Futsal: Leandro Cardoso joins the senior squad | OneFootball

After Cardinal, Tiaguinho, Tiago Correia, Samuel Silva, Tiago Velho, Leandro Silva, Ricardo Costa, Rafael Lara and Luís Paulo, Leandro Cardoso is the latest player confirmed in FC Porto’s futsal team, which will make its debut in the National Third Division Championship in 2026/27.

Born in Paços de Ferreira, the 19-year-old defender took his first steps in futsal in 2014/15 with GDCR Escolas de Arreigada. He stayed at the club for six seasons before moving to FC Paços de Ferreira’s under-15 team.

After standing out in the U15, U17 and U19 ranks of the Mata Real club, Leandro Cardoso moved to ADCR Caxinas, where he won the Juniores B District Championship in his very first season.

The title was successfully defended the following season, in which he played 26 matches and scored seven goals for the under-17 side. In his third season in Vila do Conde, the 1.80-metre player split his time between the under-19s, the B team and ADCR Caxinas’s senior squad.

Last summer, he moved to the Dragão Arena and began representing FC Porto’s under-19s. In the season in which the young Dragons were crowned AF Porto Division of Honour District Champions, he scored 19 goals in 23 matches.

After playing a leading role in that campaign, Leandro Cardoso is following in the footsteps of Leandro Silva and will continue to work under André Pereira in FC Porto’s first senior futsal team.

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