Benjamin Leroy
_26.jpg) Leroy with Ajaccio in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Cucq, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Quevilly-Rouen | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Châteauroux | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Tours | 108 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Evian | 58 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Dijon | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2023 | Ajaccio | 164 | (0) |
| 2023– | Quevilly-Rouen | 18 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024 | |||
Benjamin Leroy (born 7 April 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Quevilly-Rouen.
Club career[edit]
Leroy started his career with Châteauroux before joining Tours in 2009 and made his senior debut in the 0–1 defeat away to Sedan on 27 May 2011. Since the following season, Leroy became a regular in the first team and played over 100 league matches for Tours until the end of the 2013–14 Ligue 2 campaign.
In July 2014, he moved to Ligue 1 side Evian on a four-year contract.[1] Halfway through the 2014–15 season, Leroy became the starter replacing Jesper Hansen in goal.[2] Evian suffered relegation at the end of the season,[3] and Leroy continued as the starter in the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season.[4]
On 17 June 2016, Leroy signed a three-year contract with Dijon.[5]
On 19 June 2018, after being a backup to Baptiste Reynet, Leroy signed with Ajaccio.[6] He grew into a starter for the club, and in the 2019–20 season he was voted into the Ligue 2 Team of the Season by France Football.[7] His strong performances continued, and in the 2021–22 season, he was also voted into the UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year.[8]
Honours[edit]
Individual
- France Football Team of the Season: 2019–20[7]
- UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2021–22[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Accord pour Benjamin Leroy" (in French). Evian Thonon Gaillard Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "Thonon Évian FC – Appearances Ligue 1 2014/2015". WorldFootball. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "37e journée 2015 : Evian relégué en Ligue 2". L'Internaute (in French). 17 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Thonon Évian FC – Appearances Ligue 2 2015/2016". WorldFootball. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Transfert : Benjamin Leroy s'engage avec Dijon". L'Equipe (in French). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Steven Couzigou (19 June 2018). "Ajaccio: Un gardien de Dijon arrive (off.)". foot-national.com (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ a b "L'équipe type de FF de la saison de Ligue 2". France Football (in French). 4 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ a b UNFP [@UNFP] (15 May 2022). "Un onze-type qui a vu la vie en rose cette saison, ne cuvée 2021-2022 qui a fière allure, n'est-ce pas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links[edit]
- Benjamin Leroy profile at foot-national.com
- Benjamin Leroy at FootballDatabase.eu
- Benjamin Leroy – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Cucq
- Footballers from Pas-de-Calais
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- LB Châteauroux players
- Tours FC players
- Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players
- Dijon FCO players
- AC Ajaccio players
- US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- French football goalkeeper stubs