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Sammy Lee

Liverpool FC

 14 caps, 2 goals

P 14 W 8 D 3 L 3 F x: A x
*(actual F x: A x)
68% successful
1982-84

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 1160

Profile
Full name Samuel Lee (*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Born 7 February 1959 in Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in Liverpool North, March 1959].
Height/Weight 5' 7", 10st. 11lbs [1983].
Height notes 5' 7" is confirmed by Doug Lamming, Rollins' Who's Who Yearbooks and various Rothman Yearbooks throughout Sammy Lee's career.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Biographies x
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career
Club(s) Played schoolboy football in Liverpool before signing with Liverpool FC as an apprentice in September 1975, turning professional in April 1976.  Spent ten years at Anfield, playing in 197 league appearances, scoring thirteen times, before transferring to Queen's Park Rangers FC in August 1986 for �200,000 (30 league appearances). A season later, Lee joined Spanish club CA Osasuna, in July 1987, for �200,000 (28 league appearances). He returned to England with Southampton FC (two league appearances) and then Bolton Wanderers FC (four league appearances), after which he retired.
Club honours FA Charity Shield winners 1979, 1981, 1982; Football League Cup winners 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84; European Cup winners 1980-81, 1983-84; Football League Champions 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84;
Individual honours PFA Division One Team of the Year 1982-83;
Distinctions x

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career
Club(s) After retiring, Sammy Lee rejoined Liverpool FC as part of the infamous boot room. He coached the reserve team, working his way up to coaching the first team. His progress was duly noted by Sven-Göran Eriksson, he appointed Lee as a coach on 18 May 2001 as a replacement for Steve McClaren, he left Liverpool on 8 July 2004 to concentrate on his England role. Under the McClaren era, in August 2006, Lee was offered the post of Under-21 manager, but this was declined so that he could concentrate on his Bolton Wanderers FC assistant manager's job that he had occupied for a year.  Lee stepped up to the management position in April 2007, but was sacked in October after winning only one match.
Sammy returned to coaching with Liverpool FC on 16 May 2008 as Rafael Ben�tez Maudes' assistant.  He took charge of the first team on 21 December 2008 while his manager was poorly. Lee left Anfield in June 2011.
On 14 February 2012, Lee once more, returned to Bolton Wanderers FC, as Head Coach of the Academy.

England Career
Player number 961st player to appear for England.
Position(s) Midfielder
First match No. x, 17 November 1982, aged 23 years 283 days.
Last match No. x, 17 June 1984, aged 25 years 130 days.
Major tournaments x
Team honours UEFA U21 Champions 1982;
Individual honours England U21 (six appearances)
Distinctions x

Beyond England
Variety of coaching jobs, including England coach.  Decline the job offer of England U21 manager in August 2006.

 

Sammy Lee - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
- - - - - - - - - min - - None
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

 

Sammy Lee - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Sammy Lee - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
White - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Blue - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Sammy Lee - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
World Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ECP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
European Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
British Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Friendly - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Sammy Lee - Match Record - Tournament Matches
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
x - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Sammy Lee - Match History
 Club:   F.C. - x full caps

Coach: x - x full capsx

Age x
1 - x - x, x x x x x

Notes

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