Sammy Lee (footballer)
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Samuel Lee (born 7 February 1959) is an English professional football coach and former player.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Lee[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1959-02-07) 7 February 1959 (age 65)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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) | |
International career | |||
1981–1982 | England U21 | 6 | (0) |
1982–1984 | England | 14 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2007 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
2008 | Liverpool (caretaker) | ||
2012 | Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lee played most of his career for hometown club Liverpool during the 1970s and 1980s as a midfielder, and also represented England fourteen times. He also had playing spells at Queens Park Rangers, Osasuna, Southampton, and Bolton Wanderers.
After retiring as a player, Lee joined the coaching staff at Liverpool before joining Sven-Göran Eriksson's England set-up in 2001. He became assistant manager to Sam Allardyce at Bolton Wanderers in 2005, and their manager in 2007. He was then appointed assistant manager to Rafael Benítez at Liverpool in 2008 before returning to Bolton Wanderers in 2012 as head of academy coaching and development. Lee was appointed assistant coach at Southampton under Ronald Koeman in 2014 before joining Sam Allardyce's England staff two years later. Lee followed Allardyce to Crystal Palace and Everton in 2017. Lee re-joined Allardyce again at West Brom in December 2020 as an assistant.