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Football player Leon Best

Leon Julian Brendan Best

Leon Best

Born on 19 September 1986 (age 37)

National team appearances of Leon Best

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Rep. of Ireland	2009 - 2010	7		6
Total:		7		6

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Coventry City FC, Coventry	29 May 2009 - 14 Nov 2009	6		5
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne	02 Mar 2010	1		1

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. in

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
29 May 2009	Nigeria	debut	22 years 8 months 10 days
2 Mar 2010	Brazil	last appearance	23 years 5 months 11 days

Record of national team matches played by Leon Best

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Rep. of Ireland national team	7	1	4	2	5	7	42.9

Leon Best's international caps

as player of Coventry City FC, Coventry:

debut age - 22 years 8 months 10 days

29 May 2009 20:00 (+1:00)

London, Craven Cottage

1-1

Nigeria vs Rep. of Ireland

Friendly International

06 Jun 2009 20:30 (+3:00)

Sofia, National Stadium Vasil Levski

1-1

Bulgaria vs Rep. of Ireland

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8

08 Sep 2009 19:30 (+1:00)

Limerick, Thomond Park

1-0

Rep. of Ireland vs South Africa

Friendly International

10 Oct 2009 20:00 (+1:00)

Dublin, Croke Park

2-2

Rep. of Ireland vs Italy

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8

14 Oct 2009 19:00 (+1:00)

Dublin, Croke Park

0-0

Rep. of Ireland vs Montenegro

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8

14 Nov 2009 20:00

Dublin, Croke Park

0-1

Rep. of Ireland vs France

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Play-off

as player of Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne:

02 Mar 2010 20:00

London, Emirates Stadium

0-2

Rep. of Ireland vs Brazil

Friendly International

Comments

Irish international football players by name

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Packie Bonner

24 May 1960

1981 - 1996

24 May 1981

15 Jun 1996

Andrew Boyle

07 Mar 1991

2017 - 2017

28 Mar 2017

Synan Braddish

27 Jan 1958

1978 - 1978

05 Apr 1978

12 Apr 1978

Paddy Bradshaw

16 Mar 1912

11 Mar 1963

1938 - 1939

18 Sep 1938

23 May 1939

Frank Brady

15 Aug 1890

15 Dec 1971

1926 - 1927

21 Mar 1926

23 Apr 1927

Irish national team players

Other international football players who were born on 19 September

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Petteri Pennanen

19 Sep 1990

2013 - 2013

26 Jan 2013

Josuha Guilavogui

19 Sep 1990

2013 - 2015

05 Jun 2013

29 Mar 2015

Kieran Trippier

19 Sep 1990

2017 - 2023

13 Jun 2017

17 Nov 2023

Mário Fernandes

19 Sep 1990

2017 - 2021

07 Oct 2017

01 Sep 2021

Liam Palmer

19 Sep 1991

2019 - 2021

21 Mar 2019

31 Mar 2021

Srđan Grahovac

19 Sep 1992

2016 - 2016

25 Mar 2016

03 Jun 2016

Luka Krajnc

19 Sep 1994

2015 - 2018

30 Mar 2015

13 Oct 2018

international footballers born on 19 September

Rep. of Ireland upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

Rep. of Ireland vs Hungary

Dublin, Tuesday 4 June 2024

Friendly International

Portugal vs Rep. of Ireland

Aveiro, Tuesday 11 June 2024

Rep. of Ireland vs England

Saturday 7 September 2024

Rep. of Ireland vs Greece

Tuesday 10 September 2024

Rep. of Ireland fixtures

Leon Best's most often teammates

Sean St Ledger (2009 - 2010) - 7 games
Shay Given (2009 - 2010) - 6 games
Robbie Keane (2009 - 2010) - 6 games
Keith Andrews (2009 - 2010) - 6 games
Damien Duff (2009 - 2010) - 6 games

Rep. of Ireland players born on 2 May

David O'Leary (1958) - 68 caps, 1 goal