Campeonato Brasileiro side Santos have officially announced the signing of centre forward Leandro Damião on a five-year deal from Sport Club Internacional. The deal was closed on Monday after a meeting in Porto Alegre, between Santos president Odílio Rodrigues, and Internacional president Giovanni Luigi. Damião was widely expected to make the jump to Europe, surprising many by staying in Brazil.
He has 4 goals in 25 matches for Internacional this year and 7 goals in 19 games last year. Damião has 17 caps for the Brazilian national team, as he hopes for a call up for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He missed the Confederations Cup with a leg injury but was runner-ups with Brazil in the London Olympics 2012, scoring six goals.
