Greg Leigh

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Greg Leigh
Personnel
Surname Gregory Leigh
birthday September 30, 1994
place of birth Manchester ,  England
size 181 cm
position Inside and outside defenders
Juniors
Years station
0000-2004 Sale United
2004-2014 Manchester City
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2014-2015 Manchester City 0 (0)
2014-2015 →  Crewe Alexandra  (loan) 38 (1)
2015-2016 Bradford City 6 (1)
2016-2018 Bury FC 86 (2)
2018– NAC Breda 16 (1)
2019-2020 →  Aberdeen FC  (loan) 18 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2013 England U18 4 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 14, 2020

Gregory "Greg" Leigh (born September 30, 1994 in Manchester ) is an English football player who is under contract with NAC Breda .

Career

society

Greg Leigh began his career at Sale United in the suburb of the same name in Manchester . He joined Manchester City Youth Academy at the age of nine in 2004 . He was active in this until 2014. In August 2014, Leigh was awarded for one season to English third division club Crewe Alexandra . Leigh made his professional debut in the Crewe shirt the same month he signed. In the 2-0 away win in the first round of the League Cup , he was against FC Barnsley in the starting line-up before being substituted in the middle of the second half against Jon Guthrie . In March 2015, he scored his first professional goal against Scunthorpe United . The goal was voted Goal of the Season by Crewe fans at the end of the season. For the club, he played 42 competitive games across all competitions. After the end of the loan commitment to Crewe , he also left Manchester. Leigh then signed a one-year contract with Bradford City . He was only used sporadically for the third division team. He made his debut for his new club in October 2015 in the Football League Trophy against Barnsley. He made his league debut in November against his former club Crewe Alexandra. In the same month he scored goals against Aldershot Town in the FA Cup and in the league against Scunthorpe United. After playing seven competitive games in November and December, his ninth and last appearance for the club followed in February 2016 against Burton Albion . In July 2016, the 21-year-old Leigh moved to Bury FC . In two seasons he was set as a regular player on the left full-back position. After the expiration of his contract in Bury, Leigh signed a four-year contract with NAC Breda from the Dutch Eredivisie . June 2019 he was for the season 2019/20 at FC Aberdeen awarded to Scotland.

National team

Greg Leigh played four times for the England U-19 team in 2013 . On February 5, 2013 he made his debut against the U-19 selection from Denmark . He was on the field for the entire 90 minutes.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Greg Leigh: Crewe Alexandra sign Manchester City full-back. BBC Sport, August 12, 2014, accessed July 10, 2019 .
  2. ^ Greg Leigh: Bradford City sign former Man City full-back. BBC Sport, August 6, 2015, accessed July 10, 2019 .
  3. ^ Greg Leigh: Bury sign ex-Bradford City full-back on a two-year deal. BBC Sport, July 1, 2016, accessed July 10, 2019 .
  4. ^ Greg Leigh joins Aberdeen on loan from NAC Breda. BBC Sport, June 25, 2019, accessed July 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Leigh, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leigh, Gregory (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester , England