Jérôme Leroy
Leroy with Evian in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-11-04) 4 November 1974
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)
1995–1996Laval (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

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

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

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8][9]
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Laval (loan) 1995–96 National 2 394000000394
Paris Saint-Germain 1996–97 Division 1 210000081291
1997–98 241000071312
1998–99 211203010271
1999–2000 7000000070
Total 7322030162944
Marseille 1999–2000 Division 1 112201041183
2000–01 294100000304
2001–02 7100200091
Total 477303041578
Paris Saint-Germain 2001–02 Ligue 1 112302000162
2002–03 335601040445
2003–04 4100000041
Total 488903040648
Guingamp 2003–04 Ligue 1 285001000295
Lens 2004–05 Ligue 1 313202000353
2005–06 150001020180
Total 463203020533
Beitar Jerusalem 2005–06 Israeli Premier League 152000000152
Sochaux 2006–07 Ligue 1 303511000364
Rennes 2007–08 Ligue 1 316101052388
2008–09 300501042402
2009–10 325201000355
2010–11 342221000374
Total 12713102409415019
Evian 2011–12 Ligue 1 194001000204
Istres 2013–14 Ligue 2 358301000398
Le Havre 2014–15 Ligue 2 122000000122
Châteauroux 2014–15 Ligue 2 5000000050
Career total 5246134320035761371

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

Lens

Sochaux

References

  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.
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