Lee Dixon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Michael Dixon | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1982 | Burnley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1984 | Burnley | 4 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Chester City | 57 | (1) |
| 1985–1986 | Bury | 45 | (6) |
| 1986–1988 | Stoke City | 71 | (5) |
| 1988–2002 | Arsenal | 458 | (25) |
| Total | 635 | (37) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1992 | England B | 4 | (0) |
| 1990–1999 | England | 22 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lee Michael Dixon (born 17 March 1964) is a retired English professional footballer who played as a right-back for Arsenal, Burnley, Bury, Chester City and Stoke City as well as the England national team.
A childhood Manchester City fan, Dixon began his footballing career as a youth at Burnley, making his professional debut for them in 1982. From there he played for Chester City and Bury before joining Stoke City in 1986 for a fee of £50,000. He instantly impressed at Stoke and forged a fine defensive partnership with Steve Bould. The pair's potential and performances attracted the attention of Arsenal and in January 1988 they both joined the "Gunners" for a combined fee of £765,000.
The following season, as Dixon cemented his place in the team, Arsenal won their first league title in eighteen years in a dramatic final game of the season. A defensive mainstay in a successful Arsenal team until his retirement in 2002, Dixon's tenure at Arsenal saw him collect four league championship medals, three FA Cup winner's medals and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup medal. He was named in the PFA Team of the Year twice, for the seasons 1989–90 and 1990–91. His retirement came at the end of Arsenal's domestic double-winning 2001–02 season, their second in his time at the club. At the time of his retirement, he had played at 91 out of the 92 Football League grounds – every one except Fulham's Craven Cottage.
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