Leon Thompson (born 1986) is an Irish former

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er who played for Naomh Conaill and the Donegal county team. He was part of the Donegal team that reached the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. Thompson won the 2007 National Football League and, later, an

Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the Irish province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in April. The final is ...

medal with Donegal.

Biography

Thompson played in the final of the 2005

Donegal Senior Football Championship The Donegal Senior Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal SFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA and contested by the highest-level clubs, to determine the best team in County Donegal. Since 2016, it has been know ...

(SFC), as Naomh Conaill won its first ever title (after a Replay (sports), replay). His club also won the 2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship, 2010 Donegal SFC final, and went on to reach the final of the 2010 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, knocking out Cavan champions Kingscourt Stars GAA, Kingscourt, Monaghan champions Clontibret O'Neills GAA, Clontibret and Tyrone champions Coalisland Na Fianna GAC, Coalisland along the way. He then played for his club in the final of the 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship. His club won. After the 2005 Donegal SFC title win, Thompson was called into the Donegal senior team by manager Brian McIver. Thompson is a veteran of Donegal's 2007 National Football League-winning campaign. When recalled to the senior inter-county panel by Jim McGuinness for winter training in September 2013, he had not played for Donegal since 2009. He maintained his place with the team for their 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship and the year's All-Ireland SFC final.

Honours

;Donegal *

: 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship, 2014 * National Football League (Ireland), National Football League: 2007 National Football League (Ireland), 2007 ;Naomh Conaill *

: 2005, 2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship, 2010, 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship, 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Leon 1986 births Living people Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Naomh Conaill Gaelic footballers