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Dante Leverock (born 11 April 1992) is a Bermudian professional
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who plays as a
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for Dandy Town Hornets F.C. and the Bermuda national team.


Club career

Leverock played for local side
Dandy Town Hornets Dandy Town Hornets F.C. is a professional football club in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda, that currently competes in the Bermudian Premier Division. Team colours are brown and gold. The club also has a ladies team and a strong youth section. Histo ...
before joining the
Bermuda Hogges Bermuda Hogges were a Bermudian football team based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern ...
in the
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in summer 2011. In August 2012, Leverock got himself a scholarship at St Mary's University in London, leaving Dandy Town Hornets again for English side
Staines Town Staines Town Football Club was a football club based in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey. Founded in 1892, it last competed in the Isthmian League, until it was dissolved in 2022. History Early days Staines Town FC was founded in 1892 and was known ...
in the process.Leverock earns UK scholarship
– Royal Gazette
After picking up an injury, he moved to
Leatherhead Leatherhead is a town in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England, about south of Central London. The settlement grew up beside a ford on the River Mole, from which its name is thought to derive. During the late Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon ...
in 2013. In winter 2014–15, Leverock trained with
Baltimore Blast The Baltimore Blast are an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, that competes in the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). Including one championship victory as the original Baltimore Blast, the team has won 10 c ...
before joining
Harrisburg City Islanders Harrisburg City Islanders, known as Penn FC in their final season, were an American professional soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 2003, the team most recently played in the USL Pro, the second tier of the ...
for the 2015 season. In 2018, Leverock signed with
JK Narva Trans Jalgpalliklubi Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or simply Trans, is an Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Narva that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Eston ...
, a professional football club in Estonia, that competes in the highest division of Estonian football. During his first month, Leverock was named by Premium Liiga Soccernet.ee as part of the best eleven players for the month of March. In December 2018, Leverock signed for
Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional association football, football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 and have been in ...
and was a member of the first team squad for the 2019 season. After one season with Rovers, it was announced that Leverock has left the club. After one season in Ireland, Leverock signed for Polish second division side
Radomiak Radom Radomiak Spółka Akcyjna (''Radomiak S.A.''), commonly known as Radomiak Radom, is a Polish football club based in Radom, Poland. The club was founded in 1910 and competes in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. They play their home ma ...
in February 2020. He left Radomiak at the end of the 2019–20 season without making any appearances for the club. In September 2020, he returned to Bermuda to sign with
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.


International career

Leverock received his first international cap for Bermuda on 8 March 2015 in a friendly match against
Grenada Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about north of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and the So ...
and has, as of June 2019, earned a total of twenty caps, scoring three goals. He has represented his country in four
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matches. On 18 May 2021, Leverock announced he was retiring from international football. However, four weeks later, he reversed his decision and was named to the Bermudan provisional squad for
2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament determined the final three teams to qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Prior to the qualifiers, twelve of the sixteen teams of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup had already been decided based on t ...
.


Personal life

He is a cousin of former MLS player
Khano Smith Khano Smith (born 10 January 1981) is a Bermudian retired footballer who is serving as a head coach and general manager for USL Championship club Rhode Island FC. Club career College and amateur Smith played college soccer at Champlain College ...
.


Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.''


References


External links

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Player profile
– Harrisburg City Islanders *
Dante Leverock Interview
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