Lee warming-up for West Ham United, October 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elliot Robert Lee | ||
Date of birth | 16 December 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Durham, England | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Barnsley | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
?–2012 | West Ham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | West Ham United | 2 | (0) |
2013 | → Colchester United (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2014 | → Southend United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2015 | → Luton Town (loan) | 11 | (3) |
2015–2016 | → Blackpool (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2016 | → Colchester United (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2016– | Barnsley | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:24, 27 December 2016 (UTC). |
Elliot Robert Lee (born 16 December 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Barnsley. Lee has also had loan spells with Colchester United, Southend United, Luton Town and Blackpool. He is the son of former footballer Rob Lee and the brother of footballer Olly Lee.
Born in Durham, Lee was a youth team player with West Ham United, making his debut for the reserve team in 2011 before signing his first professional contract in August 2012. His first appearance in a first-team squad was on 1 January 2013 when he was an unused substitute in a Premier League game against Norwich City. Lee then made his professional debut for West Ham, as a 78th-minute substitute for Ricardo Vaz Tê, on 16 January 2013 in a 1–0 defeat in the FA Cup 3rd Round replay at Old Trafford against Manchester United.
On 12 August 2013, Lee scored two first half goals for the West Ham development squad against Aston Villa Under-21s. On 31 August he made his Premier League debut for West Ham, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Mohammed Diamé in a 1–0 home defeat by Stoke City. Three weeks later, Lee scored a hat-trick against Newcastle Reserves in a 5–4 away win. He went on to score 11 games that season for the development squad.