Jérôme Leroy (footballer)
Jérôme Leroy (born 4 November 1974) is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
 Leroy with Evian in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 November 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Béthune, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–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 | |||
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]
Career statistics
| 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
Paris Saint-Germain
Lens
Sochaux
References
- "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.
- "African quartet win French Cup". BBC. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- "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.
- "Jérôme Leroy s'est engagé pour 1 saison avec le HAC" (in French). hac-foot.com. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- "Jérôme Leroy à Châteauroux". Le Figaro (in French). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- Hautbois, Yohann (10 February 2017). "Jérôme Leroy, non, il n'a pas changé". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- "Le fils de Jérôme Leroy signe son son premier contrat professionnel à Châteauroux". L'ÉQUIPE.
- Jérôme Leroy at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Jérôme Leroy at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
External links
- Jérôme Leroy's profile, stats & pics
- Jérôme Leroy at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Jérôme Leroy – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French