| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leandro da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-08-24)24 August 1973 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Blumenau, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1994 | Coritiba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Coritiba | 27 | (2) |
| 1996 | →Londrina (loan) | ||
| 1998 | Iraty | ||
| 1998 | XV de Piracicaba | ||
| 1999 | Criciúma | 30 | (0) |
| 2000 | Juventus-SP | ||
| 2001 | XV de Piracicaba | ||
| 2002 | União Barbarense | ||
| 2002–2003 | União Madeira | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Cianorte | ||
| 2005 | Gama | ||
| 2005–2006 | Adap Galo Maringá | ||
| 2006 | Paraná | ||
| 2007 | Chapecoense | ||
| 2008 | Caxias | ||
| 2009 | Universidade | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2011 | J. Malucelli U20 | ||
| 2013 | União Barbarense (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Figueirense U20 | ||
| 2015 | Paraná (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Volta Redonda (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Volta Redonda | ||
| 2016 | Vila Nova (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Vila Nova (interim) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Corinthians (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Al-Wehda (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Corinthians (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Al-Ittihad (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Santos (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Athletico Paranaense (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | V-Varen Nagasaki (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Santos (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leandro da Silva (born 24 August 1973), known asLeandro Cuca or justCuca, is a Brazilianfootballcoach and former player who played as adefensive midfielder.
Born inBlumenau,Santa Catarina, Cuca began his career withCoritiba in 1994. He left the club in 1997 after a loan stint atLondrina, and subsequently representedIraty,XV de Piracicaba (two stints),Criciúma,Juventus-SP andUnião Barbarense before moving abroad in 2002, with PortugueseSegunda Liga sideUnião da Madeira.
Cuca returned to his home country in 2004 withCianorte. He went on to play forGama,Adap Galo Maringá,Paraná,[1]Chapecoense,Caxias andUniversidade, retiring with the latter in 2009 at the age of 36.
After retiring, Cuca worked atJ. Malucelli's youth setup before returning to União Barbarense in 2013, as an assistant coach.[2] He was also a manager of the under-20 squad ofFigueirense, and also worked as an assistant manager at Paraná[3] andVolta Redonda before being named manager of the latter on 30 August 2015, in the place of sackedLeandro Niehues.[4]
Cuca was himself dismissed byVoltaço on 20 November 2015,[5] and subsequently rejoined Niehues' staff atVila Nova in March 2016.[6] In June, he was named interim manager after Niehues was sacked.[7]
On 23 December 2016, Cuca was namedFábio Carille's assistant atCorinthians.[8] He subsequently followed Carille toAl-Wehda,Al-Ittihad,Santos (two stints),[9]Athletico Paranaense and Japanese clubV-Varen Nagasaki, always as his assistant.
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coritiba | 1995 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| 1996 | Série A | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||||
| Criciúma | 1999[10] | Série B | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| União Madeira | 2002–03 | Segunda Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Universidade | 2009 | Gaúcho | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 28 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 2 | ||
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Volta Redonda |  | 30 August 2015 | 20 November 2015 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 066.67 | [11] |
| Vila Nova (interim) | | 5 June 2016 | 14 June 2016 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 066.67 | [12] |
| Corinthians (interim) | | 26 October 2019 | 26 October 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 | [13] |
| Santos (interim) | | 26 January 2022 | 29 January 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| Total | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 057.14 | — | |||