Philippe Léonard

Football player infobox
playername = Philippe Léonard
fullname = Philippe Léonard
height = 185 cm.
weight = 78 kg.


nickname = Leo
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1974|2|14|mf=y
cityofbirth = Liege
countryofbirth = Belgium
currentclub = -
number =
position = Fullback
years = 1992-1996 1996-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2008
clubs = Standard Liège AS Monaco OGC Nice Standard Liège Feyenoord Rotterdam Rapid Bucureşti
caps(goals) = 124 (3) 99 (3) 14 (0) 57 (3) 2 (0)
10 (0)
nationalyears = 1994-2006
nationalteam = Belgium
nationalcaps(goals) = 26 (0)
pcupdate = April 26, 2008
ntupdate = April 12, 2008

Philippe Léonard (born February 14, 1974) is a Belgian football left fullback. He is one of the three musketeers (himself, Régis Genaux and Michaël Goossens) from Standard Liège, from whom much was expected but failed to deliver, especially in the national team. Roberto Bisconti also belongs to this promising generation.

Léonard started his professional career at Standard. He won the Belgian Cup in 1993, when he was only 19. He scored in the final (Standard 2 - Sporting Charleroi 0). In 1992/93 and 1994/95 he was vice-champion with Standard, (each time Anderlecht was the champion). Later he moved to France where he played for AS Monaco for a while and OGC Nice. While playing for Monaco he scored in the semi-final of the Champions League in 1998 against Juventus. He is still the last Belgian footballer to play in the semi-final of this competition. He won the Ligue 1 two times with Monaco. When he returned to Standard, they finished second in the Jupiler League (again Anderlecht won the league).

"Léo" played 26 times with Belgium (37 selections) and was in the team for the Euro 2000. He was a fixed value of the national team in 1995 and 1996, as right back Genaux, but Belgium failed to qualify for EURO 1996. They both lost their place with the arrival of coach Georges Leekens. A big disenchantment was his non-selection for the World Cup 1998 at the last moment. After EURO 2000 until 2005 he was not selected, because of a conflict with the coach Robert Waseige, so he missed the World Cup in 2002.

Honours

Standard Liège
* Belgian League Runner-up: 1992/93, 1994/95, 2005/06
* Belgian Cup Winners: 1992/93AS Monaco
* French League Winners: 1996/97, 1999/00
* French League Runners-up: 2002/03
* French League Cup Winners: 2002/03
* French League Cup Runners-up: 2000/01
* French Super Cup Winners: 1997, 2000
* Champions League semi-final: 1997/98
* Uefa Cup semi-final: 1996-97Belgium national football team
* In the team for EURO 2000