Benjamin Leroy
{{short description|French footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Benjamin Leroy
| image = RC Lens - AC Ajaccio (22-12-2018) 26.jpg
| upright =
| caption = Leroy with Ajaccio in 2018
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cucq, France
| height = 1.84 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Lorient
| clubnumber = 1
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Châteauroux
| years1 = 2009–2014
| clubs1 = Tours
| caps1 = 108
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = Evian B
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2014–2016
| clubs3 = Evian
| caps3 = 58
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016–2018
| clubs4 = Dijon
| caps4 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018–2023
| clubs5 = Ajaccio
| caps5 = 164
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2023–2024
| clubs6 = Quevilly-Rouen
| caps6 = 36
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2024–
| clubs7 = Lorient
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| club-update = 21:15, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Benjamin Leroy (born 7 April 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{French football updater|Lorient}} club Lorient.
Career
Leroy started his career with Châteauroux before joining Tours in 2009 and made his senior debut in the 0–1 defeat away to Sedan on 27 May 2011. Since the following season, Leroy became a regular in the first team and played over 100 league matches for Tours until the end of the 2013–14 Ligue 2 campaign.
In July 2014, he moved to Ligue 1 side Evian on a four-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.etgfc.com/2014/06/23/accord-pour-benjamin-leroy/|title=Accord pour Benjamin Leroy|language=French|publisher=Evian Thonon Gaillard Football Club|accessdate=8 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703065206/http://www.etgfc.com/2014/06/23/accord-pour-benjamin-leroy/|archivedate=3 July 2014}} Halfway through the 2014–15 season, Leroy became the starter replacing Jesper Hansen in goal.{{cite web |title=Thonon Évian FC – Appearances Ligue 1 2014/2015 |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/thonon-evian-fc/fra-ligue-1-2014-2015/ |website=WorldFootball |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=13 May 2022 }} Evian suffered relegation at the end of the season,{{cite news |title=37e journée 2015 : Evian relégué en Ligue 2 |url=https://www.linternaute.com/sport/foot/1230254-match-en-direct-montpellier-psg-lille-om-evian-saint-etienne-suivez-notre-multiplex/ |access-date=13 May 2022 |work=L'Internaute |date=17 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726011921/http://www.linternaute.com/sport/foot/1230254-match-en-direct-montpellier-psg-lille-om-evian-saint-etienne-suivez-notre-multiplex/ |archive-date=26 July 2015 |language=fr}} and Leroy continued as the starter in the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season.{{cite web |title=Thonon Évian FC – Appearances Ligue 2 2015/2016 |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/thonon-evian-fc/fra-ligue-2-2015-2016/ |website=WorldFootball |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=13 May 2022 }}
On 17 June 2016, Leroy signed a three-year contract with Dijon.{{cite news|title=Transfert : Benjamin Leroy s'engage avec Dijon|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transfert-benjamin-leroy-s-engage-avec-dijon/695988|accessdate=22 August 2016|work=L'Equipe|date=17 June 2016|language=French}}
On 19 June 2018, after being a backup to Baptiste Reynet, Leroy signed with Ajaccio.{{cite news|title=Ajaccio: Un gardien de Dijon arrive (off.)|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-ajaccio-un-gardien-de-dijon-arrive-off-108611.html|accessdate=21 June 2018|work=foot-national.com|author=Steven Couzigou|date=19 June 2018|language=French}} He grew into a starter for the club, and in the 2019–20 season he was voted into the Ligue 2 Team of the Season by France Football.{{cite web |title=L'équipe type de FF de la saison de Ligue 2 |url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/L-equipe-type-de-ff-de-la-saison-de-ligue-2/1131967 |website=France Football |access-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223001046/https://www.francefootball.fr/news/L-equipe-type-de-ff-de-la-saison-de-ligue-2/1131967 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |language=fr |date=4 May 2020 |url-status=live}} His strong performances continued, and in the 2021–22 season, he was also voted into the UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year.
Career statistics
{{updated|10 May 2025}}{{Soccerway|id=175779}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Tours
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12
|Ligue 2 |37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13
|Ligue 2 |38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|Ligue 2 |32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 35 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 115 | 0 | ||
| Evian B
|1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3" |Evian
|23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|Ligue 2 |35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 37 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!58 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 63 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3" |Dijon
|Ligue 1 |1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|Ligue 1 |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 6 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="6" |Ajaccio
|Ligue 2 |38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|Ligue 2 |28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Ligue 2 |34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|Ligue 2 |32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|Ligue 1 |32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 32 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!164 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 169 | 0 | ||
| Quevilly-Rouen | 2023–24
|Ligue 2 |36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 37 | 0 | ||
| Lorient
|Ligue 2 |1 |0 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |4 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!369 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 395 | 0 |
Honours
Lorient
- Ligue 2: 2024–25{{Cite web |last=Lacaille |first=Tom |date=10 May 2025 |title=Lorient champion de Ligue 2, Martigues relégué en National, Guingamp jouera les play-offs de montée |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Lorient-champion-de-ligue-2-martigues-relegue-en-national-guingamp-jouera-les-play-offs-de-montee/1560660 |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=L'Équipe |language=Fr}}
Individual
- France Football Team of the Season: 2019–20
- UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2021–22{{cite tweet |user=UNFP |author=UNFP |author-link=National Union of Professional Footballers |number=1525923730563678211 |date=15 May 2022 |title=Un onze-type qui a vu la vie en rose cette saison, ne cuvée 2021-2022 qui a fière allure, n'est-ce pas}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.foot-national.com/6488-joueur-football-Leroy-Benjamin.html Benjamin Leroy profile] at foot-national.com
- {{LFP|leroy-benjamin}}
- {{Soccerway|175779}}
{{FC Lorient squad}}
{{Ligue 2 Goalkeeper of the Year}}
{{2021–22 Ligue 2 UNFP Team of the Year}}
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Category:Footballers from Pas-de-Calais
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:LB Châteauroux players
Category:Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players
Category:US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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