Leonardo Lopes

Leonardo Da Silva Lopes
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Adelino da Silva Lopes[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-30) 30 November 1998[2]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
Youth career
2008–2010 Santa Iria
2010–2011 Atlético Povoense
2013–2014 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Peterborough United 83 (2)
2018– Wigan Athletic 0 (0)
National team
2018– Portugal U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:16, 05 June 2018 (BST)

Leonardo Adelino da Silva Lopes (born 30 November 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Wigan Athletic and Portugal U20s.

Career

Lopes joined the Peterborough United academy in 2013 when he was 14 years old. He previously played at youth level for the Powerleague Colts, when he was 13 in 2012. Lopes signed a senior contact on 10 March 2015 along with four other graduates (Harry Anderson, Jack Friend, Jonny Edwards and Tobi Adebayo-Rowling).[3] He made his senior debut in a 4–3 victory against Crawley Town on 25 April 2015.[4] He scored his first goal for Peterborough in a 3–1 EFL Cup loss against Swansea City on 23 August 2016.[5] It was announced on 5th June 2018 that Lopes had completed a transfer to Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around £1.5 million.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 September 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2014–15[7] League One 2000000020
2015–16[8] League One 8000000080
2016–17[9] League One 38241212[lower-alpha 1]0464
2017–18[10] League One 38000101[lower-alpha 1]0100
Career total 562413130664
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Leo Da Silva Lopes". 11v11. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Young Posh Quartet Commit Future". Peterborough United FC. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Peterborough Utd 4 - 3 Crawley Town (25/04/2015) - UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database". www.uptheposh.com.
  5. ↑ "Peterborough 1–3 Swansea". BBC Sport. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ https://www.wiganathletic.com/news/2018/june/latics-secure-the-signing-of-19-year-old-midfielder-leonardo-da-silva-lopes-from-peterborough-united/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Games played by Leonardo Lopes in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Leonardo Lopes in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Leonardo Lopes in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Leonardo Lopes in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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