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{{Short description|Cameroonian footballer (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Léonard Kweuke
| fullname = Leony Léonard Kweuke
| image = Léonard Kweuke.JPG
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|7|12}}
| birth_place = [[Yaoundé]], [[Cameroon]]
| height = {{height|m=1.88|precision=0}}
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 2006–2007
| clubs1 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]
| caps1  = 8
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2007–2008
| clubs2 = [[Steel Azin F.C.|Steel Azin]]
| caps2  = 15
| goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2008–2010
| clubs3 = [[FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda|DAC Dunajská Streda]]
| caps3  = 16
| goals3 = 11
| years4 = 2009
| clubs4 = → [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] (loan)
| caps4  = 6
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2009–2010
| clubs5 = → [[FC Energie Cottbus|Energie Cottbus]] (loan)
| caps5  = 29
| goals5 = 5
| years6 = 2010–2013
| clubs6 = [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]
| caps6  = 74
| goals6 = 31
| years7 = 2013–2018
| clubs7 = [[Çaykur Rizespor]]
| caps7  = 113
| goals7 = 54
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2018
| nationalteam1  = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]
| nationalcaps1  = 25 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| pcupdate = 2 December 2017
| ntupdate = 17 November 2015
}}

'''Leony Léonard Kweuke''' (born 12 July 1987) is a retired [[Cameroon]]ian [[Association football|footballer]].<ref name="Kweuke verlässt Energie">{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/kweuke-verlaesst-energie-526313/artikel | title = Kweuke verlässt Energie | language = German | magazine = Kicker | date = 12 June 2010 | access-date = 31 March 2012}}</ref>

== Career ==
On 18 December 2008, Kweuke's club [[DAC Dunajská Streda]] loaned him to [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] to play in the German [[Bundesliga]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eintracht.de/aktuell/25922/ | title = Eintracht Frankfurt leiht Olympia-Auswahlspieler Kweuke aus | language = German | publisher = Eintracht Frankfurt | date = 18 December 2008 | access-date = 31 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcdac1904.com/uvod.str.sk.htm|title=KÁDER A-MUŽSTVA DOSPELÝCH FK DAC 1904 a.s. DUNAJSKÁ STREDA CORGOŇ LIGA 2008/2009|publisher=fcdac1904.com}}</ref> For the 2009–10 season, he was loaned to [[FC Energie Cottbus|Energie Cottbus]].<ref name="Kweuke verlässt Energie"/> On 10 June 2010, DAC announced his return after two years in [[Germany]], but he was sold to [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]. Kweuke was banned by the league in May 2013 after receiving a red card in a [[Czech Cup]] match against [[FK Mladá Boleslav|Mladá Boleslav]]. The dismissal was for a tackle which broke the leg of defender [[Radek Dosoudil]] in two places. The ban, to last for 12 matches, was the longest-ever punishment issued by the Czech league.<ref>{{cite news |first=Miloslav|last=Novák|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/spartan-kweuke-a-mozny-trest-za-vylouceni-fis-/fotbal.aspx?c=A130509_130113_fotbal_min|title=Disciplinárka vynesla exemplární trest, Kweuke nesmí hrát 12 zápasů|language=Czech|publisher=idnes.cz|date=9 May 2013|access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref>

==International goals==
:''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 3 September 2011 || [[Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo]], [[Yaoundé]], Cameroon || {{fb|MUS}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|5–0}} || [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier]]
|-
| 2. || 11 October 2011 || [[Estadio de Malabo]], [[Malabo]], Equatorial Guinea || {{fb|GNQ}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|1–1}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 3. || 15 October 2014 || Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon || {{fb|SLE}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|2–0}} || [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier]]
|-
|}

== Honours ==

=== Club ===
*[[Czech Republic Football Supercup]]: 2010
*[[Czech First League]] Runner-up: 2010–2011, 2011–12, 2012–13

===Individual===

*Czech First League Foreign footballer of the season by the readers of "iDNES.cz": 2010–2011<ref name="idnes">{{cite web | url = http://fotbal.idnes.cz/nejlepsim-cizincem-je-kweuke-mic-nese-silou-rikaji-o-nem-souperi-p8i-/fotbal.aspx?c=A110530_160115_fotbal_ot| title = Nejlepsim cizincem je Kweuk e| access-date =9 April 2011 | date = 30 May 2011| publisher = idnes| language = Czech}}</ref>
*Czech First League Discovery of the season: 2010–2011<ref name="idnes"/>
*Czech First League All Stars media: 2010–11<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eurofotbal.cz/clanky/tri-hraci-devetkrat-v-all-stars-149777/| title = Tri hraci devetkrat v all stars| access-date = 9 April 2011| date = 30 May 2011 | publisher = eurofotbal.cz| language = Czech}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Kweuke is a relative of [[Samuel Eto'o]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cze/news/newsid=1601772.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304035743/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cze/news/newsid=1601772.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2011 |title=Kweuke claims Bony's crown at Sparta |publisher=UEFA |date=1 March 2011 |access-date=1 August 2011}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119190304/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/intwettbewerbe/gambrinus-liga/2011-12/sparta-prag/54967/spieler_kweuke-leonard.html Léonard Kweuke] at kicker.de {{in lang|de}}
*{{Soccerway|leonard-kweuke/42524}}

{{Cameroon squad 2015 Africa Cup of Nations}}

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