Steve Leo Beleck A'Beka (born 10 February 1993) is a

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ian professional

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who plays as a striker for Swiss club

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. Beleck began his career at Greek team

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, breaking into the first team at age 16. Following a successful second half to the 2009–10 season, Beleck joined Udinese of the Italian

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for an undisclosed fee, signing a five-year deal in July 2010. A year later, Beleck returned to Greece, this time joining

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

on a season-long loan. He played regularly, and returned to his parent club at the end of the 2011–12 season. A month after returning to his parent club, Beleck was loaned out for a second time, joining English

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side Watford on a one-year loan agreement. In January 2013, Beleck was re-loaned from Watford to Stevenage for the remainder of the

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season. In August 2013, Beleck was signed on a season-long loan for

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but returned to Udinese in January 2014.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Cameroon, Beleck joined Greek side

at the age of 15. He played for the club's first team in January 2010, starting in a 3–1 away defeat to

Iraklis Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

. He received a red card five minutes into the second half, and consequently missed Panthrakikos' next two matches. Beleck scored four goals in February 2010: once in a 2–1 loss to

, twice in a 2–0 away victory against

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, and a further goal in a 3–1 home defeat to

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. He also scored on the last day of the regular season, netting from the penalty spot to briefly restore parity in an eventual 3–1 defeat to

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. It turned out to be his final appearance for the club. Beleck made 13 league appearances during the season, scoring five goals, although Panthrakikos were relegated at the end of the campaign.

Udinese and loans

Beleck ultimately joined Udinese for an undisclosed fee on 22 July 2010, signing a contract until 2015. Beleck did not make any first-team appearances during the

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season, only appearing as an unused substitute in an away game against

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in May 2011. He was subsequently loaned out to

in July 2011, on a season-long loan, ahead of the 2011–12 campaign. He made his debut for AEK in the club's 1–0 home win over

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on 18 August 2011, in the play-off round of Europa League qualification, playing the whole match. Beleck's first goal for the club came in a 3–1 away defeat to

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on 23 October 2011, coming on as a half-time substitute with the team losing by two goals and scoring on the hour mark to briefly reduce the deficit. He also scored in a 3–2 defeat to rivals

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

at the

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in November 2011. Later that month, Beleck was on hand to score twice in a 2–0 away win against

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

, as well as scoring the only goal of the game a week later in the 1–0 defeat of

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. He took his goal tally to six for the season when he scored the winning goal as AEK progressed to the Fifth Round of the Greek Cup courtesy of a 1–0 win over

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on 22 December 2011. Despite his strong end to 2011, Beleck did not score during the second half of the season. He made 34 appearances in all competitions, scoring six times, helping AEK Athens secure a fifth-place finish in the

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. Following the completion of his one-year loan agreement at AEK, Beleck briefly returned to Udinese before subsequently joining English

side

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in July 2012, on a season-long loan for the 2012–13 season. Beleck was one of ten players loaned to Watford from Udinese. He made his first starting appearance for the club in a home defeat against

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in the second round of the

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on 28 August 2012, having also made an injury-time substitute in a league match against

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a week earlier. In January 2013, having only made six first-team appearances for Watford during the first half of the season, Beleck joined

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side

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on loan for the remainder of the 2012–13 season. The move caused a great deal of curiosity, as Beleck was on loan at Watford from Udinese at the time of his move from Watford to Stevenage. It was revealed that international loans are recognised as regular transfers, meaning the player can be re-loaned as long as the deal stretches between two transfer windows. Beleck had scored a hat-trick against Stevenage a month prior to his move, in a behind-closed-doors friendly match. He made his first appearance for Stevenage a day after signing, coming on as a 61st-minute substitute in the club's 2–1 away victory at

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. Beleck returned to Udinese at the end of the season, having made 13 appearances during his time on loan at Stevenage. In August 2013, Beleck again left Udinese on loan, moving to Belgian side R.A.E.C. Mons.

Rieti

On 2 September 2019, he returned to Italy, signing with

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club

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. His contract with Rieti was terminated by mutual consent on 31 January 2020.

Catania

On 7 February 2020, Beleck joined

club

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until the end of the 2019–20 season.

Petrolul Ploiești

On 23 October 2020 he joined Petrolul Ploiești.

Yverdon

On 8 July 2021, he signed with

in Switzerland.

International career

Beleck has represented

at both the U17 and

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levels.

Honours

Club

CFR Cluj *

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: 2015–16

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