- Alan Lee (footballer)
Football player infobox
playername = Alan Lee
fullname = Alan Desmond Lee
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|8|21
height = height|ft=6|in=3
cityofbirth =Galway
countryofbirth =Republic of Ireland
currentclub = Crystal Palace
clubnumber = 9
position =Striker
youthyears = -1995
youthclubs = Aston Villa
years = 1995–99
1998–99
1999
1999–2000
2000–03
2003–06
2006–08
2008–
clubs = Aston Villa
→ Torquay United (loan)
→ Port Vale (loan)
Burnley
Rotherham United
Cardiff City
Ipswich Town
Crystal Palace
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
007 0(2)
011 0(2)
015 0(0)
111 (37)
086 (10)
103 (31)
002 0(0)
nationalyears = ?
2003-Present
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland U-21
Republic of Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (0)
010 0(0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate = 14:56, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =February 9 ,2007 Alan Desmond Lee (born
21 August ,1978 inGalway ) is aprofessional footballer currently playing for Championship club Crystal Palace. He also plays internationally for the Republic of Ireland.He plays as a striker and is height|ft=6|in=4 foot tall. He began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa, turning professional in August 1995, although was never quite good enough for the first team at Villa Park. His league debut came after joining Torquay United on loan in November 1998, scoring 3 times in 9 games. In March 1999 he joined Port Vale on loan, leaving Villa in July that year when Burnley signed him for £200,000. He moved to Rotherham United for £150,000 in September 2000, scoring 36 times in 114 games for the
Millmoor side. In August 2003 he moved to Cardiff City for a fee of £850,000, just days after impressing Cardiff managerLennie Lawrence in a goalless draw on the opening day of the season. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/3138173.stm Lee hawks wares to Bluebirds] ]In January 2006, Lee joined Ipswich Town for £100,000. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/4588124.stm Ipswich sign Cardiff striker Lee] ] He scored his second career hat-trick in a 5–0 win against Luton Town on
29 October ,2006 . He signed a new contract at Ipswich until at least 2009 with the option of a third year. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/6930242.stm Lee Signs New Contract] ] In January 2008, there was speculation of a move to Burnley for £900,000 but this has since been turned down by the Ipswich Chairman and Alan Lee himself. On2 February , Lee scored his first goal in over a month to beat Sheffield Wednesday, helping end Ipswich's poor away form of not winning a single game away from home for ten months.Fact|date=February 2008He completed his season's tally of 12 goals with the winner in Ipswich's 1-0 win against Hull City on the final day of the
07/08 season.In August 2008, Lee moved again, leaving the Tractor Boys for Crystal Palace.
Club career statistics
:"(correct as of
23 September 2008 )"References
External links
* [http://www.itfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10272~9619,00.html Alan Lee player profile] at itfc.co.uk
* [http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10335~9619,00.html Alan Lee player profile] at cardiffcityfc.co.uk
*soccerbase|id=9679|name=Alan Lee
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