Leon Braithwaite

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

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| fullname = Leon Jerome Braithwaite{{Hugman|2094|accessdate=10 March 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hackney, England

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| position = Striker

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| years1 = 1991 | clubs1 = Leyton-Wingate | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1991–1992 | clubs2 = Collier Row | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1992–1993 | clubs3 = Leyton | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1993–1994 | clubs4 = Collier Row | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1992–1993 | clubs5 = Leyton | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1995

| clubs6=Bishop's Stortford

| years7 = 1995–1998

| clubs7 = Exeter City

| caps7= 66 | goals7 = 9

| years8 = 1997–1998 | clubs8 = → Welling United (loan) | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 1

| years9=1998–1999

| clubs9=St Patrick's Athletic

| years10 = 1999–2000 | clubs10 = Welling United | caps10 = 34 | goals10 = 15

| years11 = 2000–2003 | clubs11 = Margate{{efn|name=MAR|The Margate appearances and goals only cover the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons.{{cite book |last=Harman |first=John|title=Alliance to Conference |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-869833-52-7 }}}} | caps11 = 74 | goals11 = 27

| years12 = 2003–2004 | clubs12 = Dagenham & Redbridge | caps12 = 34 | goals12 = 5

| years13 = 2004–2005 | clubs13 = Fisher Athletic | caps13 = | goals13 =

| years14 = 2005 | clubs14 = Margate | caps14 = | goals14 =

| years15 = 2005–2006 | clubs15 = Ilford | caps15 = | goals15 =

| years16 = 2006 | clubs16 = Erith & Belvedere | caps16 = | goals16 =

| years17 = 2006 | clubs17 = Great Wakering Rovers | caps17 = | goals17 =

| years18 = 2006–2007 | clubs18 = Enfield Town | caps18 = | goals18 =

| years19 = 2007 | clubs19 = Redbridge | caps19 = | goals19 =

| years20 = 2008 | clubs20 = Heybridge Swifts |

| years21 = 2011 | clubs21 = Red Lion Stanstead Abbotts |

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| nationalyears1 = 2002

| nationalteam1 = England C

| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Leon Jerome Braithwaite (born 17 December 1972) is an English former footballer. He played for Exeter City, making a total of 66 Football League appearances.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/exeter/exeter.html|title=Exeter City 1946/47–2002/03|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database

|accessdate=2007-11-28}}{{cite book |editor1-first=Mike |editor1-last=Williams |editor2-first=Tony |editor2-last=Williams |title=Non-League Club Directory 2014 |year=2013 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=978-1-869833-72-5 |page=1006}} He made appearances for Margate, scoring 38 goals. He joined Margate from Welling United in 2000 and had two spells with the club, leaving for the second time in 2005. Braithwaite's spell at St. Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland was notable for a number of key goals, including a winning goal against title rivals Cork City in Turner's Cross. Leon won two league of Ireland championship medals with St Patricks Athletics and represented the club in the champions league qualifier where he was influential in the 0–0 draw against Glasgow Celtic FC at Park's head in front of a full house of 60000 supporters only to lose the return leg 0:2

Leon got called up to the Trinidad and Tobago squad, yet did not make his debut due to injury