Léandre Griffit

Léandre Griffit

Personal information
Full name	Léandre Henri Griffit
Date of birth	21 May 1984 (1984-05-21)
Place of birth	Maubeuge, France
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Free Agent
Youth career
0000–2002	Amiens SC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2003	Amiens SC	18	(0)
2003–2005	Southampton	7	(2)
2005	→ Leeds United (loan)	1	(0)
2005	→ Rotherham United (loan)	2	(0)
2005–2008	Elfsborg	21	(1)
2007–2008	→ Norrköping (loan)	10	(0)
2008–2009	Crystal Palace	5	(0)
2009–2010	Centre	17	(4)
2010–2011	Columbus Crew	4	(1)
2011	Toronto FC	0	(0)
National team‡
	France U21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 19, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 11, 2008

Léandre Griffit (born 21 May 1984 in Maubeuge) is a French professional footballer who last played for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.

Career

Europe

Griffit began his career in his native France with Amiens SC, before moving to Southampton in the Premiership in 2003. He only played seven games for Southampton and scored against Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. He was loaned out to Leeds United and Rotherham United before being released.

He then moved to Sweden and played for IF Elfsborg where he only played 21 games and was loaned out to IFK Norrköping in the 2007–08 season. In the summer of 2008 he went on an unsuccessful trial with Coca-Cola Championship Plymouth Argyle. He then went on trial with Neil Warnock's Crystal Palace and was signed, but only made a handful of appearances for the club before departing.

North America

After an unsuccessful trial with Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo, Griffit went on to sign with Houston's league rivals Columbus Crew on 16 April 2010.

Griffit made his first-team debut for the Crew on 6 July 2010 in the Black & Gold's 3–0 home triumph over the USL-2 Charleston Battery in the 2010 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Quarterfinals. He entered the match in the 76th minute and was credited with an assist on the Crew's third goal.

He made his first MLS appearance on 24 July 2010 against the Dynamo, entering in the 87th minute, and scoring his first MLS goal three minutes later by collecting a rebound of a shot by Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

On July 15th 2011, he was traded to Toronto FC along with Andy Iro for Tony Tchani. Griffit made his debut for Toronto in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage on August 25 against FC Dallas, he came on as a second half sub for Gianluca Zavarise.

Griffit was waived by Toronto on November 23, 2011.

Personal

Leandre is married to Milena and they have a son, Enzo.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

IF Elfsborg

• 2006 Allsvenskan Champion

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Amiens	2002–03	18	0	?	?	18	0
Total	2002–2003	18	0	?	?	18	0
Southampton	2003–04	5	2	0	0	5	2
Southampton	2004–05	2	0	1	0	3	0
Total	2003–2005	7	2	1	0	8	2
Leeds (loan)	2004–05	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total	2004–2005	1	0	0	0	1	0
Rotherham (loan)	2004–05	2	0	0	0	2	0
Total	2004–2005	2	0	0	0	2	0
IF Elfsborg	2006	7	1	0	0	7	1
IF Elfsborg	2007	12	0	0	0	12	0
IF Elfsborg	2008	2	0	0	0	2	0
Total	2005–2008	21	1	0	0	21	1
IFK Norrkoping (loan)	2007	9	0	0	0	9	0
IFK Norrkoping (loan)	2008	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total	2007–2008	10	0	0	0	10	0
Crystal Palace	2008–09	5	0	1	0	6	0
Total	2008–2009	5	0	1	0	6	0
URS du Centre	2009–10	17	4	0	0	17	4
Total	2009–2010	17	4	0	0	17	4
Columbus Crew	2010	1	1	1	0	2	1
Total	2010	3	1	1	0	4	1
Career totals		84	8	3	0	87	8

See also

• List of current MLS players

External links

• Léandre Griffit career stats at Soccerbase
• Crystal Palace F.C. Profile
• MLS player profile