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Leonardo de Deus Santos (born 18 April 1978), known as Dedé, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as either a left back or left midfielder.

He played 13 years of his career with Borussia Dortmund, appearing in more than 400 official games and winning two Bundesliga championships.

Dedé signed for Germany's Borussia Dortmund for the 1998–99 campaign, aged only 20. He made his Bundesliga debut on 14 August 1998, being stretchered off in the early minutes of an eventual 1–2 away loss against VfB Stuttgart, but finished his first year with 29 appearances as the Black Yellow finished fourth.

In the following season, Dedé was joined at Borussia by compatriot Evanílson, and the two proceeded to form an efficient wingback partnership in the following four years, being essential as the club won the 2002 league and reached that year's UEFA Cup final (with the player appearing in a total of 45 official games during the campaign, scoring once); he never appeared in less than 30 games from 2004 to 2008.

Afterwards, as his countryman before him, Dedé also begun suffering with injury problems, also facing stiff left-back competition from younger Marcel Schmelzer. He only appeared in 33 league matches in his last three seasons combined, including just four in 2010–11 for his second national championship.

Honours

Atlético Mineiro

• Copa CONMEBOL: 1997

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga: 2001–02, 2010–11

• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2001–02

• DFB-Pokal: Runner-up 2007–08

• DFB-Ligapokal: Runner-up 2003