Grant in 2006
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lee Anderson Grant | ||
Date of birth | 27 January 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Hemel Hempstead, England | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Stoke City | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2000 | Watford | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2007 | Derby County | 74 | (0) |
2005–2006 | → Burnley (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2006 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Sheffield Wednesday | 136 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Burnley | 114 | (0) |
2013–2017 | Derby County | 96 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Stoke City (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2017– | Stoke City | 16 | (0) |
National team | |||
2000 | England U16 | 6 | (0) |
2000–2001 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
2002 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
2001–2002 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
2003–2004 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:29, 29 November 2017 (UTC). |
Lee Anderson Grant (born 27 January 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stoke City in the Premier League.
Grant began his professional career with Derby County, making his Football League debut in September 2002. Grant spent five seasons with Derby, during which time he went out on loan to Burnley and Oldham Athletic. He joined Sheffield Wednesday in July 2007 and established himself as first choice goalkeeper, playing in 136 consecutive matches. He moved to Burnley in July 2010, where he made 126 appearances in three seasons, before returning to Derby County in May 2013. Grant joined Stoke City in August 2016, initially on loan, before a permanent transfer in January 2017.
Grant began his career at Watford in 1998 but failed to make an appearance for the Hertfordshire based club and Grant joined Derby County as a trainee in 2000 and made his debut for the Rams in the 2002–03 season in a Championship game against Burnley on 7 September 2002, replacing the injured Andy Oakes. He went on to win the club's Young Player of the Year award at the end of the season after playing a total of thirty games. By the end of the season Grant had established himself as a regular in the England youth set-up, and joined the under-21 team for a training session in Sardinia prior to the European Championship qualifying games against Serbia & Montenegro and Slovakia in June 2003.