Léandre Griffit

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

Léandre Griffit
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-21) 21 May 1984[1]
Place of birth Maubeuge, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
0000–2002 Amiens SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Amiens SC 18 (0)
2003–2005 Southampton 7 (2)
2005Leeds United (loan) 1 (0)
2005Rotherham United (loan) 2 (0)
2005–2008 Elfsborg 21 (1)
2007–2008Norrköping (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 84 (5)
2016 Feignies Aulnoye 1 (0)
National team
France U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2015
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2008

Career

Europe

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

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

Griffit is married to Milena and they have a son, Enzo.

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup[11] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Amiens 2002–03 180??180
Total2002–2003180??180
Southampton 2003–04 520052
Southampton 2004–05 201030
Total2003–2005721082
Leeds (loan) 2004–05 100010
Total2004–2005100010
Rotherham (loan) 2004–05 200020
Total2004–2005200020
IF Elfsborg 2006 710071
IF Elfsborg 2007 12000120
IF Elfsborg 2008 200020
Total2005–200821100211
IFK Norrköping (loan) 2007 900090
IFK Norrköping (loan) 2008 100010
Total2007–200810000100
Crystal Palace 2008–09 501060
Total2008–2009501060
URS du Centre 2009–10 17400174
Total2009–201017400174
Columbus Crew 2010 111021
Total2010311041
Career totals 84830878

Honours

IF Elfsborg

References

  1. "Léandre Griffit". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. "Saints ease past 10-man Rovers". BBC Sport. 25 October 2003. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  3. "Southampton 3–3 Newcastle". BBC Sport. 12 May 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  4. "Ex-Palace, Southampton midfielder Griffit among Houston Dynamo trialists". Tribal Football. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  5. Mitchell, Shawn (21 April 2010). "Crew: Griffit fills need for offensive midfielder". Crew Extra. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. Mitchell, Shawn (7 July 2010). "Columbus 3, Charleston 0: Crew jumps on Battery quickly". Crew Extra. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  7. "Columbus Crew 3 – 0 Houston Dynamo". www.mlssoccer.com. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  8. "An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Canadian go to Toronto". Yahoo! Australia. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  9. "Toronto FC v FC Dallas". ESPN FC. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  10. "Players waived as teams begin to shape rosters for 2012". MLS. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  11. Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
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