Benjamin Leroy

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Benjamin Leroy
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Leroy with Ajaccio in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-07) 7 April 1989 (age 35)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2014 Tours 108 (0)
2014–2016 Evian 58 (0)
2016–2018 Dijon 1 (0)
2018–2023 Ajaccio 164 (0)
2023– Quevilly-Rouen 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2024

Benjamin Leroy (born 7 April 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National club Quevilly-Rouen.

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Career

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tours 2010–11 Ligue 2 100000——10
2011–12 3700020——390
2012–13 3800020——400
2013–14 3200030——350
Total10800070——1150
Evian 2014–15 Ligue 1 2302010——260
2015–16 Ligue 23600020——380
Total5902030——640
Dijon 2016–17 Ligue 1102010——40
2017–18 001010——20
Total103020——60
Ajaccio 2018–19 Ligue 23800020——400
2019–20 2800020——300
2020–21 34010———350
2021–22 32000———320
2022–23 Ligue 132000———320
Total16401040——1690
Quevilly-Rouen 2023–24 Ligue 236010———370
Career total36807016000003910

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Accord pour Benjamin Leroy" (in French). Evian Thonon Gaillard Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Thonon Évian FC – Appearances Ligue 1 2014/2015". WorldFootball. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Thonon Évian FC – Appearances Ligue 2 2015/2016". WorldFootball. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Transfert : Benjamin Leroy s'engage avec Dijon". L'Equipe (in French). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Steven Couzigou (19 June 2018). "Ajaccio: Un gardien de Dijon arrive (off.)". foot-national.com (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 "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.
  8. 1 2 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.
  9. ↑ Benjamin Leroy at Soccerway


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