro Damião signs with Santos)]; [[Fox Sports]], 11 December 2013 {{pt icon}}</ref> He was presented on 9 January of the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.santosfc.com.br/2014/01/leandro-damiao-dirige-bonde-e-e-recebido-com-festa-por-torcedores-santos-fc/ |title=Leandro Damião dirige bonde e é recebido com festa por torcedores do Santos FC |trans_title=Leandro Damião conducts tramcar and is received with party by Santos FC's supporters |language=Portuguese |publisher=Santos FC |date=9 January 2014 |accessdate=7 January 2014}}</ref> Damião made his Santos debut on 6 February 2014, starting in a 2–1 away win over [[Clube Atlético Linense|Linense]], scoring a goal which was later disallowed due to offside.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/sp/futebol/campeonato-paulista/noticia/2014/02/na-estreia-de-damiao-santos-vence-linense-com-gol-de-menino-da-vila.html |title=Na estreia de Damião, Santos vence Linense com gol de Menino da Vila |trans_title=In Damião's debut, Santos beats Linense with a goal from a ''Menino da Vila'' |language=Portuguese |publisher=Globo Esporte |date=6 February 2014 |accessdate=7 February 2014}}</ref> He scored his first goal for ''Peixe'' on the 20th, netting his side's first of a 2–1 away success over [[Clube Atlético Sorocaba|Atlético Sorocaba]]; eight days later he netted his second, the last of a 5–0 home routing over [[Clube Atlético Bragantino|Bragantino]]. Despite scoring five goals in 13 appearances during Santos' runner-up campaign, Damião was hugely criticized due to his lack of agility and pace, plus his inability to score on a regular basis. He only scored more than one goal with a Santos shirt on 30 November, netting all goals in a 2–0 home win against [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]. ====Cruzeiro (loan)==== On 29 December 2014, after lengthy negotiations, Damião was loaned to league champions [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]], in a [[2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|season]]-long deal, after a largely disappointing year at Santos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2014/12/santos-aceita-proposta-e-leandro-damiao-sera-emprestado-ao-cruzeiro.html|title=Santos aceita proposta, e Leandro Damião será emprestado ao Cruzeiro|trans_title=Santos accepts bid, and Damião will be loaned to Cruzeiro|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=29 December 2014|accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref> ====Battle in court==== In 2015, Damião took a legal action against Santos to cancel his contract after failing to receive his image rights for three months and was granted the release of his contract in December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epoca.globo.com/vida/esporte/noticia/2015/12/decisao-favoravel-leandro-damiao-na-justica-gera-divida-de-r-65-milhoes-ao-santos.html|title=Decisão favorável a Leandro Damião na Justiça gera dívida de R$ 65 milhões ao Santos|trans_title=Favourable decision to Damião on the Court creates a R$ 65 million debt to Santos|publisher=[[Época (Brazilian magazine)|Época]]|language=pt|date=10 December 2015|accessdate=27 January 2016}}</ref> The decision was overturned in the following month, with the fee of 200 million ([[Brazilian real|reais]] for any national transfer and [[euro]]s for any international) being specified if he would sign with any club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2016/01/1725586-damiao-tem-de-pagar-r-200-milhoes-por-liberacao-do-santos.shtml|title=Justiça diz que Damião terá que pagar R$ 200 mi por liberação do Santos|trans_title=The Court says that Damião will have to pay R$ 200 mi as a release clause from Santos|publisher=[[Folha de S. Paulo]]|language=pt|date=4 January 2016|accessdate=27 January 2016}}</ref> On 7 January 2016, Damião was again declared a [[free agent]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2016/01/07/damiao-derruba-multa-na-justica-e-esta-livre-do-santos-novamente.htm|title=Damião 'derruba' multa na Justiça e está livre do Santos novamente|trans_title=Damião 'takes down' fee on the Court and is free from Santos again|publisher=UOL Esporte|language=pt|date=7 January 2016|accessdate=27 January 2016}}</ref> but on 26 January, after being on the verge to sign with Betis a fee of R$ 65 million was tagged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2016/01/26/damiao-tera-de-pagar-r-65-mi-para-deixar-o-santos-advogado-vai-recorrer.htm|title=Damião terá de pagar R$ 65 mi para deixar o Santos. Advogado irá recorrer|trans_title=Damião will have to pay R$ 65 mi to leave Santos. Lawyer will appeal|publisher=UOL Esporte|language=pt|date=26 January 2016|accessdate=27 January 2016}}</ref> An agreement was reached between Damião and Santos on 30 January 2016, as the player was attempting to sign with [[Real Betis]]. The Spaniards, however, refused his signature on 1 February. ==International career== Damião was given his first call-up to the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]] in March 2011 for the friendly against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] after [[Alexandre Pato]] withdrew from the squad due to injury. "I'm taking advantage of the circumstances to summon a player who has been playing well with Internacional and is young enough to play in the Olympics," said head coach [[Mano Menezes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexandre Pato misses Brazil friendly with Scotland|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/9432887.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=28 June 2011|date=24 March 2011}}</ref> He won his first [[Cap (sport)|cap]] in the match at the [[Emirates Stadium]] in [[London]], which Brazil won 2–0.<ref>{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Ewan|title=Neymar shines brightest as Brazil make light work of Scotland|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/mar/27/neymar-scotland-brazil-international-friendly|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Andy|title=Scotland 0–2 Brazil|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/9431234.