Lee Holmes
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Lee Daniel Holmes | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Mansfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Exeter City | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2002 | Derby County | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2008 | Derby County | 46 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Bradford City (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Walsall (loan) | 19 | (4) |
| 2008–2012 | Southampton | 29 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Oxford United (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2012 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Preston North End | 60 | (6) |
| 2014 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Exeter City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015– | Exeter City | 37 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | England U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | England U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | England U19 | 18 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 18 June 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:00, 2 December 2015 (UTC) |
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Lee Daniel Holmes (born 2 April 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Exeter City in League Two.
Holmes began his career with Derby County and became their youngest ever player and goalscorer, as well as the youngest footballer to appear in the FA Cup. He has represented England at the under 16, under 17 and the under 19 level.
Holmes began his career with Derby County, appearing for the club's under 18 side when he was only 14.
Even before he made his senior debut, he hit the headlines when he scored after just 38 seconds for England under 16s in a Victory Shield match against Northern Ireland. England went on to win the 2002 Victory Shield with two more victories.
Holmes made his debut for Derby on Boxing Day, 2002 against Grimsby Town. He broke the club record for the youngest player to appear at just 15 years and 268 days. Holmes held the record for almost nine years until Mason Bennett beat it by 169 days in October, 2011.
He made another two more appearances during the 2002–03 season, both within two weeks of his debut. The second game was against Brentford when he became the youngest player to play in the proper rounds of the FA Cup. His record has since been broken by Luke Freeman for Gillingham.
In March 2003, Holmes helped the England under 17s to qualify for the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Portugal with a 2–0 win in the qualifying match against Scotland.
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