Leandro Barreiro – Wikipedia

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Luxembourgish professional footballer

Leandro Barreiro
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Barreiro playing for Mainz in 2020
Personal information
Full name Leandro Barreiro Martins[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Erpeldange, Luxembourg
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information

Current team

Mainz 05
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2015 Racing-Union
2015–2016 Erpeldange
2016–2019 Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Mainz 05 79 (3)
International career
2016 Luxembourg U17 1 (0)
2017 Luxembourg U19 3 (0)
2017 Luxembourg U21 4 (0)
2018– Luxembourg 45 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2023

Leandro Barreiro Martins (born 3 January 2000) is a Luxembourgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 and the Luxembourg national team.

Professional career[edit]

Born in Erpeldange, Luxembourg, Barreiro was a promising youth in the local FC Erpeldange 72 academy. He moved to the Racing FC Union Luxembourg Academy, from where he garnered attention throughout Europe, including from Paris Saint-Germain.[2] He signed with Mainz in 2016.[3]

On 4 November 2018, Barreiro signed his first professional contract with Mainz.[4] He debuted with Mainz in a 5-1 Bundesliga loss to Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 8 February 2019.[5]

International career[edit]

Barreiro was born in Luxembourg and is of Angolan descent.[6] Barreiro made his international debut for the Luxembourg national football team in a 1–0 friendly win against Malta on 22 March 2018.[7]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Luxembourg’s goal tally first.[8]

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