| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Léandre Henri Griffit | ||
| Date of birth | 21 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Maubeuge, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Free Agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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). |
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Léandre Griffit (born 21 May 1984 in Maubeuge) is a French professional footballer who last played for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
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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[1] and Newcastle United.[2] 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.
After an unsuccessful trial with Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo,[3] Griffit went on to sign with Houston's league rivals Columbus Crew on 16 April 2010.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
On July 15th 2011, he was traded to Toronto FC along with Andy Iro for Tony Tchani. [7] 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.[8]
Griffit was waived by Toronto on November 23, 2011.[9]
Leandre is married to Milena and they have a son, Enzo.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[10] | 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 | |