Leon Best
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| Leon Best | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Best | |
| Date of birth | September 19, 1986 (age 20) | |
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Southampton | |
| Number | 27 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Notts County | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004-present 2004-2005 2005 2006 2006 2006-2007 |
Southampton → Queens Park Rangers (loan) → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) → Bournemouth (loan) → Yeovil Town (loan) |
6 (0) 5 (0) 2 (1) 11 (1) 15 (3) 15 (10) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Leon Best born 19 September 1986 is an English born footballer, who is part of the current Irish Under-21 football squad. He is a powerful, tall striker who is good at holding up the ball and whose pace makes him a major threat on the break.
As a young player, Leon started his career at Notts County before being signed as a trainee by then Premiership club Southampton. He made his professional debut against Newcastle on his 18th birthday in 2004. A loan spell at Q.P.R. followed later in the 2004-05 season.
He was a member of Southampton's youth team that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2005, losing on aggregate to Ipswich Town.
Best also had two loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday in the 2005-06 season, scoring his first professional goal on 9 August 2005 at Hillsborough against Hull. The first loan spell was cut short in the same match when Leon broke his foot and returned to St. Mary's after only 5 days in Sheffield. After recovering with Southampton, Best then returned to Hillsborough at the end of the January transfer window (though there was also speculation he would go to Crystal Palace) where he remained until the end of the season, scoring Wednesday's last goal of the season at Derby County on 30 April 2006.
On August 3, 2006 Best joined Football League One club Bournemouth on a month-long loan deal with an option to extend his stay.[1]
He returned to Southampton at the end of October at the end of the maximum 3 month loan spell, having made 15 league appearances, scoring 3 goals.
On 23 November 2006, he joined his team-mate Martin Cranie on loan to Yeovil Town until 22 February 2007. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Cherries sign Best and Ainsworth. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on August 3, 2006.
- ^ The loan arranger. saintsfc.co.uk. Retrieved on November 24, 2006.
[edit] External links
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