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1998 World Cup Player Review – Brazil No. 18 Leonardo Arauyo

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Leonardo Nasimondo de Arayo, born in 1969 in Nitroi, Basi, is the former head coach of AC Milan. Prior to becoming coach, Leonardo Nacimondo de Alayo was a regular striker for AC Milan and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

On July 26, 2018, he became the sporting director of AC Milan.

1998 World Cup Player Review – Brazil No. 18 Leonardo Arauyo

Basic introduction

Full name: Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo

Cantonese translation: Riannado

1998 World Cup Player Review – Brazil No. 18 Leonardo Arauyo

Taiwanese translation: Leonardo

Date of birth: September 5, 1969

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Blood type: blood type O

Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil

Height: 1.77 meters

Weight: 73 kg

Position: Forward left back attacking left midfielder

Biography of the person

In Brazil, a football kingdom full of talents, Leonardo was not ambitious in his early years, but in 1997 he suddenly jumped up, not only standing in the main forward position of the "dream team" AC Milan team, but also wearing the No. 10 shirt of the Brazilian national team, which symbolizes honor and football skills, and became the new "ultimate darling" in the minds of fans. At the 1998 World Cup in France, Leonardo was expected to achieve great things. In the 94 World Cup in the United States, the elbow of the World Cup made Leonardo known to the world. He then won Serie A with AC Milan in the 98-99 season. He retired from AC Milan in 2003 and joined management. He succeeded Carlo Ancelotti as AC Milan manager in 2009 and finished third in Serie A in the 2009–2010 season. He succeeded Benitez as Inter Milan manager in the second half of the 2010-2011 season, but still did not win the Serie A title. In the early morning of July 14, 2011, Ligue 1 powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain officially announced that Leonardo was officially appointed as the club's sporting director.

Biography

Season club number appearances, goals, national league rankings

2002/03AC Milan 3310 Italy 13

2002 flamenco

2001 São Paulo 130

2000/01AC Milan 18223 Italy 16

1999/00AC Milan 18204 Italy 13

1998/99AC Milan 182712 Italy 11

1997/98AC Milan 18273 Italy 110

1997/98 Paris Saint-Germain 20 France 18

1996/97 Paris Saint-Germain 7327 France 12

1996 Kashima Antlers 126 Japan 11

1995 Kashima Antlers 2817 Japan 17

1994 Kashima Antlers 97 Japan 14

1993 St. Paul 123

1992/93 Valencia 343 Spain 14

1991/92 Valencia 373 Spain 14

1991 St. Paul 221

1990 São Paulo 220

1989 Flamenco 160

1988 flamenco 180

1987 flamenco 170

Biography experience

born

As a child, Leonardo was melted by the strong football atmosphere of Brazil and became fascinated by football. At the age of 14, he joined the famous da Gama team, then transferred to Flamenco to train, growing step by step. In 1987, at the age of 18, he moved to Braubetha and in 1990 to São Paulo, where he showed his talent, winning the National Championship in '91 and '92, the Copa Libertadores '92 and the Toyota Cup in '92. In 1992 he moved to Valencia in Spain, where he spent a year at the mediocre club. In 1993, he returned to São Paulo, Brazil, and won the 1993 Brazilian National Football Championship, the Copa Libertadores and the Toyota Cup, and people finally began to pay attention to him.

National youth

In 1988, Leonardo was appointed captain of the national youth team, and in 1989 he led the team to the World Youth Football Championship in Saudi Arabia, finishing only 3rd and being selected for the first time in December of the same year. In 1994, he played in the 15th World Cup in the United States, contributing to Brazil's fourth World Cup win. In the same year, he went to Japan to play for Kashima Antlers, becoming an epoch-making hero of the Japanese J-League, and it was his arrival that the status of Japanese football in world football was improved, and he rightfully won two J-League championships for the team.

In July 1996, Leonardo left Japan for Paris Saint-Germain FC, where he finished second in the French League and the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 96-97 season. In September 1997, Leonardo joined the famous AC Milan team, and was the main striker in the team, and performed well.

Win

In June 1997, Leonardo won the Americana Football Championship for Brazil; In September, he performed very well at the invitational tournament of Brazil, France, England and Italy, and won the runner-up; In December, he won the first International Federation Cup Gold Cup. All this has undoubtedly added a lot of confidence to Brazil's defense of the 98 World Cup.

Leonardo's all-round ball skills, stable form and excellent psychological qualities allow him to take on the task of connecting the midfield of the Brazilian team. Strong sense of cooperation, accurate and reasonable passing, you can also dribble through by yourself, shoot directly to score, skillfully use left and right feet, and be good at playing with your head

Leonardo played for AC Milan from 1997-2001 and 2002-2003, and after his retirement he became the club's manager, and it was he who brought the Golden Boy Card to AC Milan at a very low price.

Leonardo grew up in the flamengo academy, he is not tall, but he is very technical, active and very intelligent. In 1987, at the age of 17, Leonardo made his first appearance at Flamengo, and among his teammates was his idol Zico, who said: "[Zico is] the reference point and the end point for Brazilians of our generation. Zico hung up his boots in 1989 and Leonardo moved to São Paulo in 1990 with Santana, who had a new friend, Socrates' younger brother Lai. This São Paulo team was Santana's debut masterpiece, winning two consecutive Copa Libertadores and Toyota Cup football in 1992 and 1993.

Leonardo moved to Valencia between 1991 and 1993 and returned to São Paulo in 1993 to help the 38-year-old Serezo beat Capello's AC Milan 3–2. This is the first time Capello and Maldini and others have met Leonardo.

At the 1994 World Cup, Leonardo made a cameo appearance at left-back under Andrew Pereira's Brazilian team, providing quality assists as frequently as Yurkinjo on the right. However, an unexpected elbow blow to the United States in the 1/8 final caused him to miss the rest of the game due to a red card, and the left-back position was followed by free-kicker Blanco.

