Leon Bailey

Leon Bailey
Personal information
Full name Leon Bailey
Date of birth (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Genk
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2011 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)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016.

‡ 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]

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

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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