Leonardo Bittencourt

Leo Bittencourt (2013 )

Leonardo "Leo" Bittencourt (born 19 December 1993 in Leipzig ) is a German footballer of Brazilian origin, currently 96 projects under contract at the Bundesliga Hannover.

Career

Club career

Youth

Leonardo Bittencourt was born in 1993 in Leipzig, when his father, the Brazilian soccer player Franklin Bittencourt, was active for VfB Leipzig. He joined in July 1999, the youth division of Energie Cottbus. From then on he went through all the youth teams of Cottbus and signed in 2010 as A Teenager a current contract until 2014. Only a year later, in March 2011, he debuted with a 0-2 defeat against the ZFC Meuselwitz in the second team.

After only two other inserts in the second team his first Profieisatz followed on 16 April 2011 at the second league match against MSV Duisburg. Playing at home, he came on in the 60th minute for Velimir Jovanovic and in the end won Cottbus 3:1.

Energie Cottbus

After the departures of Shao Jiayi and Jules Reimerink Bittencourt was from the beginning of the 2011/12 season at a regular for the Cottbusern. On Matchday 2, he scored in the game MSV Duisburg his first goal in the second division. As a result, he found in the central offensive midfield after the Cottbus initial position changes and a solid position in the system of coach Claus -Dieter Wollitz. After a few games he had, however, always struggling with injuries and was due to his frequent on or replaced.

Just before the winter break, December 1, 2011 was finally announced that Bittencourt will switch to the 2012/13 season to the then reigning German champions Borussia Dortmund. A week after the announcement of the change left coach Wollitz the club and was shortly replaced by Markus Feldhoff before Rudi Bommer coach was. Under his leadership Bittencourt played more on the right side of the offensive line of three of the FC energy and contested eleven of the remaining 14 games season. Energie Cottbus finished the season starting on the 14th place in the table and thus avoided just the descent.

Changes to Borussia Dortmund

In Dortmund Leo Bittencourt had signed a contract until 30 June 2016 and was next to Marco Reus, Julian Schieber and Oliver Kirch one of four external recruits. Although he belonged to the senior squad, he came mainly in the third league in the second team coach David Wagner used.

Nevertheless, he made ​​his debut in the Bundesliga at the Derby defeat against FC Schalke 04 and in the Champions League when he came off the bench on the final day of the group stage against Manchester City. Making its debut in the DFB Cup, which he completed on his 19th birthday in the second round against Hannover 96, he appeared as a substitute in the 86th minute and prepared the 5:1 final score by Robert Lewandowski before. In the 5-1 home win against SC Freiburg on March 16, 2013 he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga assisted by Robert Lewandowski.

Hannover 96

For the 2013/14 season Bittencourt moved to Hannover 96 He signed a contract until 30 June 2017. Moreover, the BVB secured a buy-back option. His debut, he completed on 10 August 2013 ( Matchday 1 ) 2-0 home victory of the Red in Lower Saxony derby against VfL Wolfsburg ( 2-0).

National

Bittencourt, which, in addition to the German and the Brazilian citizenship, went through various youth national teams. With the U-17 national team, he missed qualifying for the 2010 U-17 European Championship in Liechtenstein just barely. Within two years, he then went through three other years and was recently nominated for human resource constraints even for the U-21 national team. In Bochum, the U -21 played a draw against Turkey and Bittencourt was thereby brought on in the 59th minute for Tolgay Arslan.

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