Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leon Patrick Bailey[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 9 August 1997||
Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2011 | Phoenix All-Star Academy | ||
2011 | Anif Jugend | ||
2011–2013 | Liefering | ||
2013–2015 | Trenčín | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Genk | 56 | (8) |
2017–2021 | Bayer Leverkusen | 119 | (28) |
2021– | Aston Villa | 86 | (15) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Jamaica U23 | 1 | (1) |
2019– | Jamaica | 30 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:44, 13 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 |
Leon Patrick Bailey (born 9 August 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Jamaica national team.
Bailey arrived in Europe at the age of 13 and played for a number of clubs at youth level before being signed by Belgian side Genk in 2015, where he was named Belgian Young Footballer of the Year. His success in Belgium earned him a move to Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen in 2017. After four years at the club, he was signed by Aston Villa in 2021 for a fee of around £30 million.[3]