Leon Bailey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Bailey | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Genk | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Phoenix All Stars Academy | ||
| 2011–2013 | FC Liefering | ||
| 2013–2015 | Trenčín | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Genk | 52 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Jamaica U23 | 1 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016. | |||
Leon Bailey (born 9 August 1997) is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Belgian club K.R.C. Genk. He plays as a winger.[1]
Youth
Bailey was in the news in 2013 when while at KRC Genk he was illegally staying in Belgium having been taken there by a sports agent who had him sign a contract at KRC Genk. After a raid by the Labour Ministry, Bailey and his entourage suddenly disappeared.[2]
Career
Bailey joined K.R.C. Genk in 2015 from Trencin. He made his Belgian Pro League debut on 21 August 2015 in a 3–1 away defeat against Sint-Truiden replacing Siebe Schrijvers after 62 minutes.[3] He scored his first professional goal for KRC Genk on 21 November versus OH Leuven. At then end of the 2015–2016 season he won the Belgian Young Footballer of the Year award.
International
Bailey played in a friendly match for Jamaica under-23's on 8 March 2015 versus the Cayman Islands under-23 side, where he scored directly from a freekick.[4]
Honors
References
- ↑ "Jamaica - L. Bailey - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ↑ "Genk en Standard verwikkeld in louche affaire om jonge tester - HLN.be".
- ↑ "Sint-Truiden vs. Genk - 21 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
- ↑ Reid, Paul A (10 March 2015). "Late flourish sets stage for U-23 Boyz win over Cayman". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
SkySports. (2016). Europa League (Sky Sports). [online] Available at: http://www.skysports.com/football/rapid-vienna-vs-genk/366957 [Accessed 16 Sep. 2016].