Laionel

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Ramalho.
Laionel
Personal information
Full name Laionel Silva Ramalho
Date of birth (1986-04-27) 27 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Campos Belos, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Portuguesa Santista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Vila Nova 5 (0)
2007–2011 Grêmio Inhumense
2007–2008 → Boavista (loan) 19 (3)
2008–2010 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 25 (2)
2009–2010 → Salamanca (loan) 18 (0)
2010–2011 → Académica (loan) 26 (5)
2011–2012 Gil Vicente 14 (2)
2012 Astra Ploiești 10 (1)
2012 Remo 5 (0)
2013 Gama
2013 Rio Verde 4 (2)
2013 Guarani 13 (4)
2014 Volta Redonda 15 (0)
2014 CEOV 6 (0)
2015 Grêmio Anápolis 4 (0)
2015 Palmas 3 (0)
2016 CEOV 2 (0)
2016 Luziânia 4 (1)
2017 Cascavel 9 (0)
2017 Villa Nova 5 (0)
2018 Anápolis 13 (1)
2018– Portuguesa Santista 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2019

Laionel Silva Ramalho (born 27 April 1986), known simply as Laionel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) as a forward.

Club career

Born in Campos Belos, Goiás, Laionel started playing football with two local clubs, lowly Vila Nova Futebol Clube and Grêmio Esportivo Inhumense. In the middle of 2007, he moved to Portugal with Boavista FC.

After Boavista's demotion due to irregularities, Laionel stayed in the country, signing with another modest side in the Primeira Liga, Vitória de Setúbal, for the 2008–09 campaign. Again, he struggled to find the net even though he received a fair amount of playing time, but his team avoided a drop this time.

Laionel was loaned to Spain's UD Salamanca in summer 2009, with the Segunda División club retaining a €175.000 buying option at the season's close.[1] As the Castile and León team barely avoided relegation he did not manage to score in the league, appearing in less than half of the matches.

In early July 2010, Laionel returned to Portugal, being loaned to Académica de Coimbra from Grémio Anápolis (formerly Inhumense), in a season-long move.[2] On 15 August he scored his first official goal in more than one year, netting from 35 metres in the 93rd minute to help shock-defeat title holders S.L. Benfica 2–1 away from home.[3]

On 11 July 2011, Laionel moved to freshly promoted club Gil Vicente F.C. after his contract with Grêmio expired. On 12 August, in the campaign opener, again he stripped Benfica of points, scoring once to help the Barcelos team come from behind 0–2 to earn a point at home;[4] in late January 2012, however, he signed for FC Astra Ploiești in Romania.[5]

References

  1. ^ "El Salamanca ficha a Goikoetxea y Da Silva" [Salamanca sign Goikoetxea and Da Silva]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 7 July 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Carreño e Laionel para o ataque" [Carreño and Laionel for the offense]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Last-gasp wonder goal sinks Benfica at the Luz". PortuGOAL. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  4. ^ Gil Vicente 2–2 Benfica Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine; PortuGOAL, 12 August 2011
  5. ^ "Brazilianul Laionel, noul nostru Strătilă!" [Brazilian Laionel, our new strategist!] (in Romanian). FC Astra Ploiesti. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.