After the World Cup, Leonardo unexpectedly went to the Japanese league Kashima Antlers, where he became partners with Ziko, who returned after hanging up his boots. But Zico soon put his boots back on again. In 1996, Leonardo returned to European football after two years in the Japanese league, joined Paris Saint-Germain, and became teammates again with Rai, losing 1–0 in the Cup Winners' Cup final on 14 May 1997 to Barcelona with Ronaldo, Figo and Guardiola.

It was this summer that Leonardo was re-selected for the Brazilian national team and was personally asked by Capello to go to AC Milan. In just 1 year in France, Leonardo's French is already extremely authentic. Capello called his joining "the cherry on the cake," Leonardo said, "I'm a citizen of the world," and then "citizen and traveler." He has played as a winger, left-back, left-midfielder, striker and striker, and is definitely a traveller on the pitch.

One year later, Leonardo speaks better Italian than Altafini, who has been in Italy for more than 30 years and has played for the Italian national team. Leonardo, wearing the number 10 shirt and playing forward, suffered a defeat in the 1998 World Cup final with Brazil. At AC Milan, Capello left and Zaccheroni took over, and AC Milan won the 1998-99 Serie A title.

Leonardo's father was a physicist, his brother was an engineer, his sister was an expert in computer programming, and he himself took university courses in classical philosophy, Socrates and Plato. He has worked as a commentator for the BBC many times, and his English skills are far higher than that of "Madman" Jose Mourinho: "English is my second language, I went from 7 to 15 in Rio. ”

Leonardo has a wide range of backgrounds, playing in La Liga in the early 90s during the Cruyff Barcelona monopoly, he met Hiddink in Valencia, including Santana, Capello, Zaccheroni, Pereira, Lusenborg, Ancelotti, Scolari and others, perhaps no 39-year-old manager knows more about the evolution of football tactics and coaching roles than he does.

With the departure of Dunga and others, Leonardo became captain of the Brazilian national team after the 1998 World Cup, but he eventually fell out with Lusenborg and announced his departure, "I know the decision is crazy, but it is the right one. Now is the moment to make this decision, and the important thing is the moment, not the time after the moment. ”

Leonardo's departure from AC Milan for Brazil in 2001 left Galliani and Berlusconi to regret, a regret that led to his return in 2002. While in the management of AC Milan, Leonardo went to the Covilciano training course to learn coaching courses, he hoped to coach the Brazilian national team in the future, but AC Milan offered to give him the coaching chair. Leonardo has the bleakness of a professional traveler, "I know I'll be back to Rio one day." But now I don't have time for nostalgia and longing, and it's impossible to even look back. ”

instructor

In the 2009-2010 season, Leonardo succeeded Carlo Ancelotti as AC Milan manager.

On May 14 , 2010 , Leonardo announced his resignation as AC Milan manager at a press conference before the end of the 0910 season , mainly due to difficulties in communication between Leonardo and Berlusconi due to team policy. Leonardo's 13 years at AC Milan came to an end.

On December 25, 2010, Inter Milan officially announced that Brazilian Leonardo was officially appointed as the new manager of the Nerazzurri, with a contract period until June 30, 2012, becoming the fifth manager in history to have coached both Milan duos.

Leonardo played for AC Milan from 1997-2001 and 2002-2003 before retiring to the club's management. It was he who brought AC Milan the first "Mr. Double Material" of the 21st Century Club - the "Golden Boy" Kaka.

On June 1, 2009, Leonardo officially succeeded Carlo Ancelotti as AC Milan's head coach, leading AC Milan to a third place in Serie A in the 2009-2010 season.

On May 15, 2010, Leonardo announced his resignation as head coach of AC Milan.

On December 24, 2010, Leonardo succeeded Benitez as Inter Milan manager, and in the 2010-2011 season, he led Inter Milan to the Coppa Italia title and Serie A runner-up.

Sports Director

On July 26, 2018, he became the sporting director of AC Milan.

Nine-month ban

Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo was suspended for nine months for "deliberately pushing" a referee.

Detailed penalty

The Disciplinary Committee of the French Serie A decided to ban Leonardo from appearing on the pitch and in the referee's locker room during matches, and from holding all official positions until February 2014. Paris Saint-Germain will also be deducted three points for the 2013-14 season.

Reasons for banning

Leonardo, 43, was temporarily suspended after crashing into referee Alexander Castro in the stadium on 5 May 2013 during Paris Saint-Germain's 1–1 draw with Valenciennes at the Parc des Princes stadium. Castro was red carded in the first half of the match against Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva.

Leave Paris

On July 10, 2013, Beijing time, Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain officially announced the resignation of sporting director Leonardo, who will officially leave after the end of the transfer period, and the club thanked Leonardo for his contribution to building Paris into a top club in Europe in the past two years.

Career review

Leonardo left Inter Milan in July 2011 to join Paris Saint-Germain as team manager. Leonardo had a record of playing for Paris as a player, playing two seasons for Paris in the late 90s, scoring 10 goals in 43 games in all competitions in 1996-97 before switching to AC Milan after playing just three games in 1997-98.

Hero of Paris

During his tenure as Paris manager, Leonardo, along with Carlo Ancelotti, a former teammate from AC Milan and then Paris manager, invited a number of well-known stars to join the team, ushering in the reign of Greater Paris today's Ligue 1 rule. During Leonardo's 2-year tenure, he spent nearly 250 million euros to bring in big stars such as Ibrahimovic and Silva, the vast majority of whom are from Serie A, no wonder Italian media said that he helped Ligue 1 completely hollow out Serie A talents, which indirectly led to the decline of the mini-World Cup today.

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