Leandro Vilas Boas Simioni (born 29 September 1974), also known as Leandro Testa, is a Brazilian former professional

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. In December 2010 Simioni was involved in a car accident in Brazil, he was seriously injured and left paralyzed from the waist down.

Biography

Early career

Born in

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, São Paulo state, Leandro started his career with clubs of the state before moved to Belgian side

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Hong Kong and Japan

He then moved to Hong Kong and played for Golden, Sai Kung and

Yee Hope Yee Hope Football Club () was a Hong Kong football club which played in the Hong Kong First Division League between 1997 and 2001. In the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 season, the club played in the name Orient & Yee Hope Union () due to sponsorshi ...

. He was the top-scorer in 1999–2000 Hong Kong First Division League.奪標 (Champion Sports) – No.446 Issue (1 September 2000) pp.41–43 He was also selected into

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for several times. In January 2001 he left Yee Hope and was offered a contract from

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of Brazil, which the club was invested by Japanese. He then left for

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club Yokohama F. Marinos. He left the club in July.

Return to Brazil

Leandro then returned to Brazil and played for

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(on loan from unnamed club), Santa Cruz and Paulista de Campo Limpo Paulista. He finished as the runner-up of 2002

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is run by the Pernambuco Football Federation (FPF). History The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played i ...

Germany and Israel

In June 2003 he left for 2. Bundesliga club

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. The club relegated to

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in mid–2005. In March 2007 he was signed by

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of São Paulo state, played the second half of 2007

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, scored twice. He then left for Israeli club

Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Sakhnin F.C. (, , ) is an Israeli professional football club based at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin. They are the most successful club among the Arab-Israeli clubs in the country, having won the State Cup in 2004. History Early years Bn ...

and

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli professional association football, football club from the city of Beersheba, Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club was estab ...

. On 25 January 2010, he was signed by

Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam () was an Israeli football club based in Bat Yam. The club played home matches at the 3,100-capacity Bat Yam Municipal Stadium. History The club was formed by a merger of Beitar Bat Yam and Maccabi Bat Yam. Following anot ...

Amateur

On 4 November 2010, he returned to Brazil again, signing for União da Vila Sá of Campeonato Paulista Amador do Estado.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simioni, Leandro Living people 1974 births Footballers from São Bernardo do Campo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Hong Kong First Division League players J1 League players Israeli Premier League players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Sun Hei SC players Yee Hope FC players Yokohama F. Marinos players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Israel