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I think this youth have a nice playing game,and if him stay healthy, and stay out of trouble then he has a real good shot at being a super star!

Leon Bailey (born 9 August 1997) is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Belgian club K.R.C. Genk. He plays as a winger.

Bailey was in the news in 2013 when while at KRC Genk he was illegally staying in Belgium having been taken there by a sports agent who had him sign a contract at KRC Genk. After a raid by the Labour Ministry, Bailey and his entourage suddenly disappeared.

Bailey joined K.R.C. Genk in 2015 from Trencin. He made his Belgian Pro League debut on 21 August 2015 in a 3–1 away defeat against Sint-Truiden replacing Siebe Schrijvers after 62 minutes.[3] He scored his first professional goal for KRC Genk on 21 November versus OH Leuven. At then end of the 2015–2016 season he won the Belgian Young Footballer of the Year award.

Bailey played in a friendly match for Jamaica under-23's on 8 March 2015 versus the Cayman Islands under-23 side, where he scored directly from a freekick.

Honours:
Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 2015–16

FIrst ever Jamaica to win that honour in Belgium, and at a time when that country is once again producing great talents to compete against!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_pr...all_awards

BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen used the last day of the European transfer window to sign Jamaican forward Leon Bailey from Belgian club Genk on Monday.
The Bundesliga side said in a statement the highly rated 19-year-old Bailey signed through 2022.

"This lad was also high on many other European clubs' wish list. That's why we're even happier that we could see off such strong competition," Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voeller said.
Bailey, who will be given the No. 9 jersey at Leverkusen, is eligible for the club's Champions League campaign despite playing in the Europa League for Genk this season.

"He is an extraordinarily fast and tricky player who will boost our attack," Voeller said.

Leverkusen did not disclose a transfer fee but German media reported the club was paying some 12 million euros ($12.8 million) for the player