Leo Roget

Career

Southend United

1990–1999 A defender, Roget joined Southend United as a schoolboy in 1990, at the age of 13. He signed his first professional contract on 5 July 1995 and make eight appearances and scored one goal during the 1995–96 First Division season. Roget broke into the team on a regular basis during the 1996–97 season and his form was such that he accepted the invitation of a trial with Dutch club Feyenoord. he signed a new three-year contract to remain at Roots Hall.

Early in the 1997–98 season, Roget was a regular during the first half of the 1999–00 season alongside Simon Coleman in central defence. which he later denied. Roget regained his place in the team in January 2000 and finished a mid-table 1999–00 season with 40 appearances and two goals. Having already accumulated seven yellow cards during the season, Webb was forced into showdown talks with "bad boy" Roget in January 2001. He departed the club on loan on 1 March 2001 and on a permanently one month later. Roget made 139 appearances and scored 10 goals during nearly six seasons as a professional at Roots Hall.

Stockport County On 1 March 2001, Roget joined First Division club Stockport County on a one-month loan, with a view to a permanent deal. He had been a target for the Hatters prior to the start of the 2000–01 season, but the club baulked at Southend United's valuation. the move was made permanent for an initial £50,000 fee. After turning down a £70,000 move to Chinese club Red Heart K, he joined Second Division club Reading on loan until the end of the 2001–02 season. He made his only appearance for the club with a start in a 0–0 draw with Swindon Town, Roget was an unused substitute during the remainder of the season's matches and was part of the squad which sealed automatic promotion to the First Division on the final day of the season.

At the end of the 2001–02 season, Roget's Stockport County contract was cancelled by mutual consent and he departed the club, having made 32 appearances and scored one goal during just over a year at Edgley Park. He was a regular starter alongside Ibrahima Sonko in central defence and on 3 September he signed a new contract to remain at Griffin Park until 30 December 2002. Despite missing five months of the 2002–03 season due to ankle ligament damage and a hamstring problem, Roget was a starter when fit and after signing a contract extension in January 2003, he remained with Brentford until the end of the season.

Roget signed a new one-year contract in May 2003 and began the 2003–04 season as a regular starter. In September 2003, he was transfer-listed for reacting "to abuse from a section of the Griffin Park crowd" with "an obscene gesture to fans" after being sent off during a 3–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle. In the following match versus Rushden & Diamonds, one week later, Roget gave a performance which reaffirmed his commitment to the club and he was reinstated to the starting lineup by manager Wally Downes. Roget continued to keep his place until his contract was cancelled in late January 2004. During 18 months with Brentford, he made 33 appearances. Roget was released in May 2004.

Oxford United Roget joined League Two club Oxford United on a two-year contract on 7 July 2004. Roget made 36 appearances and scored two goals during the 2004–05 season, Roget remained at the Kassam Stadium for the final year of his contract and made 41 appearances and scored three goals during a dire 2005–06 season, During his two seasons with Oxford United, Roget made 77 appearances and scored five goals.

Non-League football Between 2007 and 2011, Roget wound down his career in non-League football, with short spells at St Albans City, Braintree Town and a short-lived return to Rushden & Diamonds. A return to the Football League looked a possibility when he joined League Two club Gillingham on trial during the 2008–09 pre-season, but he failed to win a contract. After an initial brief spell with Isthmian League club Harlow Town in February 2008,

International career In advance of the 2006 World Cup, officials from Trinidad and Tobago travelled to England to watch Roget in early 2006, but he was not named in the provisional squad for the finals.

Coaching career In June 2025, Roget joined the coaching team of Isthmian League South East Division side Sittingbourne.

Boxing In 2012, Roget took up boxing and after winning his first three amateur fights, his first professional fight, at cruiserweight, was to have been against Mitch Mitchell at York Hall on 16 November 2013. Due to neck and back injuries suffered by Roget in training, the fight was postponed until 7 December 2013.

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