Maurício Pantera

Maurício Pantera
Personal information
Full name	Maurício Leandrino da Silva Filho
Date of birth	3 June 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Recife, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Santa Cruz
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996	Santa Cruz
1997–2001	SD Compostela
1997	→ Grêmio (loan)
1997–1998	→ Sport Recife (loan)
2001	→ ABC (loan)
2002–2003	Al Jazira
2003	ABC
2004	Ferroviário
2004	Anapolina
2005	Parnahyba
2005	Barras
2005	Icasa
2005	Ferroviário
2006	Ríver
2007	Potiguar de Mossoró
2007	Treze
2007	Ríver
2007	Santa Quitéria
2008	Ríver
2008	Sampaio Corrêa
2008	Barras
2008	Upanema
2009	Baraúnas
2009	Ríver
2009	Alecrim
2010	América-RN
2010	Ríver
2010	Botafogo-PB
2011	Atlético de Alagoinhas
2011	Ypiranga-BA
2011	Uruburetama
2012	Vitória da Conquista
2013	Santa Cruz (SC)
2013	Atlético Potengi
2014	Santa Cruz (SC)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2024

Maurício Leandrino da Silva Filho (born 3 June 1975), also kwown as Maurício, Maurício Leandrino or Maurício Pantera, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Maurício started his career at Santa Cruz-PE, in 1996, after standing out in the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Jr. In his first year as a professional he was top scorer in Série B B with 13 goals. His good performances took him to the Spanish club SD Compostela.^[1] He was sold for R$1.3 million, to this day it is the second biggest deal made by Santa Cruz, behind only striker Gilberto, who was sold to SC Internacional, in 2011, for R$2 million. He debuted in La Liga on 11 October 1996, a match marked by a historic goal from Ronaldo.^[2]

He played for a few seasons for SD Compostela, but had difficulties adapting to the climate, being loaned. From then on, the cycle of clubs he defended was enormous, having passed through Grêmio,^[3] Sport, Ferroviário-CE, Baraúnas-RN, ABC-RN, Treze-PB, Barras-PI, River-PI, Al Jazira, among others.^[4]

Personal life

After retiring, he works as a property security guard and doorman in Recife. Maurício also have a brother (Marcos Pantera) who was also a professional football player.^[2]

Honours

Grêmio

Copa do Brasil: 1997

Sport

Campeonato Pernambucano: 1998

Individual

1996 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B top scorer: 13 goals

References

^ "¿Qué fue de... Mauricio Leandrino?". El Correo Gallego (in Galician). 19 July 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Longe dos gramados, ídolo do Santa Cruz recomeça a vida como porteiro". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 4 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Maurício Leandrino da Silva Filho". Grêmiopédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Que fim levou? Maurício Pantera". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

External links

Maurício Pantera at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
Maurício Pantera at Soccerway
Maurício at BDFutbol

[1] "¿Qué fue de... Mauricio Leandrino?". El Correo Gallego (in Galician). 19 July 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[GE-2] "Longe dos gramados, ídolo do Santa Cruz recomeça a vida como porteiro". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 4 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[3] "Maurício Leandrino da Silva Filho". Grêmiopédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[Terceiro_Tempo-4] "Que fim levou? Maurício Pantera". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

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