Leony Léonard Kweuke (born 12 July 1987) is a retired

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ian

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Career

On 18 December 2008, Kweuke's club DAC Dunajská Streda loaned him to

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to play in the German

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. For the 2009–10 season, he was loaned to

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

. On 10 June 2010, DAC announced his return after two years in

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, but he was sold to

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

. Kweuke was banned by the league in May 2013 after receiving a red card in a

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match against

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. The dismissal was for a tackle which broke the leg of defender

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: 2010 *

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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 *Czech First League Discovery of the season: 2010–2011 *Czech First League All Stars media: 2010–11

Personal life

Kweuke is a relative of

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Léonard Kweuke
at kicker.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kweuke, Leonard 1987 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers FC Energie Cottbus players Esteghlal F.C. players Eintracht Frankfurt players Steel Azin F.C. players AC Sparta Prague players Çaykur Rizespor footballers Men's association football forwards Slovak First Football League players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Czech First League players Süper Lig players Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Cameroon men's international footballers