Jérôme Leroy

Jérôme Leroy (born November 4, 1974 in Béthune) is a France Football (soccer) currently playing for Stade Rennais FC as an attacking midfielder.

Leroy started playing for Paris Saint-Germain (losing the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996-97 to FC Barcelona), going on to represent Stade Lavallois, Olympique de Marseille (being first loaned by PSG then sold) and En Avant Guingamp.

In 2003 Jérôme Leroy reached the French Cup final, also with PSG, before finally reaching promised land with FC Sochaux in the same competition (Coupe de France 2006-07).

Luis Fernandez, Leroy's former mentor at Paris St-Germain, brought Jérôme Leroy to Teddy Kollek Memorial Stadium, home to Beitar Jerusalem F.C, in December 2005 from Ligue 1 RC Lens, beating off competition from l'OM. During Leroy's short time in Israel Jérôme Leroy became somewhat of an icon. In Jérôme Leroy league debut against rivals Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin FC, the match ended in an altercation between fans and a 0-0 result.

On June 25, 2006, Beitar took off from Ben Gurion International Airport on an El Al flight to the Netherlands for preseason training. Leroy chose not to join the team opting to check options of staying in France for the Ligue 1 2006-07.A deal with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard was ultimately arranged.

For 2007-08, Leroy joined Stade Rennais FC, where Jérôme Leroy was dubbed "Leroy (le roi, "the king") de la passe" (king of assists).