Sérgio Barbosa Dias Leite (born 16 August 1979) is a Portuguese retired
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
After emerging from local
Boavista FC
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's youth ranks,
Porto
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-born Leite found it hard to find a spot in the first team, barred by
William Andem first then
Ricardo
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People Given name
* Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (born ...
. He went on to serve four loans in the
second division
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, in representation of
F.C. Maia,
S.C. Espinho,
F.C. Penafiel and
Leça FC.
Definitely released in 2003, Leite then had two unassuming spells in England, first with
Charlton Athletic
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Their home ground is ...
which also loaned him to
A.D. Ovarense
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back in his country, then with
Hull City
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. With the latter team until February 2006, he only had one
Football League Cup
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Orga ...
appearance to his credit.
Leite spent 2006–07 with two Romanian sides, appearing only once in
Liga I
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with
FC Vaslui
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, then spent the following season in
Cyprus
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with lowly
Atromitos Yeroskipou
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. In the summer of 2008 he returned to Boavista, immersed in a deep financial crisis and now in the second level (
soon to be third).
For the
2009–10 campaign, Leite moved sides again, joining
Gondomar S.C.
Gondomar Sport Club is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the fourth-tier Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at '' Estádio de São Miguel'', with a capacity of 2. ...
– also in division three – a club to which former Boavista chairman
Valentim Loureiro
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also had connections. He left in June 2011 at the age of 32 and retired shortly after, subsequently working as a Sports agent, players' agent.
Honours
Individual
*Toulon Tournament Best Goalkeeper: 2000 Toulon Tournament, 2000
References
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National team data
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1979 births
Living people
Footballers from Porto
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
Boavista F.C. players
F.C. Maia players
S.C. Espinho players
F.C. Penafiel players
Leça F.C. players
A.D. Ovarense players
Gondomar S.C. players
Charlton Athletic F.C. players
Hull City A.F.C. players
Liga I players
Liga II players
FC Vaslui players
FC Brașov (1936) players
Cypriot Second Division players
Atromitos Yeroskipou players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus