Graeme Lee (footballer)

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Graeme Lee
Personal information
Full name	Graeme Lee
Date of birth	May 31, 1978 (1978-05-31) (age 30)
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Doncaster Rovers
Number	5
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–2003 2003–2006 2006– 2008 2008	Hartlepool United Sheffield Wednesday Doncaster Rovers → Hartlepool United (loan) → Shrewsbury Town (loan)	219 (20) 067 0(5) 059 0(5) 001 0(0) 005 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Graeme Lee (born May 31, 1978 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire), is a professional footballer currently playing as a defender for Doncaster Rovers.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Hartlepool United 1.2 Sheffield Wednesday 1.3 Doncaster Rovers 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Hartlepool United

Lee started his career at Hartlepool United, notching up almost 300 appearances at centre back and helping the club secure promotion to League One. Lee also played as a striker for Hartlepool, scoring twenty goals for the club.

[edit] Sheffield Wednesday

In 2003, he was snapped up by former boss Chris Turner for Sheffield Wednesday. He made 37 appearances for Wednesday and scored five goals in his first season and took up the captain's arm band when Dean Smith was injured, this made him a shining light in one of the Owl's worst ever seasons which led to him picking up a fans' player of the season award.^[1] Lee started the 2004/2005 season in the same vein as he ended the last. Although dogged by injuries at the tail end of the season he was voted defender of the year by fans of the club.^[2]

[edit] Doncaster Rovers

Lee was deemed as not good enough for the Championship following the side's promotion by Paul Sturrock and signed for Doncaster Rovers from Sheffield Wednesday. for £50,000 in 2005. ^[3] He plays central defence and is Rovers' captain. He scored the winning goal in Doncaster Rovers' 3-2 win over Bristol Rovers in the 2007 Johnstone's Paint Trophy final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

On 14 February 2008, Lee signed for former club Hartlepool United on loan for one-month. Following his return to the Keepmoat Stadium, Lee was loaned out again, this time to Shrewsbury Town until the end of the season.^[4] He was recalled with two games remaining, after a series of injuries had left Rovers short of defensive cover.^[5] He has just been released by Doncaster after a season in which he was limited to a couple of substitute performances.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Graeme Lee career stats at Soccerbase

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