Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lee James Barnard | ||
Date of birth | 18 July 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Romford, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Braintree Town | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
?–2002 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | (0) |
2002 | → Exeter City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2004 | → Stevenage Borough (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2004–2005 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2005 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 10 | (3) |
2008–2010 | Southend United | 75 | (37) |
2010–2014 | Southampton | 62 | (23) |
2012–2013 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 15 | (4) |
2013 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2014 | → Southend United (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Southend United | 9 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Stevenage (loan) | 6 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Crawley Town | 19 | (1) |
2016– | Braintree Town | 28 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2017 (UTC). |
Lee James Barnard (born 18 July 1984) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for National League team Braintree Town.
Born in Romford, London Borough of Havering in 1984, he attended Billericay's Mayflower County High School.
Barnard played for Leyton Orient, Northampton Town, Exeter City, and Stevenage Borough (where he scored his first career goal against Shrewsbury Town), all on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.
Thanks to his prodigious goal scoring rate at reserve level, he was expected to make his first team debut in the 2005–06 season. He was due to make his debut in the match against Charlton Athletic on 5 February 2006. Tottenham were leading 3–0 until a Charlton goal in the 69th minute meant Martin Jol did not want to bring on another striker so Barnard had to wait. Following the match he suffered a foot sprain which kept him out of action for 5 weeks, only returning for the reserve match against Leicester City on 18 March.
On 17 April, he finally got to make his Premier League debut in the 2–1 defeat to Manchester United at White Hart Lane, coming on after 77 minutes as a substitute. He also came on the following week against Bolton Wanderers.