Leon Britton

Leon James Britton ( born November 29, 1982 in Merton, London) is an English footballer, who is employed by the Welsh football club Swansea City. He is one of only a few players who has played with a club in all four professional British football leagues.

Career

Britton was taken with nine years in the youth academy of Arsenal FC. In 1998 he was transferred for 400,000 pounds sterling to West Ham United. It was up to that time, the highest transfer fee ever paid for a 16 -year-old players. However, he could not prevail at West Ham himself. He has been awarded to Swansea City in 2002. After he was able to convince there, he was obliged in 2003. In his first time at Swansea Britton showed consistently strong performances. He was elected to the seasons 2002/ 03 and 2005/ 06 by the fans "Player of the Year." With Swansea also he made the climb from the fourth to the second division. 2010 was a Brittons contract with Swansea City from. He decided against a contract extension and instead moved free transfer to Sheffield United. However, He also played due to the difficult conditions in the club itself, only 24 times for Sheffield and joined in January 2011 back to Swansea. About the transfer fee is a still undisclosed. At the end of the season 2011/12 he went with the " swans " in the Premier League on. On 30 March 2012, Britton extended his contract at Swansea until 2015.

On January 17, 2012, reported that Leon Britton was the best fit players in the world, with a rate of 93.3 % arrived passes in the current season. He also suggested football greats, such as the Spaniard Xavi.