Leon Britton
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Leon Britton | |
| Date of birth | 16 September 1982 | |
| Place of birth | London, England, United Kingdom | |
| Height | 5'6" (168 cm) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Swansea City | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1996 - 1998 | Arsenal | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998 - 2003 2002 - 2003 2003 - present |
West Ham United Swansea City (loan) Swansea City |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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- For the politician, see Leon Brittan
Leon Britton (born 16 September 1982 in London, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Swansea City in League One.
A member of the England Development School at Lilleshall where he was a year behind Joe Cole, Britton began his career as an Arsenal trainee. When he signed for West Ham United for £400,000 in 1998, he attracted the highest transfer fee ever paid for a 16 year-old at that time.
Unable to break into the first team at West Ham, Britton joined Swansea City on loan in December 2002, helping the club to avoid relegation from the Football League. He was named PFA Fans' Player of the Year for the Third Division in the 2002/03 season. Swansea manager Brian Flynn was impressed enough to sign Britton on a permanent contract in June 2003.
A diminutive but skilful midfielder, Britton won Player of the Year awards from an online supporters' group in both 2002/03 and 2005/06.
Including his appearances whilst on loan with the club, to the end of the 2005/06 season, Britton had played 137 times for Swansea City in all competitions (with a further 18 appearances as a substitute) and had scored nine goals.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Soccerbase: Leon Britton. Soccerbase. Retrieved on December 12, 2007.
| Swansea City A.F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Guéret | 2 Amankwaah | 3 Austin | 4 O'Leary | 5 Tate | 6 Iriekpen | 7 Britton | 8 Pratley | 9 Akinfenwa | 10 Trundle | 11 Abbott | 12 Watt | 14 Painter | 15 Williams | 16 Monk | 17 Tudur-Jones | 18 Robinson | 19 Way | 20 MacDonald | 21 Jones | 22 Lawrence | 24 D. Duffy | 26 Oakes | 27 Graves | 28 Butler | 29 Craney | 30 R. Duffy | 34 Howard | Manager: Martínez |
