Leandro Trossard (born 4 December 1994) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Arsenal and the Belgium national team.
Genk didn't enforce the rule of not allowing loanees to play against them, as he was brought off the bench in the 61st minute, replacing Yohan Croizet.
[14] Trossard scored twice against Norwich in the 2019–20 season, one in the 2–0 home victory on 2 November 2019, and again in a crucial 1–0 away win on 4 July 2020 to help Brighton push further away from the bottom three.
[19] Trossard scored the first goal of Brighton's comeback from 2–0 down to beat champions Manchester City 3–2 on 18 May, with fans returning to football.
[22] Trossard scored Brighton's equaliser away at Liverpool on 30 October, completing a stirring fightback, coming from 2–0 down to earn a 2–2 draw.
Opening the scoreline in the 2–1 victory at Arsenal on the 9th and scoring a 90th-minute winner at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on his 100th Albion appearance, seven days later.
[24][25][26] On 7 May, Trossard assisted two goals and scored one with his chest which had to be reviewed by VAR for potential handball in the 4–0 home thrashing of Manchester United.
[27] Trossard scored his first goal of the 2022–23 season adding Brighton's second in the 2–0 away win at West Ham on 21 August, helping maintain their unbeaten run to 11 games against the "Hammers" in the Premier League.
His first half double meant he was the first player to score two first-half goals at Anfield since Wigan Athletic's Amr Zaki in October 2008.
[23] Trossard scored his 100th club career goal on 22 October, pulling one back, in the eventual 3–1 away loss at two-time defending champions Manchester City.
[31] In early January 2023, however, Trossard's relations with the club deteriorated sharply after manager Roberto De Zerbi said he would drop the player for leaving a training session without permission.
[32] In response, agent Josy Comhair accused De Zerbi of having humiliated the player in front of his team mates, saying a transfer was the best solution.
[44] On 6 August 2023, Trossard came off the bench and found the net in the final minutes of stoppage time to make it 1–1 against Manchester City in the 2023 FA Community Shield, forcing a penalty shootout which Arsenal went on to win 4–1.
[46] Three days later on 20 September, he scored his first Champions League goal and provided an assist in a 4–0 win over PSV Eindhoven on his debut in the competition.
[48] On 12 March 2024, Leandro Trossard scored the only goal in a 1-0 second leg win of the Champions League round of 16 tie against FC Porto, taking the game to extra-time and penalties which Arsenal won 4-2, helping the Gunners progress to the quarter-final of the Champions League for the first time since 2009–10, ending a run of seven consecutive last 16 eliminations in the competition.
He made his debut on 5 September 2020 in a Nations League game against Denmark, he substituted Dries Mertens in the 80th minute of the 2–0 away victory.
[53] On his first international start, Trossard scored his first goal for his country also adding a second in an 8–0 crushing of Belarus in a 2022 World Cup qualifier on 30 March 2021.
[54] Trossard was named in Belgium's 26-man squad for Euro 2020 on 17 May 2021, with the tournament taking place in the summer of 2021 due to the previous year's postponement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trossard started the match later being replaced by Thomas Meunier in the 75th minute of the 2–0 victory at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg that secured the Belgians top spot of Group B.
[59] He made two substitute appearances where Belgium lost to France in the semi-final and losing again to Italy in the third-place match to come fourth.