Philippe Léonard

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Philippe Léonard
Full name	Philippe Léonard
Date of birth	February 14, 1974 (1974-02-14) (age 34)
Place of birth	Liege, Belgium
Height	185 cm.
Playing position	Fullback
Club information
Current club	-
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1996 1996-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2008	Standard Liège AS Monaco OGC Nice Standard Liège Feyenoord Rotterdam Rapid Bucureşti	124 (3) 99 (3) 14 (0) 57 (3) 2 (0) 10 (0)
National team²
1994-2006	Belgium	26 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 26, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of April 12, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Philippe Léonard (born February 14, 1974) is a Belgian football left fullback. He is one of the three musketeers (himself, Régis Genaux and Michaël Goossens) from Standard Liège, from whom much was expected but failed to deliver, especially in the national team. Roberto Bisconti also belongs to this promising generation.

Léonard started his professional career at Standard. He won the Belgian Cup in 1993, when he was only 19. He scored in the final (Standard 2 - Sporting Charleroi 0). In 1992/93 and 1994/95 he was vice-champion with Standard, (each time Anderlecht was the champion). Later he moved to France where he played for AS Monaco for a while and OGC Nice. While playing for Monaco he scored in the semi-final of the Champions League in 1998 against Juventus. He is still the last Belgian footballer to play in the semi-final of this competition. He won the Ligue 1 two times with Monaco. When he returned to Standard, they finished second in the Jupiler League (again Anderlecht won the league).

"Léo" played 26 times with Belgium (37 selections) and was in the team for the Euro 2000. He was a fixed value of the national team in 1995 and 1996, as right back Genaux, but Belgium failed to qualify for EURO 1996. They both lost their place with the arrival of coach Georges Leekens. A big disenchantment was his non-selection for the World Cup 1998 at the last moment. After EURO 2000 until 2005 he was not selected, because of a conflict with the coach Robert Waseige, so he missed the World Cup in 2002.

[edit] Honours

Standard Liège

Belgian League Runner-up: 1992/93, 1994/95, 2005/06
Belgian Cup Winners: 1992/93

AS Monaco

Belgium national football team

In the team for EURO 2000

v • d • e Belgium squad - UEFA Euro 2000

1 De Wilde • 2 Deflandre • 3 Valgaeren • 4 Staelens • 5 Clement • 6 Vanderhaeghe • 7 Wilmots • 8 Goor • 9 E. Mpenza • 10 Strupar • 11 Verheyen • 12 De Vlieger • 13 Herpoel • 14 Walem • 15 Peeters • 16 Nilis • 17 Léonard • 18 Van Kerckhoven • 19 Van Meir • 20 De Bilde • 21 M. Mpenza • 22 Hendrikx • Coach: Waseige