Tiago Leonço

Tiago Leonço
Leonço with R&F in 2018
Personal information
Full name Tiago de Leonço
Date of birth 11 November 1992
Place of birth Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
Khor Fakkan
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Lajeadense 0 (0)
2013 Novo Hamburgo 2 (0)
2013–2014 Santa Clara 34 (5)
2015 Leixões 17 (4)
2015–2016 Farense 21 (3)
2016–2017 Vendsyssel 45 (14)
2017–2018 AEL Limassol 11 (4)
2018–2020 R&F 35 (20)
2020 Beijing Renhe (loan) 17 (8)
2021 Guangzhou City 19 (7)
2022–2023 JEF United Chiba 27 (4)
2023 Al Dhafra 14 (5)
2023– Khor Fakkan 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Tiago de Leonço (born 11 November 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for UAE Pro League club Khor Fakkan.

Club career

Born in Novo Hamburgo, Leonço represented lower league clubs in his country. He moved abroad on 20 August 2013, and signed for Portuguese second tier club Santa Clara. On 2 February 2015, he switched to Leixões after being a free agent since the end of the previous season. In the following season, he moved to Farense. However, his contract was soon terminated on 19 January 2016.

On 31 July 2017, Leonço signed with Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol after a stint with Danish second tier club Vendsyssel.

On 21 January 2018, Leonço signed with Hong Kong Premier League club R&F.

In September 2020, Leonço joined China League One club Beijing Renhe on loan. Despite scoring 8 goals in 17 league appearances, his performance was not enough to prevent Renhe's relegation from the second division.

On 8 March 2021, Leonço joined China Super League club Guangzhou City on a two-year deal.