Carlos Leonel

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Carlos Leonel
Personal information
Full name Carlos Leonel Gois Fernandes
Date of birth (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Benfica de Macau (Manager)
Youth career
2000–2001 Pontassolense
2001–2002 Marítimo
2002–2003 CD Barreirense
2003–2004 Nacional
2004–2005 Pontassolense
2005–2006 Nacional
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007 Pontassolense 2 (0)
2007–2009 Ribeira Brava 10 (0)
2009–2010 Pampilhosa 4 (0)
2010–2011 Vigor Mocidade 26 (4)
2011–2012 Pampilhosa - (-)
2013–2014 Febres 15 (11)
2013–2014 Fátima 11 (6)
2014–2015 Tirsense 17 (3)
2015–2022 Benfica de Macau 97 (117)
Total182(141)
International career‡
2016–2022 Macau 7 (4)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Benfica de Macau
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5:52 5 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:08 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Carlos Leonel Gois Fernandes (born 28 July 1987 in Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal), commonly known as Carlos Leonel, is a former football player. He was the top scorer in the 2016 [1] and 2017 Liga de Elite. [2]

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Club career

Early career

Leonel has been a football player since he was six-years old. He was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, doing an exchange program when Carlos Vilar invited him to visit him in Macau and play for three months on Casa de Portugal in the 2ª Divisão de Macau. [3]

Benfica de Macau

During the 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round held at Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan on 21 August 2016, Benfica de Macau played Rovers FC from Guam, Leonel scored twice and Benfica de Macau won the match 4–2. [4]

On 4 March 2017, Leonel scored a hat-trick as Benfica de Macau beat C.D. Monte Carlo 6–0. [5]

On 7 March 2018, Benfica de Macau took part in the 2018 AFC Cup group stage. After losing two goals in the first half to Hang Yuen, Leonel scored in the 61st and 63rd minutes to help the club overturn the score and won 3–2. It was Benfica de Macau's first ever win in the AFC Cup group stage. Leonel was awarded player of the match. [6] On 16 May, Benfica de Macau beat Hwaebul Sports Club with Leonel scoring a hat-trick on the final day of the group stage. Benfica de Macau finished the second in the group. [7]

On 14 January 2022, Benfica de Macau announced the retirement of Leonel as well as his appointment as the main coach.

International career

On 7 October 2016, Leonel was selected into the Macau national football team for the first time for the Hong Kong–Macau Interport. [8]

On 5 September 2017, Leonel made his debut for Macau in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification Third Round against India, but Macau lost 0–2. [9]

On 2 October 2017, Macau played a friendly against Laos. At 72 minutes, Leonel scored with a header, then 2 minutes later he scored again and helped Macau overturn the score. In the end Macau won the match 3–1. [10]

On 14 November 2017, Macau played Kyrgyzstan, at 87 minutes, Leonel scored, but Macau lost 3–4. [11]

International goals

Macau's goals are listed first [12]
NoDateVenueOpponentGoalResultCompetition
1.2 October 2017 Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 1–13–1 Friendly
2.2–1
3.14 Nov 2017Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, MacauFlag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
2–3
3–4
 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4.2 September 2018 MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
1–2
1–4
 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship qualification

Honours

Individual

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