Sammy Lee (footballer)
Sammy Lee
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Samuel Lee | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Crystal Palace (Assistant Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1986 | Liverpool | 197 | (13) |
| 1986–1987 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | (0) |
| 1987–1990 | Osasuna | 28 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | → Southampton (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 261 | (13) | |
| National team | |||
| 1981–1982 | England U-21 | 6 | (0) |
| 1982–1984 | England | 14 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| 2008 | Liverpool (caretaker) | ||
| 2012 | Bolton Wanderers (joint caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Samuel "Sammy" Lee (born 7 February 1959) is an English football coach and former player. Lee is currently the assistant manager of Crystal Palace.
Lee had previously played for, managed and been the head of academy coaching and development at Bolton Wanderers. Lee played most of his career for hometown club Liverpool during the 1970s and 1980s as a midfielder, and also represented England fourteen times.
Born in Liverpool, Lee rose through the ranks at Liverpool after joining on an apprenticeship in September 1975, making his first team debut on 8 April 1978, as a 6th minute substitute for David Johnson. Leicester City at Anfield were the opponents, as Lee managed to find the net in the 56th minute of the 3–2 victory. A year earlier, he had been put in the squad for a huge European Cup semi-final against FC Zürich and, although he didn't play, manager Bob Paisley said he would have had no qualms about using him if required.
Lee became a regular from 1980 onwards and, although small in stature, he established a reputation as a sharp-passing and strong-running midfield player who could also hit a decent shot. In the 1981 League Cup final, Lee was at the centre of a controversial incident which left opponents West Ham United feeling slightly cheated. Lee had ventured forwards in an attack and ended up flat out on the turf following a challenge. The West Ham defence pushed out of their area to leave Lee in an offside position but when Liverpool full back Alan Kennedy scored with a follow-up shot, the goal stood. West Ham did equalise but Liverpool won the replay with Lee in the side.
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