Leon King

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Leon King
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Leon King in action for Rangers 2022
Personal information
Full name Leon Thomson King
Date of birth (2004-01-14) 14 January 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Barrhead, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 38
Youth career
Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Rangers 23 (0)
International career‡
2018 Scotland U16 2 (0)
2019 Scotland U17 4 (0)
2022- Scotland U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023

Leon Thomson King (born 14 January 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Rangers. [1]

Contents

Career

Club

King joined Rangers in his early years, [2] soon appearing to be one of the club's brightest prospects. [3] [4] He made his Rangers Under-20s debut aged only 14 under the management of Graeme Murty in November 2018. [5] [6] At the end of the 2018–19 season, he was also part of the squad that won the Scottish Youth Cup against Celtic. [7]

King made his Rangers debut on 29 November 2020 in a League Cup match against Falkirk. [8] He made his Scottish Premiership debut for on 12 May 2021, replacing Joe Aribo in the 86th minute of a 3–0 away win against Livingston. [9] [10] [11]

On 5 January 2022, King signed a contract extension until the summer of 2024 and was subsequently promoted to the first-team squad on a full time basis. [12]

International

King was selected for the Scotland under-21 squad in May 2022. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2020–21 [14] Scottish Premiership 1000100020
2021–22 [15] 4020000060
2022–23 [16] 15000206 [lower-alpha 1] 0230
2023–24 [17] 3010000040
Total230303060350
Rangers B 2021–22 [18] ———2 [lower-alpha 2] 020
Rangers B 2022–23 [19] ———1 [lower-alpha 3] 010
Career total230303090380

Honours

Rangers

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  2. ↑ "Introducing... Leon King". Rangers F.C. Youtube. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Campbell, Jordan (9 November 2019). "Chelsea and Liverpool among those looking at Rangers' 15-year-old defender King". The Athletic . Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Wright, Angus (9 November 2019). "Rangers face fight to keep hold of 15-year-old defender as English and European giants circle". The Scotsman . Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Rangers Academy continues to go from strength to strength". Rangers News. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Rangers U20s 6-1 Partick Thistle U20s". Rangers F.C. Youtube. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rangers crowned Scottish Youth Cup winners". SFA. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Elgott, Jordan (29 November 2020). "Falkirk 0–4 Rangers". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ McDougall, Mark (12 May 2021). "Livingston 0 Rangers 3 as Steven Gerrard's men edge closer to 100 point mark". Glasgow Live. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Campbell, Andy (12 May 2021). "Rangers win to stay unbeaten in league". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Black, James (13 May 2021). "Rangers veteran delighted after landmark appearance for Ibrox prodigy in Livi win". HITC. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "LEON KING SIGNS NEW RANGERS CONTRACT". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 5 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "Rangers' Alex Lowry one of five new call-ups by Scotland Under-21s". BBC Sport. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Leon King in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Leon King in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Leon King in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Leon King in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Leon King in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Leon King in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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  21. ↑ "Rangers 2-0 Hearts". BBC Sport. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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  23. ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.


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