Leon Legge
Legge warming up before a game in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Leon Clinton Legge | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Bexhill-on-Sea, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Cambridge United | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007 | Little Common | ||
| 2007 | Sidley United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Eastbourne UA | ||
| 2003–2005 | Hailsham Town | ||
| 2005–2008 | Lewes | 69 | (9) |
| 2008–2009 | Tonbridge Angels | 39 | (10) |
| 2009–2013 | Brentford | 93 | (9) |
| 2013 | → Gillingham (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Gillingham | 76 | (8) |
| 2015– | Cambridge United | 59 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00, 28 December 2016 (GMT). |
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Leon Clinton E. Legge (born 1 July 1985) is a professional English footballer who plays for Cambridge United as a central defender.
Legge began his career playing youth football for Little Common and Sidley United, before joining Sussex County League club Eastbourne United. At the age of 17, Legge joined Hailsham Town, where he was appointed captain earning trials for Eastbourne Borough and Woking, before joining Lewes in the summer of 2005. Following the departure of manager Steve King on promotion to the Conference National, Legge joined Tonbridge Angels before being handed a professional contract by Brentford in July 2009. Before signing as a professional Legge had been working as a care worker for adults with learning difficulties and gave this up when signing for the Bees. In an interview with the Hastings Observer, Legge says his working career as a footballer, playing for Brentford, just keep getting better and never expect his career to be positive.
Legge made his debut in the Football League Trophy defeat against Norwich City in September 2009, having been named as an unused substitute in Brentford's two previous matches. Legge made his League debut in the 2–0 defeat at Yeovil Town on 26 September 2009. His first goal for the Bees was the winner in the FA Cup Second Round game against Walsall which earned him the FA's "Player of the Round" award. A month later after scoring his first goal, on 11 December 2009, it was announced that Legge had signed a contract extension, keeping him at Brentford until at least the end of the 2010–11 season. The following month, on 26 January 2010, he scored his first league goal, in a 1–1 draw against Southampton when he scored a late equaliser. Two months later, on 23 March 2010, he scored again in a 3–3 draw against Colchester United At the end of the season, with an impressive debut at Brentford, Legge signed a new contract, that will keep him until 2012.
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