Leon Patrick Bailey (born 9 August 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Jamaica national team.

[3] Bailey started his career playing for the Phoenix All-Star Academy operated by his adoptive father, Craig Butler.

[19][20] On 6 November 2022, Bailey scored the first goal under Unai Emery in a 3–1 home victory over Manchester United and was later named player of that month.

[22] Bailey scored against Hibernian in both home (3-0) & away legs (0-5) to help qualify Villa for the UEFA Conference League group stage as well as against Ajax (4-0) in the Round of 16 eventually bowing out to Olympiakos (6-2 on aggregate) in the semi-finals.

Bailey played in a friendly match for Jamaica under-23s on 8 March 2015 versus the Cayman Islands under-23 side, where he scored directly from a free kick.

[27] In September 2017, Bailey told German football magazine Kicker: "They always want me to play for Jamaica, but I've had personal problems with the association since I was eleven or twelve years old".

"[29] Bailey was thought to have accepted a call-up in October 2018, but reneged after demanding that his brother Kyle Butler, who at the time played for the reserves of FC Juniors OÖ in the Austrian 2.

In his interview Bailey highlighted key issues he faces whenever he comes to represent the Reggae Boyz, such as the unprofessionalism of the Jamaica Football Federation towards the team and himself.

His agent and step-father subsequently stated on social media that Bailey's position regarding his participation with Jamaica was unchanged and he would not be joining up with the squad for the tournament.

[37] In response, the Jamaica Football Federation announced that Bailey had been temporarily suspended from selection for the Jamaican national team.