- Lee Phillips
:"For Medal of Honor recipient, see
Lee H. Phillips (1930-1950), USMC."Football player infobox
playername = Lee Phillips
fullname = Lee Paul Phillips
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|9|16
cityofbirth =Penzance
countryofbirth =England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub = Rushden & Diamonds
clubnumber =
position =Striker
years = 1996–2001
2002–2004
2004–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Plymouth
Weymouth
Exeter City
Torquay United
Rushden & Diamonds
caps(goals) = 50 0(1)
67 (33)
87 (21)
41 (12)
013 0(1)
pcupdate = 13:47, 28 August 2008 (UTC)Lee Paul Phillips (born September 16, 1980 in
Penzance ,England ) is a professional footballer with English Conference side Rushden & Diamonds.Phillips started his sporting career playing
rugby union for the England under 15's and 21's. However, Phillips then switched his attention to football.Lee, a striker, started his football playing career as a youth trainee with Plymouth Argyle. Phillips made 50 first team appearances at
Home Park over five years, of which 32 were as a substitute. Unfortunately, while at Plymouth, Lee suffered a broken leg that many thought would end his playing career.Fortunately, Phillips was able to recover and signed with then
Conference South club, Weymouth. Over two seasons, Phillips made 67 appearances for Weymouth, scoring 33 goals.On
22 February ,2005 , Phillips moved on a free transfer to English Conference side Exeter City. During his first two seasons atSt James Park , Phillips solidified his position as a first choice striker, scoring 17 times in 51 appearances.The arrival of new Exeter City manager
Paul Tisdale for the 2006–07 season, led to a rotational system between Phillips, new strikerAdam Stansfield , andJamie Mackie .Known as 'Super Lee' - a nickname well suited to his all-action style - Phillips is maturing into an all round attacking player who easily creates more goals than he scores. It remains to be seen whether that's a tribute, a criticism or an indication that an attacking midfield role is the next logical step.
Phillips joined local rivals Torquay United for a fee of £17,500 on a three-year deal on
June 21 ,2007 .cite news
title = Buckle raids Exeter for Phillips
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6229526.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date =2007-06-22
accessdate = 2007-06-22]On
May 15 , 2008 he joined fellowConference National team Rushden & Diamonds for an undisclosed fee.cite news
title = Torquay Striker joins Garry Hill's squad.
url = http://www.thediamondsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10784~1313147,00.html
publisher = Rushden & Diamonds FC
date =2008-05-15
accessdate = 2008-05-15]Career statistics
"(correct as of
August 11 ,2006 )""Needs expanding to include last season at Exeter and season at Torquay"References
External links
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