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| Full name | Leroy De Graft Rosenior[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-08-24)24 August 1964 (age 60) | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1985 | Fulham | 54 | (15) |
| 1985–1987 | Queens Park Rangers | 38 | (8) |
| 1987–1988 | Fulham | 34 | (20) |
| 1988–1992 | West Ham United | 53 | (15) |
| 1990–1991 | →Fulham (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 1991–1992 | →Charlton Athletic (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Bristol City | 51 | (12) |
| 1994–1996 | Fleet Town | ||
| 1996–1998 | Gloucester City | 28 | (2) |
| Total | 272 | (75) | |
| International career | |||
| England U16 | |||
| England U21 | |||
| 1993 | Sierra Leone | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Gloucester City | ||
| 2001–2002 | Merthyr Tydfil | ||
| 2002–2006 | Torquay United | ||
| 2006 | Brentford | ||
| 2007 | Sierra Leone | ||
| 2007 | Torquay United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leroy De Graft RoseniorMBE (born 24 August 1964) is afootball coach and pundit. He is a former footballer whose clubs includedFulham,Queens Park Rangers (for whom he appeared as a substitute in the1986 League Cup Final),Bristol City andWest Ham United. Rosenior represented his birthplace England as a youth international, before formally switching to represent theSierra Leone national football team.
Rosenior has managed clubs includingGloucester City,Merthyr Tydfil,Torquay United,Brentford and was assistant toGary Peters atShrewsbury Town.
Rosenior was a striker for most of his career although towards the end of his playing days atGloucester City he also turned out at centre-back, even in goal in a match againstKingstonian. He started atFulham, also playing forQueens Park Rangers,West Ham United,Charlton Athletic,Bristol City andFleet Town.
He played forEngland at Under-16 and Under-21 levels but later changed allegiance to represent theSierra Leone national team.[3]In total he gained one cap for Sierra Leone, it came in the form of a1994 African Nations Cupqualifying game versusTogo inConakry on 9 January 1993.[4] Togo later withdrew from the competition.
After a period as Bristol City's youth team coach Rosenior's first managerial post was with Southern League Premier sideGloucester City. His first full season in charge saw Gloucester lose a third replay in theFA Trophy semi-final toDagenham and Redbridge and defeat on the final day of the season toSalisbury City cost a place in theFootball Conference, with local rivalsCheltenham Town being promoted. Rosenior left the following season, taking over Bristol City's reserve side.[5]
Rosenior returned to non-league, managingMerthyr Tydfil before moving toTorquay United from July 2002 to January 2006, when he left the club by mutual consent after a 3–1 home defeat toRochdale. In his second season in charge he took Torquay to promotion toFootball League One, but was unable to keep them there, experiencing relegation on the last day of the season. The return toFootball League Two heralded the departure ofAlex Russell andAdebayo Akinfenwa, two of the club's best players. After languishing near the bottom of the league for half the season, Leroy eventually left the club by mutual consent.[6]
In March 2006, he was named first team coach atShrewsbury Town, acting as assistant to managerGary Peters. He left in June 2006 to take up the managerial position atBrentford, succeedingMartin Allen.[7] 20 years earlier he had replaced Allen when he came on as a substitute in the 1986League Cup final.[8] Five months after his appointment, Rosenior left the club,[9] after a run of 16 games without a win, which culminated in a 4–0 home defeat toCrewe Alexandra.[10]
He was scheduled to take charge of the Sierra Leone national side for a friendly againstLeyton Orient in May 2007,[11] which they won 4–2.[12] It was announced in May 2007 that he would take charge of Sierra Leone in their upcoming African Nations Qualifiers.[13]
Rosenior was to return to Torquay United as head coach on 1 June 2007, replacingKeith Curle,[14] but some 10 minutes after his appointment was announced on 17 May, the club was bought by a local consortium which installedColin Lee as chief executive, who then appointed former Gulls player andExeter City assistant managerPaul Buckle as manager.[15][16]
His son,Liam, is a former professional footballer and the former head coach ofHull City.
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Rosenior works as a presenter and pundit onG-Sports, an African Pay-Per-View channel, and for theBBC's coverage of the2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Other punditry work has includedBBC Radio 5 Live as well asThe Football League Show andThe League Cup Show on BBC television. He also appeared alongside fellow ex-proGraeme Murty and presenterJames Richardson in theBBC South,BBC South West andBBC West local Monday night football round-up showLate Kick Off.
Rosenior is a leading anti-racism campaigner in British football and travels the country working as an ambassador for theShow Racism The Red Card campaign. He was awarded anMBE in the2019 New Year Honours, for his work in tackling discrimination in football and elsewhere in society.[18]
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