Leon Knight
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Leroy Knight | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chelsea | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | Chelsea | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 31 | (16) |
| 2002–2003 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2003 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 2 | (4) |
| 2003–2006 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 106 | (32) |
| 2006–2007 | Swansea City | 25 | (19) |
| 2006–2007 | → Barnsley (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Milton Keynes Dons | 33 | (5) |
| 2008 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Rushden & Diamonds | 12 | (4) |
| 2009 | Thrasivoulos Fylis | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Hamilton Academical | 6 | (0) |
| 2010 | Queen of the South | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Coleraine | 43 | (20) |
| 2012 | Glentoran | 9 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Barnton | ||
| International career | |||
| 2000–2001 | England U18 | 10 | (2) |
| England U19 | |||
| 2002 | England U20 | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Barnton | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leon Leroy Knight (born 16 September 1982) is an English former footballer who plays as a striker. A journeyman player, he has played for fifteen different clubs spanning five countries; England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Greece.
Having begun his career with Chelsea, he spent time on loan with Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Brighton & Hove Albion before joining the latter permanently in 2003. Knight spent three years with Brighton, scoring 30 goals in 106 league matches. He was transferred to Swansea City in 2006 and had a loan spell with Barnsley before joining Milton Keynes Dons and then Wycombe Wanderers.
Knight signed for Rushden & Diamonds in 2008, but left the club five months later when he was sacked for misconduct. Rushden retained his registration and would not release it to another English club unless they were compensated, which prevented Knight from playing in England for three years. He subsequently played in Greece for Thrasivoulos Fylis, Scotland for Hamilton Academical and Queen of the South and Northern Ireland for Coleraine, before joining Glentoran in January 2012. He was released by Glentoran in June 2012 after a probationary clause in his contract was invoked by the club.