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Benjamin Leroy
Leroy with AC 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
Ajaccio
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– Ajaccio 132 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:50, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Benjamin Leroy (born 7 April 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Ajaccio.

Club 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 FCO.[5]

On 19 June 2018, after being a backup to Baptiste Reynet, Leroy signed with Ajaccio.[6]

Honours

Individual

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. ^ 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.