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French Guianese footballer (born 1992)

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Donovan Léon
Personal information
Léon with Brest in 2018
Date of birth	(1992-11-03) 3 November 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Auxerre
Number	16
Youth career
1999–2007	Cayenne
2007–2009	CSF Brétigny
2009–2011	Auxerre
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2015	Auxerre B	26	(0)
2011–2015	Auxerre	53	(0)
2015–2019	Brest B	31	(0)
2015–2020	Brest	7	(0)
2020–	Auxerre	128	(0)
International career
2014–	French Guiana	37	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2024

Donovan Léon (born 3 November 1992) is a French Guianese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Auxerre.

Career

León made his professional debut with Auxerre on 6 August 2011 in a 3–1 league defeat to Montpellier.

In June 2020, Léon returned to Auxerre after five years with Brest, signing a three-year contract. He joined on a free transfer after his contract with Brest had expired.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 June 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Auxerre B	2010–11	CFA	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2011–12		5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	2012–13		9	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2013–14	CFA 2	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	2014–15	CFA 2	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		26	0	—		—		—		26	0
Auxerre	2011–12	Ligue 1	2	0	2	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2012–13	Ligue 2	14	0	0	0	2	0	—		16	0
	2013–14		19	0	4	0	4	0	—		27	0
	2014–15		18	0	5	0	0	0	—		23	0
	Total		53	0	11	0	6	0	—		70	0
Brest B	2015–16	CFA 2	16	0	—		—		—		16	0
	2016–17	CFA 2	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2017–18	National 3	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
	2018–19	National 3	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		31	0	—		—		—		31	0
Brest	2015–16	Ligue 2	2	0	1	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2016–17		2	0	2	0	2	0	—		6	0
	2017–18		0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2018–19		1	0	3	0	2	0	—		6	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	2	0	0	0	3	0	—		5	0
	Total		7	0	7	0	7	0	—		21	0
Auxerre	2020–21	Ligue 2	36	0	0	0	—		—		36	0
	2021–22	Ligue 2	38	0	0	0	—		3	0	41	0
	2022–23	Ligue 1	2	0	3	0	—		—		5	0
	2023–24	Ligue 2	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0
	Total		113	0	3	0	—		3	0	119	0
Career total			230	0	21	0	13	0	3	0	267	0

One appearance in the Ligue 2 play-offs, two appearances in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs

Honours

Auxerre

Ligue 2: 2023–24

French Guiana

Caribbean Cup bronze: 2017

References

"Donovan Léon à Brest (in French)". L'Équipe. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
"Montpellier v. Auxerre Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 6 August 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
"Transferts : Donovan Léon est de retour à Auxerre". L'Équipe (in French). 24 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
Donovan Léon at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
"Football : champion de Ligue 2, l'AJ Auxerre est officiellement de retour dans l'élite". Le Parisien (in French). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
"French Guiana vs Martinique – Caribbean Cup 2017 – Caribbean Football". Archived from the original on 13 July 2017.
"Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017.

External links

Donovan Léon – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Donovan Léon at Soccerway
Donovan Léon at L'Équipe Football (in French)

v t e AJ Auxerre – current squad
3 Osho 4 Jubal 5 Pellenard 6 Agouzoul 8 Buayi-Kiala 9 Bair 10 Perrin 11 Maddy 14 Mensah 16 Léon 17 Sinayoko 18 Dioussé 19 Ayé 20 Diomandé 21 Coulibaly 23 Hoever 24 N'Gatta 25 Traorè 26 Joly 27 Danois 29 Viadère 30 Negrel 37 Adicéam 40 De Percin 42 Owusu 45 Onaiwu 80 Massengo 92 Akpa 97 Raveloson Manager: Pélissier

v t e French Guiana squad – 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Lugier 2 Rosimé 3 Torvic 4 Evens 5 Fabien 6 Rimane 7 Soubervie 8 Legrand 9 Abelinti 10 Lo. Baal 11 Contout 12 Solvi 13 M. Haabo 14 Lescot 15 Malouda 16 Petit-Homme 17 I. Baal 18 Privat 19 J. Haabo 20 Edwige 21 Dutard 22 Léon (c) 23 Lu. Baal Coach: Carême & Karam

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