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) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Genk | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Trenčín | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Genk | 45 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015- | Jamaica U23 | 1 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 August 2015 | |||
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]
Career
Professional
Bailey joined K.R.C. Genk in 2015 from AS Trenčín. 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.[2] 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 made his Jamaica under-23 debut on 8 March 2015 versus the Cayman Islands under-23 side, where he scored directly from a freekick.[3]
Honors
Individual
References
- ^ "Jamaica - L. Bailey - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Sint-Truiden vs. Genk - 21 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ 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].
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