Leonardo Augusto Gomes Aro - LÉO

Career A Guarani youth product, Léo Aro was coached by Evaristo Piza's father at the club. He scored on his senior debut for Guarani against Corinthians. Also at Internacional, Léo Aro considered teammate Fernandão a father figure. At both clubs, he played little, making three and 13 appearances, respectively. announced Léo Aro would join the club for the 2017 season in Campeonato Paulista Série A2. He was Taubaté's first signing for the 2017 season. He left the club in April 2017, having made his last appearance on 15 April 2017 in a 3–2 win over São Caetano, and subsequently retired from playing.

Style of play "A fast and technically gifted player", Léo Aro's preferred playing position was winger but he could also play as a centre-forward. In 2018, after Léo Aro's retirement, Ge.globo's journalist Luiz Felipe Longo stated that Léo Aro's career had been "far less brilliant than expected".

Post-playing career After his retirement from playing Léo Aro studied to become a fitness coach and had an internship with Ponte Preta's amputee football team. He had started a physical education course in 2002, while at Guarani, which he interrupted in favour of his playing career. In 2020, he said he had completed his degree in physical education in 2018.

Personal life Léo Aro has a son, who in August 2018 was ten years old.

Honours Paulista Copa do Brasil: 2005

Internacional FIFA Club World Cup: 2006 Copa Libertadores: 2006