| Intro | Footballer | ||||
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| From | France | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 5 March 1976, Saint-Mihiel, canton of Saint-Mihiel, arrondissement of Commercy, Meuse | ||||
| Age: | 44 years | ||||
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Stéphane Léoni (born 5 March 1976) is a French former footballer, who is currently assistant manager of Amiens.
Career
Léoni was born in Saint-Mihiel. A defender, he initially joined Metz as a youth player but failed to break though to the first team. After leaving the club in 1998 he sought to continue his career in England, signing for Bristol Rovers, where he spent two seasons and scored his only goal for the club in an FA Cup tie against Rotherham United in January 1999. In 2000, he had a four-month spell with Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League before returning to France. Since then, he has spent a season each with CS Sedan Ardennes, AS Beauvais Oise, FC Rouen and FC Sète prior to rejoining his first club, Metz, in June 2006, before signed in summer 2009 for AS Cannes.