Mbaye Leye

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Mbaye Leye
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-12-01) 1 December 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Birkelane, Senegal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Seraing (manager)
Youth career
Dakar UC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 OC Cesson Sévigné ? (?)
2004–2006 FC Lorient B ? (?)
2006–2007 Amiens SC 15 (3)
2007–2008 Zulte Waregem 47 (25)
2009–2010 KAA Gent 46 (11)
2010–2012 Standard Liège 43 (8)
2012–2014 Zulte Waregem 58 (21)
2014–2015 Lokeren 32 (5)
2015–2017 Zulte Waregem 78 (36)
2017–2018 Eupen 26 (9)
2018–2019 Mouscron 24 (6)
International career
2008 Senegal 3 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Standard Liège (assistant manager)
2020–2021 Standard Liège
2022–2023 Zulte Waregem
2024– Seraing
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mbaye Leye (born 1 December 1982) is a Senegalese football manager and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Senegal, Leye started his professional career in France before moving to Belgium in 2007. He played in Belgium until his retirement in 2019, finishing his playing career with Mouscron.[1] As a player, he played for the Senegal national team. Leye is currently managing Seraing in the Challenger Pro League.

Playing career[edit]

Leye played for Standard Liège from 2010 to 2012, scoring 11 goals in 56 games. He helped them to win the Belgian Cup in 2011.[2]

He also won the Belgian Cup with KAA Gent in 2010 and in 2017 with Zulte Waregem where he had three spells.[2]

Over the course of his professional career in Belgium, Leye netted 124 goals in 369 Belgian top flight league games and featured in 21 European cup matches scoring three goals.[2]

At international level, he was capped seven times by Senegal.[2]

Coaching career[edit]

Leye began his coaching career in June 2019 at his former club, Standard Liège.[2] On 4 October 2021, he was fired by Standard Liège, following four losses in the preceding five games.[3]

Before the 2022–23 season, Leye was hired by Zulte Waregem.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 5 February 2018[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zulte Waregem 2008–09 Belgian First Division 16 9 0 0 0 0 16 9
Gent 2008–09 Belgian First Division 12 4 0 0 0 0 12 4
2009–10 Belgian Pro League 34 7 5 2 3[a] 1 42 10
2010–11 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 2 0
Total 46 11 5 2 5 1 56 14
Standard Liège 2010–11 Belgian Pro League 32 5 7 2 0 0 39 7
2011–12 Belgian Pro League 11 3 0 0 6[c] 1 17 4
Total 43 8 7 2 6 1 56 11
Zulte Waregem 2011–12 Belgian Pro League 12 3 0 0 0 0 12 3
2012–13 Belgian Pro League 36 17 3 1 0 0 39 18
2013–14 Belgian Pro League 10 1 1 0 3[d] 0 14 1
Total 58 21 4 1 3 0 65 22
Lokeren 2014–15 Belgian Pro League 32 5 2 2 8[a] 1 42 8
Zulte Waregem 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 38 20 2 0 0 0 40 20
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 40 16 6 2 0 0 46 18
Total 78 36 8 2 0 0 86 38
AS Eupen 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 21 9 2 1 0 0 23 10
Career totals 294 99 28 10 22 3 344 112
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ One Appearance in Belgian Super Cup, One Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ One Appearance in Belgian Super Cup, Three Appearances in UEFA Europa League, Two Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Two Appearances in UEFA Champions League, One Appearance in UEFA Europa League

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of match played 1 October 2021[6]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Standard Liège 30 December 2020 4 October 2021 36 15 6 15 041.67
Total 36 15 6 15 041.67

Honours[edit]

Gent

Standard Liège

Zulte Waregem

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ondanks plaats in de B-kern kan Leye nog lachen met zijn situatie‚ voetbalnieuws.be, 17 July 2017
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (11 June 2019). "Senegal's Mabye Leye begins coaching career in Belgium". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Staff sportif" (in French). Standard Liège. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Mbaye Leye wordt nieuwe hoofdtrainer Essevee" (in Dutch). Zulte Waregem. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ^ Mbaye Leye at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Mbaye Leye career sheet". footballdatabase. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Zulte Waregem win second Belgian Cup". uefa.com. 18 March 2017.

External links[edit]

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