2023 Updated: Leon Bailey’s Net Worth, Salary, Football Career, Honours

Leon Patrick Bailey was born on the 9th of August 1997, is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Jamaica national team.Information Guide Nigeria

Club career

Early career

According to the report from BBC sport, Bailey started his career playing for the Phoenix All-Star Academy operated by his adoptive father, Craig Butler. The report has it that in 2011, Butler arrived in Europe to find a club for Bailey and Butler’s biological son, Kyle. The young talent caught the eye of K.R.C. Genk in Belgium, but because of the very strict regulations on minors by FIFA, they could not offer him a contract. As per the report, it is claimed that Bailey almost joined Standard Liège, but the transfer was not approved because Butler had no work permit. And in the month of October 2013, Bailey reached a verbal agreement AFC Ajax, but a transfer did not materialize due to FIFA rules. At the age of 13, Bailey signed for Austrian non-league side Anif Jugend, before moving to FC Liefering.Information Guide Nigeria

Genk

According to an ESPN report, it is claimed that Bailey joined K.R.C. Genk in 2015 from Trenčín. The young star made his Belgian Pro League debut on the 21st of August 2015 in a 3–1 away defeat against Sint-Truiden replacing Siebe Schrijvers after 62 minutes. The report has it that he scored his first professional goal for KRC Genk on the 21st November versus OH Leuven. And at the end of the 2015–16 season he won the Belgian Young Footballer of the Year award. Bailey’s goal in the Europa League against Rapid Wien on 15 September 2016 was chosen as the top goal of the competition for the 2016–17 season by UEFA.Information Guide Nigeria

Bayer Leverkusen

As per talkSPORT report, Bailey joined Bayer Leverkusen in January 2017 for a fee of €20 million, after interest from Manchester United and Chelsea. The winger made his debut for Leverkusen on the 3rd of February 2017, in a 1–0 defeat against Hamburg. According to the report, his Champions League debut came on the 24th of February 2017, in a 2–2 defeat against Atlético Madrid. He made ten appearances for Leverkusen in his first half season at the club.Information Guide Nigeria

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Aston Villa

As per skysport report, it was reported on the 4th of August 2021, that Bailey signed for Premier League club Aston Villa. And on the 14th of August 2021, he made his Premier League debut as a substitute in a 3–2 loss to Watford. Again, on the 18th of September 2021, he scored his first goal for Villa in a 3–0 home victory over Everton, in which he also took a corner that led to a Lucas Digne own goal. Bailey’s first season with Aston Villa was punctuated with injury, suffering a quad injury in the aforementioned game against Everton in September, another thigh injury in December that ruled him out until February, which was followed by an ankle injury in May – ultimately limiting Bailey to only 7 starts.

International career

Jamaica U23

Various reports has it that Bailey played in a friendly match for Jamaica under-23s on the 8th of March 2015 versus the Cayman Islands under-23 side, where he scored directly from a free kick.Information Guide Nigeria

Jamaica

In the month of March 2017 it was reported that Bailey would refuse Jamaica call ups until the standards of Jamaican football improved. And in the month of September 2017, Bailey told German football magazine Kicker: “They always want me to play for Jamaica, but I’ve had personal problems with the association since I was eleven or twelve years old”. In the month of January 2018, Winfried Schäfer, the former Jamaica national team coach told a German newspaper Bild “I really wanted to make him a national player. I have invited him several times – among others to the Gold Cup in America and to international matches. I also called at Genk. But his step-father blocked everything.” The winger was thought to have accepted a call-up in the month of October 2018, but reneged after demanding that his brother Kyle Butler, who at the time played for the reserves of FC Juniors OÖ in the Austrian 2. Liga, be called up too.NYSC Portal

In the month of May 2019, Bailey was named to the Jamaican provisional squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with Bailey officially announcing that he would accept the call-up and represent the Reggae Boyz. The would earn his first Jamaica international cap on the 17th June 2019 against Honduras. The Aston Villa’s playmaker scored his first goal for Jamaica on the 6th of September 2019 against Antigua and Barbuda, netting the fifth goal in a 6–0 victory in CONCACAF Nations League play.

Leon Bailey’s net worth

We have crunched the numbers, which suggest that Bailey has a net worth of €15Million (£12.5 Million). The primary sources of his earnings are professional contracts and sponsorship deals.NYSC Portal

Leon Bailey’s Salary

Leon Bailey signed a contract with Bayer Leverkusen that nets him a whopping salary of 2.1 Million Euro (1.9 Million Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €10,410 (£9,591) per day and €434 (£400) per hour.

Per year           €2,100,000  £1,934,730

Per month        €175,000     £161,228

Per week          €42,683       £39,324

Per day            €10,410      £9,591
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Per hour           €434           £400

Per minute       €7.23         £6.66

Per second       €0.12         £0.11

Honours

Individual

Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 2015–16

VDV Newcomer of the Season: 2017–18

VDV Team of the Season: 2017–18

Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2017–18NYSC Portal

Bundesliga Goal of the Month: December 2020

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