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=28 June 2011|date=27 March 2011}}</ref> Damião scored his first goal for Brazil in a 1–0 friendly win against [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] on 5 September at [[Craven Cottage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brazil 1–0 Ghana|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14798121.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=5 September 2011|date=5 September 2011}}</ref> He also represented [[Brazil national under-23 football team|Brazil]] at the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Olympic football tournament]] in [[London]], being the tournament's top scorer with six goals in five appearances as Brazil finished runners-up to [[Mexico national under-23 football team|Mexico]]. ==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|2 December 2015}}.<ref name="SW"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2" width="100"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brasileirão]] !colspan="2" width="100"|[[Copa do Brasil]] !colspan="2" width="100"|[[Copa Libertadores]] !colspan="2" width="100"|State League !colspan="2" width="100"|[[Sudamericana]]^{<span style="color:blue;">1</span>} !colspan="2" width="100"|Other^{<span style="color:blue;">2</span>} !colspan="2" width="100"|Total |- !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]] |2010 |25||7||colspan="2"|—||1||1||8||4||0||0||1||0||35||12 |- |2011 |28||14||colspan="2"|—||8||4||13||17||2||3||2||3||53||41 |- |2012 |19||7||colspan="2"|—||10||6||14||11||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||43||24 |- |2013 |26||5||5||0||colspan="2"|—||17||8||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||48||13 |- !Total !98!!33!!5!!0!!19!!11!!52!!40!!2!!3!!3!!3!!179!!90 |- |rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Santos FC|Santos]] |[[2014 Santos FC season|2014]] |26||6||5||0||colspan="2"|—||13||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||44||11 |- !Total !26!!6!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!13!!5!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!44!!11 |- |rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] |2015 |23||4||0||0||9||4||12||9||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||44||17 |- !Total !23!!4!!0!!0!!9!!4!!12!!9!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!44!!17 |- !colspan="2"|Career total !147!!43!!10!!0!!28!!15!!77!!54!!2!!3!!3!!3!!267!!118 |} :<small>'''^{<span style="color:blue;">1</span>}Includes other competitive competitions, including the [[Recopa Sudamericana]]: [[2011 Recopa Sudamericana|2011]].'''</small> :<small>'''^{<span style="color:blue;">2</span>}Includes other competitive competitions, including the [[FIFA Club World Cup]]: [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] and [[Audi Cup]]: [[2011 Audi Cup|2011]].'''</small> ===International=== {{updated|match played on 2 June 2013}}.<ref>{{NFT player|pid=42812|Leandro Damião|accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|'''[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] |2011||4||1 |- |2012||10||1 |- |2013||3||1 |- !colspan=2|Total!!17!!3 |} ===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first:'' {| class=wikitable style="text-align: left;" align=center ! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 2011-09-05 || [[Craven Cottage]], [[London]], England || {{Fb|GHA}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 2. || 2012-08-15 || [[Råsunda Stadium]], [[Solna Municipality]], Sweden || {{Fb|SWE}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 3–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 3. || 2013-04-06 || [[Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]], Bolivia || {{Fb|BOL}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 4–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |} ==Honours== ===Club=== ;Internacional *[[Copa Libertadores]]: [[2010 Copa Libertadores|2010]] *[[Campeonato Gaúcho]]: [[2011 Campeonato Gaúcho|2011]], [[2012 Campeonato Gaúcho|2012]], [[2013 Campeonato Gaúcho|2013]] *[[Recopa Sudamericana]]: [[2011 Recopa Sudamericana|2011]] ===International=== ;Brazil *[[Superclásico de las Américas]]: [[2011 Superclásico de las Américas|2011]] *[[Olympic Games|Olympic Silver Medal]]: [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012]] ===Individual=== *[[Olympic Games]] top scorer: [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012]] *[[Campeonato Gaúcho]] top scorer: [[2011 Campeonato Gaúcho|2011]], [[2012 Campeonato Gaúcho|2012]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== *[http://www.leandrodamiao.com.br/ Leandro Damião official website] *{{NFT player|pid=42812|Leandro Damião}} {{Olympic top scorers}} {{Brazil men's football squad 2012 Summer Olympics}} {{Persondata | NAME = Damiao, Leandro | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Brazilian footballer | DATE OF BIRTH = 22 July 1989 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Jardim Alegre]], [[Brazil]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Damiao, Leandro}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Jardim Alegre]] [[Category:Brazilian footballers]] [[Category:Brazil international footballers]] [[Category:Association football forwards]] [[Category:Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger players]] [[Category:Sport Club Internacional players]] [[Category:Santos Futebol Clube players]] [[Category:Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players]] [[Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players]] [[Category:Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic footballers of Brazil]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Brazil]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in football]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]'