In just a few months it will be a decade since the debut of Leo Baptistao in The leaguein the rows of Lightning Vallecano. There appeared a fast 20-year-old young man, skilled with the ball in the final meters and with many goals. In that first campaign he was able to score seven goals and arouse the interest of big clubs. Now, ten years later, the striker begins to show his talent in Vila Belmirowhere fans of Saints They already enjoy their many.
At the end of the season the Atletico Madrid he signed him for seven million euros. However, in the winter market he sent him on loan to Betis then appear in just five games with minutes counted. Neither in Seville he showed a good level although he played 13 games as a starter. He only scored one goal.
In the 2014/2015 campaign he returned to Vallecas on loan and again he showed himself to be an important man. Another seven goals to show that I’m at home, nowhere. A year later he went through the Villarrealwhere he participated in 26 league games and scored three goals.
We had to wait another season for Baptistao arrived at Spanish and thus find some stability. In Barcelona he spent three years and always showed regularity in the game. With more or less scoring success but with a performance at the height of what was expected. In 2017/2018 he left his best records with eight goals.
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Fabián Bustos ??’s team thrashed Cuiabá 4-1. Leão Baptistão, Marcos Leonardo, Bryan Angulo ?? and Rwan scored for Peixe; Allison scored for the visitors.@SantosFC 4 ? 1 @CuiabaEC#SANxCUI pic.twitter.com/KSehjCN9mL
– Brasileirao Play (@BrasileiraoPlay) May 8, 2022
In 2019 the Brazilian’s life took a complete turn at the end due to the Wuhan Football Clubrenamed as Wuhan Yangtze River. Just a few months after arriving, the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in that same city and sports activity was stopped for many months. Baptistao came to one super league booming China and in the blink of an eye it found an unstoppable talent drain given the situation in the country, even with iron restrictions.
The forward formed in Vallecas found the option of trying his luck in his hometown, in a historic team like the Saints and he didn’t think about it. There she took her first steps together Neymar and now he seeks to become an idol. Last season he could not see the door in the final stretch of the Brazilian but this year he already has two goals and also saw the door in Cup South American. In August he will turn 30 and he still has a long way to go at a club under reconstruction and a lot of young talent to take advantage of.