Jérôme Leroy (footballer)

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

Jérôme Leroy

Leroy with July 2011
Personal information
Full name	Jérôme Leroy
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
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 de 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 French Cup in 2007. 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

Club

Sources::[8][9]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Laval (loan)	1996–97	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

• Trophée des Champions: 1998

Lens

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005

Sochaux

• Coupe de France: 2006–07

References

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

• Jérôme Leroy's profile, stats & pics
• Jérôme Leroy at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Jérôme Leroy – French league stats at LFP (also available in French)