Richard Lee (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Anthony Lee | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1994 | Bedgrove Dynamos | ||
| 1994–2002 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2010 | Watford | 92 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2015 | Brentford | 66 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Fulham (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 158 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| England U18 | |||
| 2002–2003 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Richard Anthony Lee (born 5 October 1982) is an English retired football goalkeeper. He is best remembered for his spells in the Football League with Watford and Brentford and represented England at U18 and U20 level.
Born in Oxford, Lee joined the academy at Watford at the age of 11 from Bedgrove Dynamos and progressed through the ranks to become a reserve team regular during the 2001–02 season, learning from player-goalkeeping coach Kevin Hitchcock. Lee received his maiden first team call up for a Division One match versus Barnsley on 23 March 2002. He remained an unused substitute during the 2–0 defeat.
Incoming manager Ray Lewington promoted Lee to second-choice goalkeeper ahead of Espen Baardsen for the 2002–03 season and he made his senior debut in a 1–0 defeat to Preston North End on 4 March 2003. He made three further appearances (keeping a clean sheet in each match) before the Hornets closed out a forgettable mid-table season. Lee began the 2003–04 season as second-choice behind Alec Chamberlain, but a broken arm and the form of incoming loanee Lenny Pidgeley saw Lee fail to make a single appearance during the season.
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