Bruno Leonardo

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Covas.

Bruno Leonardo dos Santos Covas (born 2 June 1996), known as Bruno Leonardo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Chapecoense.

Bruno Leonardo

Personal information
Full name	Bruno Leonardo dos Santos Covas
Date of birth	(1996-06-02) 2 June 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Chapecoense
Number	33
Youth career
	Comercial-SP
2011	Olé Brasil
2012	Velo Clube
2012	Bahia
2013–2016	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017	Santos	0	(0)
2018–2019	Portuguesa Santista	4	(0)
2019	→ VOCEM (loan)	12	(0)
2020	Patrocinense	0	(0)
2020–2021	São Bento	29	(0)
2021–2022	Ferroviária	28	(3)
2022	Paysandu	14	(0)
2022–2023	Portuguesa	11	(2)
2023	→ Chapecoense (loan)	24	(0)
2024–	Chapecoense	66	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 August 2025

Club career

Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Bruno Leonardo started his career at Comercial-SP's youth categories. He subsequently represented Olé Brasil, Velo Clube and Bahia before joining Santos in 2013.^[1][2]

On 12 February 2016, Bruno Leonardo renewed his contract with Peixe until the end of the year.^[3] He left the club in March 2018, and signed for Portuguesa Santista.^[4]

Bruno Leonardo also spent a period on loan at VOCEM in the 2019 season before being named in the squad of Patrocinense for the 2020 Campeonato Mineiro in December of that year.^[5] On 4 March 2020, however, after being only an unused substitute, he returned to his native state after signing for São Bento.^[6]

On 1 June 2021, Bruno Leonardo was announced as the new addition of Ferroviária.^[7] He moved to Paysandu on 8 April 2022,^[8] and despite featuring regularly, he terminated his contract on a mutual agreement on 10 August.^[9]

On 12 August 2022, Bruno Leonardo signed for Portuguesa.^[10] On 28 March 2023, he was announced at Chapecoense on loan for the year's Série B.^[11]

On 20 December 2023, Chape announced Bruno Leonardo's contract renewal, with the player signing a one-year deal.^[12]

Career statistics

As of 5 December 2023^[13]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Santos	2017	Série A	0	0	—		0	0	—		4[a]	0	4	0
Portuguesa Santista	2018	Paulista A3	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2019	Paulista A2	—		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Total		—		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
VOCEM	2019	Paulista 2ª Divisão	—		12	0	—		—		—		12	0
Patrocinense	2020	Mineiro	—		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
São Bento	2020	Série C	9	0	9	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2021	Série D	0	0	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
	Total		9	0	20	0	—		—		—		29	0
Ferroviária	2021	Série D	19	2	—		—		—		—		19	2
	2022		0	0	9	1	1	0	—		—		10	1
	Total		19	2	9	1	1	0	—		—		29	3
Paysandu	2022	Série C	14	0	—		—		—		—		14	0
Portuguesa	2022	Paulista A2	—		—		—		—		5[a]	0	5	0
	2023	Paulista	—		11	2	—		—		—		11	2
	Total		—		11	2	—		—		5	0	16	2
Chapecoense (loan)	2023	Série B	24	0	—		—		—		—		24	0
Total			66	2	56	3	1	0	0	0	9	0	132	5

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista