Leo Fortune-West

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leo Fortune-West
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 9, 1971(1971-04-09)
Age	53
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Stratford
Horoscope	Aries

Leo Fortune-West Biography

Leo Fortune-West is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on April 9, 1971 in Stratford, United Kingdom. Leopold Paul Osborne Fortune West (born 9 April , 1971) was an English former professional footballer who was striker. He was a player for the Football League for Gillingham, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Rotherham United, Brentford, Cardiff City, Doncaster Rovers, Torquay United and Shrewsbury Town.

Fortune-West’s debut season at Gillingham 1995-96 saw him score in all of his initial three league games. He was Gillingham’s top goal scorer with 15 goals in 45 appearances as the club was promoted into the Second Division as Third Division runners-up. With eight appearances, he had three goals scored for Gillingham during 1996-97. He was signed by Leyton Orient on loan in March 1997 and continued until the close of the season. He played three appearances. He signed with Second Division club Lincoln City as a free transfer in June

1998. In the following month, after 11 appearances and scoring one goal was loaned for Rotherham United in the Third Division. The striker scored 4 goals over his five appearances in a loan period of one month and was released when Brentford agreed to sign him for a price of PS60,000 on November 28, 1998. His first appearance for Brentford was in a 2-1 loss away against Leyton Orient on 21 November 1998. He scored one goal in 15 games, before he returned back to Rotherham for a cost of PS35,000 in February 1999.

Bristol Rovers denied that they were interested in signing Fortune-West in June 2003, before Doncaster Rovers of the Third Division signed him on a two- year contract. His first season with the club, 2003–04, saw him score 12 goals in 43 appearances as they won the Third Division championship, earning promotion to the Second Division. During this season, he formed a strike partnership with Gregg Blundell. Fortune-West suffered a knee injury caused by wear and tear to the knee joint in October 2004, which resulted in him undergoing surgery, before returning to the team in March 2005. He was to be offered a new deal in April 2005 and finished the season with 7 goals in 28 appearances. The 2005–06 season was his last with Doncaster, as he was released after scoring 4 goals in 33 appearances.

He returned into non-League football after he signed for Conference National club Rushden & Diamonds in June 2006 on a two-year contract. He joined Torquay United of League Two on loan in September 2006 as cover for the injured Mickey Evans, but was recalled by Rushden due to an injury crisis in early November

2006. He had made five appearances for Torquay. Days later, he signed for another League Two club, Shrewsbury Town, originally on a two-month loan deal. His Shrewsbury debut came as a 60th-minute substitute in a 2–0 away defeat to Milton Keynes Dons on 18 November 2006, after hoping he would be able to play in the FA Cup tie against Hereford United. The loan was extended to the end of 2006–07 in January 2007. Following Shrewsbury’s 2–0 home win over Notts County in February 2007, manager Gary Peters referred to Fortune-West as ‘Ronseal’, as he does “exactly what it says on the tin”. His final appearance for Shrewsbury came in the 2007 League Two play-off Final against Bristol Rovers at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2007, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute, as Shrewsbury lost 3–1. With the season over, Fortune-West returned to his parent club Rushden, who he left by mutual consent in August 2007.

Fortune-West was born and grew up in Stratford, Greater London and was a fan at Leyton Orient. There are two nephews of his who have professional footballers: Clayton Fortune and Jonathan Fortune. Fortune-West was married to Radmila Cvijetinovic at Tower Hamlets, London in June 1996. The couple had a baby in the year 2000.

Leo Fortune-West Net Worth

Leo Fortune-West is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leo Fortune-West 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Fortune-West began his football career with non-League football at Tiptree United, in the Eastern Counties League aged 17 He played for Tiptree United one season, playing the roles of centre back, and striker. He was then transferred to Bishop’s Stortford and joined Dartford at the time that when they ended their business. There was a brief stint at Hendon and later Dagenham & Redbridge followed this before he was signed by Stevenage Borough in the Football Conference in 1994. He scored seven goals in 17 league games for Stevenage during 1994-95, following when he joined the Football League with Gillingham on 12 July 1995. The price of PS5,000 was paid for the club’s cash-strapped owners by the Supporters Club. Being a full-time professional required abandoning a degree course from The University of Greenwich.

Fortune-West’s career began in the Eastern Counties League club Tiptree United. He also played for five other non-League clubs prior to making the move to the Football League with Gillingham in July 1995. He ended his first season as their top scorer, and then had a number of brief spells with various other League teams until he joined Cardiff City, where he was a part of the team for three seasons. He was a part of Cardiff City as they earned two promotions, but he left with no cost.

He scored 8 goals in 17 appearances as Rotherham made the Third Division play- offs, which saw them lose to Leyton Orient in a penalty shoot-out in the semi- final. The 1999–2000 season saw Fortune-West finish as Rotherham’s top scorer with 17 goals in 43 appearances, while the club won promotion to the Second Division as Third Division runners-up. After a month into 2000–01, he joined Cardiff City of the Third Division for a fee of £300,000 on 11 September 2000. They earned promotion to the Second Division as Third Division runners-up, and he scored 13 goals from 41 appearances over the season. By the end of the season, Cardiff’s rivals Swansea City were believed to be ready to make an attempt at signing Fortune-West. He scored Cardiff’s second goal in their play-off semi-final first leg match against Stoke City, which finished as a 2–1 away victory in April 2002. However, after featuring in a 2–0 home defeat in the second leg, Cardiff missed out on making the final, losing 3–2 on aggregate. He finished 2001–02 with 44 appearances and 11 goals. Cardiff qualified for the play-offs in 2002–03 with a sixth-place finish, and were promoted after beating Queens Park Rangers in the final, although Fortune-West was not part of the matchday squad. He was released following this season, in which he made 28 appearances and scored 4 goals.

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Facts & Trivia

Leo Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Leo Fortune-West celebrates birthday on April 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Leo Fortune-West

1. Leo Fortune-West played as a striker for 16 English clubs.
2. He scored over 200 goals in his career.
3. Fortune-West’s most successful spell was at Rotherham United.
4. He managed non-league club Bridlington Town FC.
5. Leo is known for his unique goal celebration, the “flip-flap”.