Jérôme Leroy (footballer)

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Jérôme Leroy
Leroy with Evian in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-11-04) 4 November 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Béthune, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
0000?–1994 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999 Paris Saint-Germain 73 (2)
1995–1996 → Laval (loan) 39 (4)
2000–2001 Marseille 47 (7)
2002–2003 Paris Saint-Germain 48 (8)
2003–2004 Guingamp 28 (5)
2004–2005 Lens 46 (3)
2006 Beitar Jerusalem 15 (2)
2006–2007 Sochaux 30 (3)
2007–2011 Rennes 127 (13)
2011–2012 Evian 19 (4)
2013–2014 Istres 35 (8)
2014–2015 Le Havre 12 (2)
2015 Châteauroux 5 (0)
Total 524 (61)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jérôme Leroy (born 4 November 1974) is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Playing career[edit]

Born in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, Leroy started playing for Paris Saint-Germain. With PSG he participated in the final of the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup which was lost to FC Barcelona. During the 1995–96 season he joined Stade Lavallois on loan.

Following a stint at Olympique de Marseille, he returned to PSG, where he reached the 2003 French Cup final.

He moved to En Avant Guingamp during the 2003–04 winter transfer window.

Luis Fernández, Leroy's former mentor at Paris Saint-Germain, brought him to Teddy Stadium, home to Beitar Jerusalem F.C., in December 2005 from Ligue 1 club RC Lens, beating off competition from l'OM. On 25 June 2006, Beitar took off from Ben Gurion International Airport on an El Al flight to the Netherlands for preseason training. Leroy chose not to join the team opting to check options of staying in France for the 2006–07 season.[1] A deal with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard was ultimately arranged.

With Sochaux he won the 2006–07 Coupe de France. The game finished 2–2 and went to penalties, and Leroy scored his penalty in the shootout as his side emerged victorious.[2]

For 2007–08, Leroy joined Stade Rennais, where he was dubbed "Leroy (le roi, "the king") de la passe" (king of assists). He stayed in Rennes until 2011.

In 2011, Leroy moved to newly promoted Ligue 1 club Évian after signing a one-year contract on 5 July 2011.[3] He spent one season with Évian.

On 29 June 2013, after one year without a club, Leroy joined Ligue 2 side FC Istres. A year later, he signed a one-year contract with Le Havre AC.[4]

In January 2015, he signed for LB Châteauroux.[5]

Post-playing career[edit]

Following his retirement, Leroy became sports director of his last club, Châteauroux.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Leroy's son Léo Leroy is also a professional footballer.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8][9]
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Laval (loan) 1995–96 National 2 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 4
Paris Saint-Germain 1996–97 Division 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 29 1
1997–98 24 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 31 2
1998–99 21 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 27 1
1999–2000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 73 2 2 0 3 0 16 2 94 4
Marseille 1999–2000 Division 1 11 2 2 0 1 0 4 1 18 3
2000–01 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 4
2001–02 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1
Total 47 7 3 0 3 0 4 1 57 8
Paris Saint-Germain 2001–02 Ligue 1 11 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 16 2
2002–03 33 5 6 0 1 0 4 0 44 5
2003–04 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Total 48 8 9 0 3 0 4 0 64 8
Guingamp 2003–04 Ligue 1 28 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 5
Lens 2004–05 Ligue 1 31 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 35 3
2005–06 15 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18 0
Total 46 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 53 3
Beitar Jerusalem 2005–06 Israeli Premier League 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
Sochaux 2006–07 Ligue 1 30 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 36 4
Rennes 2007–08 Ligue 1 31 6 1 0 1 0 5 2 38 8
2008–09 30 0 5 0 1 0 4 2 40 2
2009–10 32 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 35 5
2010–11 34 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 37 4
Total 127 13 10 2 4 0 9 4 150 19
Evian 2011–12 Ligue 1 19 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 4
Istres 2013–14 Ligue 2 35 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 39 8
Le Havre 2014–15 Ligue 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
Châteauroux 2014–15 Ligue 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 524 61 34 3 20 0 35 7 613 71

Honours[edit]

Paris Saint-Germain

Lens

Sochaux

References[edit]

  1. ^ "וואנצ'ופה בדרך למחנה האימון של בית"ר" [Wanchope on the way to the Beitar training camp]. one.co.il (in Hebrew). 26 June 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ "African quartet win French Cup". BBC. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Jérôme Leroy un an à Evian" (in French). Sport.Fr. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Jérôme Leroy s'est engagé pour 1 saison avec le HAC" (in French). hac-foot.com. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Jérôme Leroy à Châteauroux". Le Figaro (in French). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. ^ Hautbois, Yohann (10 February 2017). "Jérôme Leroy, non, il n'a pas changé". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Le fils de Jérôme Leroy signe son son premier contrat professionnel à Châteauroux". L'ÉQUIPE.
  8. ^ Jérôme Leroy at L'Équipe Football (in French)
  9. ^ Jérôme Leroy at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

External links[edit]

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