Léo Bonatini

Léo Bonatini
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Bonatini Lohner Maia[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 33
Youth career
2010–2013 Cruzeiro
2012–2013 → Juventus (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Cruzeiro 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Goiás (loan) 6 (2)
2015 → Estoril (loan) 15 (4)
2015–2016 Estoril 33 (17)
2016–2018 Al-Hilal 25 (12)
2017–2018 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 43 (12)
2018– Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 (0)
National team‡
2011 Brazil U17 12 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:58, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:26, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Leonardo Bonatini Lohner Maia (born 28 March 1994) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Club career

Cruzeiro

Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Bonatini joined Cruzeiro's youth setup in 2010, aged 16. In July 2012 he was loaned to Italian Serie A club Juventus for one season, with a buyout clause.[2]

Bonatini only appeared for the club's Primavera squad, and subsequently returned to Cruzeiro in the 2013 summer.[3] On 2 October 2013 he moved to Goiás, also in a temporary deal until the end of the year.[4]

Bonatini made his professional – and Série A – debut on 27 October, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 away win against Náutico.[5] He appeared in five further matches for Esmeraldino during the campaign, and had his loan contract renewed for a further year on 7 January 2014.[6]

On 5 August 2014, Bonatini's loan was cut short, due to the lack of opportunities in the main squad.[7]

Estoril

On 5 January 2015, he was loaned to Primeira Liga side Estoril Praia, until June.[8]

On 13 July 2015, Bonatini had 50% of his federative rights sold to Traffic Group, remaining at Estoril permanently. On 27 February 2016, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 home win against Vitória de Setúbal.

On 16 July 2016, Bonatini joined Saudi club Al-Hilal.[9]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 1 August 2017, Bonatini was sent on a season-long loan to Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers.[10] Four days later, he made his debut, and scored his first goal, in a 1–0 win against Middlesbrough at Molineux Stadium.[11] He scored his 10th goal of the season on 3 November 2017 in a 2–0 win against Fulham, scoring in six consecutive games, becoming the first player of the 2017–18 EFL Championship season to reach double figures.[12] On 10 November 2017, after scoring 5 goals in 4 games during the October fixtures, he was awarded with the EFL Championship Player of the Month.[13] Despite scoring his last goal of the season on 4 December 2017, Bonatini finished as Wolves' second top scorer with 12 goals in 43 games as the club gained promotion to the Premier League, as well as winning the Championship league title.[14]

On 30 June 2018, he joined Wolves on a permanent deal, signing a four-year-contract for an undisclosed fee.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 16 September 2018.[15]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cruzeiro 2013 Série A 0000000000
2014 0000000000
2015 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Goiás (loan) 2013 Série A 500000215265
2014 1000000010
Total 600000215275
Estoril 2014–15 Primeira Liga 15410——164
2015–16 33173211—3720
Total 48214211—5324
Al-Hilal 2016–17 Saudi Professional League 25124350103515
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2017–18[16] Championship 43122020—4712
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2018–19[17] Premier League 401100—51
Career total 125451168122516657

Honours

Individual

Club

Al Hilal

Wolverhampton Wanderers

References

  1. ↑ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Pai de Léo Bonatini afirma que falta de proposta formal e plano de carreira tiraram jogador do Cruzeiro (Léo Bonatini's father states that lack of formal bid and career plan take the player out of Cruzeiro); O Tempo, 13 July 2012 (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Juventus não exerce direito de compra, e Léo Bonatini volta à Toca II (Juventus does not activate the buyout rights, and Léo Bonatini returns to Toca II); Globo Esporte, 5 July 2013 (in Portuguese)
  4. ↑ Goiás contrata Léo Bonatini por empréstimo (Goiás signs Léo Bonatini on loan); Goiás' official website, 2 October 2013 (in Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Goiás derrota o lanterna Náutico na Arena PE e fica mais próximo do G-4 (Goiás defeats dead last Náutico at Arena PE and draws near to G-4); Globo Esporte, 27 October 2013 (in Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Goiás renova o empréstimo do atacante Léo Bonatini (Goiás renews the loan of forward Léo Bonatini) Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine.; Futebol Goiano, 7 January 2014 (in Portuguese)
  7. ↑ Atacante Léo Bonatini e zagueiro Wallinson deixam o Goiás (Forward Léo Bonatini and stopper Wallinson leave Goiás); Goiás' official website, 5 August 2014 (in Portuguese)
  8. ↑ Após polêmica, Léo Bonatini é emprestado pelo Cruzeiro ao Estoril (After controversy, Léo Bonatini is loaned by Cruzeiro to Estoril); ESPN Brasil, 5 January 2015 (in Portuguese)
  9. ↑ "Al-Hilal anuncia Bonatini (Al-Hilal announces Bonatini)". A Bola. Retrieved 16 July 2016. (in Portuguese)
  10. ↑ "Bonatini checks in!". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Fulham". BBC Sport. 3 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Player of the Month: Léo Bonatini – Wolverhampton Wanderers". EFL.com. 10 November 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Wolves Sign Bonatini And Vinagre". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 30 June 2018.
  15. ↑ Léo Bonatini at Soccerbase
  16. ↑ "Games played by Léo Bonatini in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Léo Bonatini in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
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