Griffit: Leandre Henri (Leandre)

2005-2005 (Player Details)

Right Winger

Born: Maubeuge, France: 21-05-1984

Debut v Derby County (a) (substitute): 26-01-2005

5’9” 9st 10lb (2005)

Griffit joined Amiens in July 2002, playing seventeen games without scoring before being transferred to Southampton on 8th July 2003. In the few games he played for Southampton he showed distinct promise, but could not establish himself in the first team and scored two League goals in two starts and five substitute appearances and once came on as a substitute in the League Cup. He joined Leeds on a month’s loan on 6th January 2005 but failed to impress and was restricted to one very brief substitute League appearance. He also had a loan spell with Rotherham United for two months from 8th March 2005, where he had one start and one game from the bench in the League, before leaving Southampton for Swedish club Elfsborg on 31st March 2006. Again he could not establish himself and after scoring once in twenty-one appearances he was loaned to Swedish Second Division club IFK Norrkoping for the 2007-08 season, making ten appearances. In the summer of 2008 he went on an unsuccessful trial with Coca-Cola Championship Plymouth Argyle. He then went on trial with Neil Warnock's Crystal Palace and was signed, but only started twice and had three substitute appearances in the League and one start in the F.A. Cup before leaving on 12th January 2009. He signed a two year contract with Belgian Third Division side URS du Centre on 7th July 2009. He was not happy there and had an unsuccessful trial with U.S. Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo, before signing for Columbus Crew on 16 April 2010. He made his first-team debut for the Crew on 6th July 2010, as a seventy-sixth minute substitute in a 3-0 home win Charleston Battery and had a hand in his team's third goal. He played twice for the French Under-21 team.