Graeme Lee (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Graeme Lee


fullname = Graeme Lee
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1978|5|31|df=y
cityofbirth = Middlesbrough
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=6|in=2
currentclub = Bradford City
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995–2003
2003–2006
2006–2008
2008
2008
2008–
clubs = Hartlepool United
Sheffield Wednesday
Doncaster Rovers
→ Hartlepool United (loan)
→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)
Bradford City
caps(goals) = 219 (20)
067 0(5)
059 0(5)
001 0(0)
005 0(0)
010 0(0)
pcupdate = 20:09, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Graeme Lee (born 31 May 1978 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire), is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bradford City. He has previously played for Hartlepool United, Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster Rovers and also had loan spells with Hartlepool and Shrewsbury Town.

Career

Hartlepool United

Lee started his career at Hartlepool United, notching up almost 300 appearances at centre back and helping the club secure promotion to League One. Lee also played as a striker for Hartlepool, scoring twenty goals for the club.

heffield Wednesday

In 2003, he was snapped up by former boss Chris Turner for Sheffield Wednesday. He made 37 appearances for Wednesday and scored five goals in his first season and took up the captain's arm band when Dean Smith was injured, this made him a shining light in one of the Owl's worst ever seasons which led to him picking up a fans' player of the season award. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/football_heaven/player_of_season/nomination_gallery/08.shtml] ] Lee started the 2004–05 season in the same vein as he ended the last. Although dogged by injuries at the tail end of the season he was voted defender of the year by fans of the club. [ [http://www.anzowls.com/ Anzowls.com - fan site for Sheffield Wednesday Football Club - The Owls ] ]

Doncaster Rovers

Lee was deemed as not good enough for the Championship following the side's promotion by Paul Sturrock and signed for Doncaster Rovers from Sheffield Wednesday for £50,000 in 2005. [ [http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/d/doncaster/4603904.stm BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Doncaster | Doncaster agree fee for defender ] ] He was Rovers' captain. He scored the winning goal in their 3–2 win over Bristol Rovers in the 2007 Johnstone's Paint Trophy final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

At the start of the 2007-08 season, he was ruled out for six weeks with a neck problem, and when he returned he was sidelined for another four months because of a fractured knee. [cite web
url=http://www.givemefootball.com/interviews.html?interviewID=1500
title=Graeme Lee - Bradford
accessdate=2008-07-04
publisher=Professional Footballers' Association] Instead on 14 February, 2008, Lee signed for former club Hartlepool United on loan for one-month. Following his return to the Keepmoat Stadium, Lee was loaned out again, this time to Shrewsbury Town until the end of the season. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/7306389.stm BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Shrewsbury | Shrews sign Doncaster captain Lee ] ] He was recalled with two games remaining, after a series of injuries had left Rovers short of defensive cover. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/7362850.stm BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Shrewsbury | Doncaster recall Lee from Shrews] ] In June 2008, after a season in which he was limited to a couple of substitute performances, Lee was released by Doncaster Rovers.

Bradford City

On 30 June 2008, he signed a two-year deal with League Two side Bradford City. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7482167.stm
title=Bradford swoop for defender Lee
date=2008-06-30
accessdate=2008-06-30
publisher=BBC Sport] On 6 August 2008, Lee was made Bradford City club captain for the 2008–09 season, taking over from David Wetherall, who had retired at the end of the previous season. At the same time, he said it was his goal to lift the league title.cite news
url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3572280.Lee_plots_silver_service/
title=Lee plots silver service
date=2008-08-06
accessdate=2008-08-06
publisher=Telegraph & Argus
first=Simon
last=Parker] He was one of four Bradford players to make his debut on the opening day of the 2008–09 season against Notts County, which Bradford won 2–1. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7541104.stm
title=Bradford 2-1 Notts County
date=2008-08-09
accessdate=2008-08-09
publisher=BBC Sport]

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Persondata
NAME = Lee, Graeme
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 31 May 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH = Middlesbrough, England
DATE OF DEATH =
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