Jean-Baptiste Léo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Baptiste Philippe Désiré Léo | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France[1] | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Apollon Kalamarias | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Sochaux B | 62 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Sochaux | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | AO Chania Kissamikos | 28 | (8) |
| 2018–2021 | PAS Giannina | 54 | (13) |
| 2021–2022 | Riga | 21 | (4) |
| 2022–2025 | PAS Giannina | 38 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Panserraikos | 1 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Niki Volos (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2026– | Apollon Kalamarias | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Saint Martin | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Jean-Baptiste Philippe Désiré Léo (born 3 May 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece 2 club Apollon Kalamarias. Born in Metropolitan France, he plays for the Saint Martin national team.
Club career
Sochaux
Léo's career started with Sochaux.
PAS Giannina
On 22 May 2018, PAS Giannina officially announced Léo's transfer from AO Chania Kissamikos, until the summer of 2021 for an undisclosed fee.[2] On 15 September 2018, he led PAS Giannina to their first three-point haul of the fledgling Super League season, as they defeated Apollon Smyrnis 2–1 at the Georgios Kamaras Stadium.[3] With the club of Ioannina he won the Football League: 2019–20 and got promoted to the Super League Greece. He scored 10 goals and been the second top scorer together with the team mate Sandi Križman.
Riga
Léo transferred to Riga FC on 3 March 2021.[4] On 10 June 2022, he was released by the club.[5]
Return to PAS Giannina
On 26 July 2022, he signed again for PAS Giannina.[6]
International career
Léo being of Saint-Martinois descent, he made his debut for the Saint Martin national team on 12 October 2024 against Saint Lucia national team for the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 August 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sochaux B | 2013–14 | Championnat de France Amateur | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |||
| Sochaux | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| AO Chania Kissamikos | 2017–18 | Football League | 28 | 8 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | |
| PAS Giannina | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Super League Greece 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 10 | |||
| 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 3 | |||
| Total | 54 | 13 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 61 | 14 | ||||
| Riga | 2021 | Latvian Higher League | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 4 | ||||
| PAS Giannina | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Super League Greece 2 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 203 | 26 | 13 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 216 | 28 | |||
- ↑ Appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue
- ↑ Appearance in the Greek Cup
Honours
PAS Giannina
Individual
- Super League Greece 2 runner-up top scorer: 2019–20 (10 goals)
References
- ↑ "L'odyssée grecque de Jean-Baptiste Léo". footballski.fr. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "Νεα Μεταγραφη Στην Ομαδα Μας o Jean-baptiste Léo" [New Signing to Our Team: Jean-Baptiste Léo]. PAS Giannina (in Greek). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ↑ "Απόλλων Σμύρνης - ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1-2" (in Greek). www.gazzetta.gr. 15 September 2018.
- ↑ "Car.gr ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα: Η Ρίγα ανακοίνωσε τον Λεό (pic)". 3 March 2021.
- ↑ "THANK YOU, LEO!". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ↑ "WELCOME BACK LEO". 26 July 2022.
- ↑ https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=740640
- ↑ Jean-Baptiste Léo at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
External links
- Jean-Baptiste Léo at Soccerway
- Jean-Baptiste Léo at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- French people of Saint Martinois descent
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Saint Martinois men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- Footballers from Lyon
- Saint Martin men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Championnat National 1 players
- Super League Greece players
- Football League (Greece) players
- Super League Greece 2 players
- Latvian Higher League players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- PAS Giannina F.C. players
- Riga FC players
- Panserraikos F.C. players
- Niki Volos F.C. players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- French expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
- P.A.E. Chania players