Leon Jeanne

Football player infobox
playername = Leon Jeanne


fullname = Leon Charles Jeanne
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nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|11|17
cityofbirth = Cardiff
countryofbirth = Wales
currentclub = Maesteg Park
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Arsenal
Queens Park Rangers
years = 1997-2001
2001-2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2004
2006
2007-
clubs = Queens Park Rangers
Cardiff City
Port Talbot
Newport County
Barry Town
Dinas Powys
Barry Town
Merthyr Tydfil
Maesteg Park
caps(goals) = 12 (0)
02 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Wales U21
nationalcaps(goals) =
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Leon Charles Jeanne (born 17 November, 1980 in Cardiff) is a Welsh footballer currently playing for Maesteg Park.

A talented winger Jeanne began his career at Queens Park Rangers, making his debut on February 1999 against Watford, but problems began to arise nearly as soon as he became a professional when he disappeared for over a week when he was meant to be reporting for Wales under-21 duty. However manager Gerry Francis revealed that it was not the first time the youngster had gone missing and that Jeanne was on his last chance at the club after being arrested for drink-driving the previous year. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/944926.stm "Jeanne absent from Wales training"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January, 2008]

He left QPR in 2001 to sign for his hometown club Cardiff City who hoped to curb his disciplinary problems only for them to spiral out of control during his time there. Just a few weeks after joining Cardiff he tested positive for a class A drug and was handed a two-year suspended sentence by the Football Association of Wales. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/1682552.stm "Jeanne avoids drugs ban"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January, 2008] He started to show his quality with two appearances for the first team after the ruling but at the end of the season yet another situation arose. In May 2002 Jeanne was selected for random drugs testing but and Jeanne sent his sample away but the results came back only to show that the sample he had submitted was not urine. He refused to provide a second sample which led to Cardiff terminating his contract and he left the club. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/2016991.stm "Cardiff jettison Jeanne"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January, 2008]

After his release from Cardiff he attempted a comeback with Havant & Waterlooville in a pre-season friendly against League of Wales side Barry Town but was withdrawn from playing after officials at Barry questioned if he was allowed to play at which point it was revealed that he was currently banned from playing football. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_of_wales/2101340.stm "Jeanne's comeback spiked"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January, 2008] He was allowed to resume playing a short while later and enjoyed a prosperous spell at Port Talbot Town but yet again he was involved in a scandal. In September 2002 he was arrested, along with two other men, on suspicion of dealing class A drugs. During the court case he revealed that he used to be addicted to cocaine. Eventually he and the other two men were cleared of all charges. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3218195.stm "Footballer cleared of drug dealing"] BBC Retrieved on 9 January, 2008]

After the case ended he returned to football with Newport County followed by spells at Dinas Powys and Barry Town. [ [http://www.welsh-premier.com/news.php?ID=378 "Jeanne returns to Jenner park"] Welsh premier league football Retrieved on 9 January, 2008]

Honours

With Cardiff City
*sport honours|FAW Premier Cup winner|1|2001-02

References

External links

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