Leon Knight

Football player infobox
playername = Leon Knight


fullname = Leon Leroy Knight
height = height|ft=5|in=6
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|9|16
cityofbirth = Hackney
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Rushden & Diamonds
clubnumber = 7
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1999–2003
2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003
2003–2006
2006–2007
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008
2008–
clubs = Chelsea
→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)
→ Huddersfield Town (loan)
→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Swansea City
→ Barnsley (loan)
Milton Keynes Dons
Wycombe Wanderers
Rushden & Diamonds
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
011 0(0)
031 (16)
024 0(3)
002 0(4)
106 (30)
028 (15)
009 0(0)
033 0(5)
020 0(5)
0010 0(4)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 12 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Leon Leroy Knight (born September 16, 1982 in Hackney, London) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Rushden & Diamonds. Knight was born to a Jamaican mother and St. Lucian father. [cite news | title = Leon has spring in his step | url = http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2003/12/4/120805.html | publisher = The Angus | date = 2003-12-04 | accessdate = 2008-01-06]

Club career

A native of the London Borough of Hackney, Knight began his career as a trainee at Chelsea, spending loan periods at Queens Park Rangers, [cite news | title = Holloway secures Knight deal | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/1210627.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2001-03-01 | accessdate = 2008-01-06] Huddersfield Town, [cite news | title = Terriers land Knight | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/huddersfield_town/1666857.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2001-11-20
accessdate = 2008-01-06] Sheffield Wednesday [cite news | title = Knight makes Owls switch | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/2067014.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2002-06-26 | accessdate = 2008-01-06] and Brighton & Hove Albion [cite news | title = Knight joins Brighton | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/3093473.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2003-07-23 | accessdate = 2008-01-06] before joining Brighton on a permanent contract in August 2003. Although his transfer was initially free, £50,000 was to be paid if Brighton were promoted. It was Knight himself who secured this, with his penalty against Bristol City in the play-off final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff in 2004.

After falling out with Brighton manager Mark McGhee, Knight moved to Swansea City in January 2006, [cite news | title = Knight quits Brighton for Swansea| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/4578232.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2006-01-06 | accessdate = 2008-01-06] and scored a hat-trick on his debut against Milton Keynes Dons. [cite news | title = Swansea 3-1 MK Dons | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/4590196.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2006-01-10 | accessdate = 2008-01-06]

Knight's stay at the Liberty Stadium was short-lived, as he was placed on the transfer list in October 2006, [cite news | title = Knight transfer-listed by Swans | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/6053222.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2006-10-16
accessdate = 2008-01-06] and, after a short spell on loan with Barnsley, joined Milton Keynes Dons in January 2007. [cite news | title = MK Dons sign Swans striker Knight | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/6290487.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2007-01-23 | accessdate = 2008-01-06]

In January 2008, Knight signed for Wycombe Wanderers, just one year after joining MK Dons. [cite news | title = Wycombe sign Dons striker Knight | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/7173828.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2008-01-06 | accessdate = 2008-01-06]

On 19 August 2008, Knight's contract was "terminated by mutual consent", after he scored five goals in 20 appearances during his short stay with Wycombe. [cite web |url=http://www.wycombewanderers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10430~1370251,00.html |title=Knight and Sutton leave the Blues |publisher=Wycombe Wanderers' official website]

Knight signed for Rushden & Diamonds on 24 August 2008. [cite web |url=http://www.thediamondsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10784~1374304,00.html| title=Leon Knight Signs for Diamonds |publisher=Rushden & Diamonds official website]

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