Leandro Trossard

Leandro Trossard is a Belgian-born professional footballer who plays as a winger for Brighton & Hove Albion and the Belgium national team. 

Trossard joined Albion from K.R.C. Genk and was loaned out to several clubs before signing to Albion in 2019.

Married to his lady love

Leandro married his lady love, a Belgian beauty Laura Hilven after six years of togetherness.  

The couple’s love flourished via Instagram after Laura reacted to the photo of Trossard pressing the like button, who at the time was a stranger to her. 

Leandro proposed to his wife on the 14th of January 2019 before walking down the aisle in the same year on the 22nd of June 2019. 

A civil wedding  followed with a grand ceremony

Leandro and Laura celebrated their big day by organizing a grand ceremony after the civil wedding in the town hall of Opglabbeek. 

Their then two years old son was present as a witness who was the icing on the cake. The evening party was hosted at De Barrier at Houthalen, Helchteren. 

Among the guests included stand-comedian Steven Goegebeur, who entertained the guests with his jokes along with his football colleagues and loved ones. 

The evening was further celebrated by lighting firecrackers.

Proud father of one

Leandro is the proud father of his son Thiago. He and his beloved wife Laura welcomed their first son on the 17th of April, 2017. 

According to Leandro, they speak Dutch at home, but these days many English words come in between because of their four-year-old son Thiago who is attending school in England. 

He also added that his wife and son are happy to be in England.

How did he utilize his time during a lockdown?

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the footballers were on a subsequent break from football. 

Having to quit the game in the middle of the season was not easy for Leandro. To distract himself from missing football, he invested his time in his family, trying to enjoy every moment with them. 

He built a LEGO Taj Mahal by himself to keep himself busy, which took over a week to put together 10256 LEGO bricks. 

At the same time, he also realized it was a chance to enjoy every little thing in life, the things that people could not appreciate because of their busy schedules.

His mother, his lifetime supporter

Leandro was born in a middle-class family to his parents, mother Linda Scheepers, and father, Peter Trossard. 

He was brought up with his four years younger sister Lindsay Trossard in the small town of Belgium called Lanklaar. 

According to his mother, Linda, Leandro grew up kicking up everything that came in his way in the house, which was the early sign of becoming a footballer. 

He started playing football at the age of eight. Unfortunately, his parents got divorced while he was quite young. 

Despite the divorce of his parents, he remains close to his family. His mother and his grandfather drove him back and forth for the training and competitions. 

His mother owned a café in As until she came up with health issues a few years back and was declared disabled, due to which she could not attend some of his matches; otherwise, she hardly missed any of his matches. 

Leandro bought a house for his mother in Oudsbergen as a gift.

Net Worth 

Leandro started his youth career at Bocholt Academy and K.R.C. Genk before being promoted to the senior squad in 2012 with the latter. 

He was the key part in leading Genk to the league title in the 2018-19 season. Because of his stunning performance at the clubs, many Premier League clubs like Arsenal andAston Villa were eyeing him. 

He chose Brighton over Arsenal, signing a four-year contract with the club with an estimated fee of around £20 million in 2019. As of now, his estimated net worth is:

Age and Height

1. Leandro Trossard was born on the 4th of December, 1994. He is currently 26 years old.
2. He stands 1.72 m tall.