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Leon Charles Jeanne (born 17 November 1980) is a Welsh former footballer. In 2015 he was imprisoned for conspiracy to carry-out drug dealing. ==Career== A talented winger Jeanne began his career at Queens Park Rangers, making his debut on February 1999 against Watford, but problems began to arise nearly as soon as he became a professional when he disappeared for over a week when he was meant to be reporting for Wales under-21 duty. However manager Gerry Francis revealed that it was not the first time the youngster had gone missing and that Jeanne was on his last chance at the club after being arrested for drink-driving the previous year.〔("Jeanne absent from Wales training" ) BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2008〕 He left QPR in 2001 to sign for his hometown club Cardiff City who hoped to curb his disciplinary problems only for them to spiral out of control during his time there. Just a few weeks after joining Cardiff he tested positive for a class A drug and was handed a two-year suspended sentence by the Football Association of Wales.〔("Jeanne avoids drugs ban" ) BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2008〕 He started to show his quality with two appearances for the first team after the ruling but at the end of the season yet another situation arose. In May 2002 Jeanne was selected for random drugs testing and sent his sample away but the results came back only to show that the sample he had submitted was not urine. He refused to provide a second sample which led to Cardiff terminating his contract and he left the club.〔("Cardiff jettison Jeanne" ) BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2008〕 After his release from Cardiff he attempted a comeback with Havant & Waterlooville in a pre-season friendly against League of Wales side Barry Town but was withdrawn from playing after officials at Barry questioned if he was allowed to play at which point it was revealed that he was currently banned from playing football.〔("Jeanne's comeback spiked" ) BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2008〕 He was allowed to resume playing a short while later and enjoyed a prosperous spell at Port Talbot Town but yet again he was involved in a scandal. In September 2002 he was arrested, along with two other men, on suspicion of dealing class A drugs. During the court case he revealed that he used to be addicted to cocaine. Eventually he and the other two men were cleared of all charges.〔("Footballer cleared of drug dealing" ) BBC Retrieved on 9 January 2008〕 After the case ended he returned to football with Newport County followed by spells at Dinas Powys and Barry Town.〔("Jeanne returns to Jenner park" ) Welsh premier league football Retrieved on 9 January 2008〕 After a spell playing for Maesteg Park, Jeanne joined amateur side Carpenters Arms.〔("Splott gun down the Roath Park Rangers in nine goal thriller" ) South Wales Echo Retrieved on 10 March 2009〕 On 7 July 2009, Jeanne was arrested on suspicion of money-laundering after a police raid on his home.〔("Police raid home of former Bluebirds winger Jeanne" ) South Wales Echo Retrieved on 10 July 2009〕 Jeanne featured in two pre-season friendlies for Conference South side Weston-super-Mare on 9 and 11 July before signing on non-contract terms, making his debut on the opening day of the season in a defeat to Staines Town. However he was released the following month due to a lack of fitness. In November 2010, Jeanne left Welsh League side Cardiff Corinthians, and signed for Conference National side Bath City. Jeanne also signed on for Cinderford Town of the Southern League South & West Division on dual registration and spent the majority of the 2010–11 season with Cinderford. In June 2011, Jeanne joined Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion for pre-season training in a bid to earn a contract and play football at a high level once more. He started the 2011–12 season playing for Welsh Premier League side Afan Lido but left before the start of the 2012–13 season to join Carmarthen Town. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leon Jeanne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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