Léandre Griffit

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Léandre Griffit
File:Leandre Griffit MLS.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-21) 21 May 1984 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth Maubeuge, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Winger
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)
2012–2016 AS Aulnoye (fr) 84 (5)
2016 Feignies Aulnoye (fr) 1 (0)
International career‡
France U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 November 2015
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 August 2008

Léandre Griffit (born 21 May 1984) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger and is currently a free agent.

Career

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Europe

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Griffit was born in Maubeuge.[1] He 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[2] and Newcastle United.[3] 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 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.

North America

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After an unsuccessful trial with Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo,[4] Griffit went on to sign with Houston's league rivals Columbus Crew on 16 April 2010.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

On 15 July 2011, he was traded to Toronto FC along with Andy Iro for Tony Tchani.[8] Griffit made his debut for Toronto in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage on 25 August against FC Dallas, he came on as a second half sub for Gianluca Zavarise.[9]

Griffit was waived by Toronto on 23 November 2011.[10]

Personal

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Griffit is married to Milena and they have a son, Enzo.[citation needed]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[11] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Amiens 2002–03 18 0 ? ? 18 0
Southampton 2003–04 5 2 0 0 5 2
2004–05 2 0 1 0 3 0
Total 7 2 1 0 8 2
Leeds (loan) 2004–05 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rotherham (loan) 2004–05 2 0 0 0 2 0
IF Elfsborg 2006 7 1 0 0 7 1
2007 12 0 0 0 12 0
2008 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 21 1 0 0 21 1
IFK Norrköping (loan) 2007 9 0 0 0 9 0
IFK Norrköping (loan) 2008 1 0 0 0 1 0
Crystal Palace 2008–09 5 0 1 0 6 0
URS du Centre 2009–10 17 4 0 0 17 4
Columbus Crew 2010 1 1 1 0 2 1
Career total 84 8 3 0 87 8

Honours

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IF Elfsborg

References

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  11. ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
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