13 Facts About Leroy Rosenior

Leroy De Graft Rosenior was born on 24 August 1964 and is a football coach and pundit.

Leroy Rosenior is a former footballer whose clubs included Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Bristol City and West Ham United.

Leroy Rosenior has managed clubs including Gloucester City, Merthyr Tydfil, Torquay United, Brentford and was assistant to Gary Peters at Shrewsbury Town.

Leroy Rosenior was a striker for most of his career although towards the end of his playing days at Gloucester City he turned out at centre-back, even in goal in a match against Kingstonian.

Leroy Rosenior started at Fulham, playing for Queens Park Rangers, West Ham United, Charlton Athletic, Bristol City and Fleet Town.

Leroy Rosenior played for England at Under-16 and Under-21 levels but later changed allegiance to represent the Sierra Leone national team.

Leroy Rosenior left the following season, taking over Bristol City's reserve side.

Leroy Rosenior left in June 2006 to take up the managerial position at Brentford, succeeding Martin Allen.

Leroy Rosenior was to return to Torquay United as head coach on 1 June 2007, replacing Keith Curle, but some 10 minutes after his appointment was announced on 17 May, the club was bought by a local consortium which installed Colin Lee as chief executive, who then appointed former Gulls player and Exeter City assistant manager Paul Buckle as manager.

Leroy Rosenior's son, Liam, is a professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.

Leroy Rosenior appeared alongside fellow ex-pro Graeme Murty and presenter James Richardson in the BBC South, BBC South West and BBC West local Monday night football round-up show Late Kick Off.

Leroy Rosenior is a leading anti-racism campaigner in British football and travels the country working as an ambassador for the Show Racism The Red Card campaign.

Leroy Rosenior was awarded an MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours, for his work in tackling discrimination in football and elsewhere in society.