Lee Cattermole

Lee Barry Cattermole (born 21 March 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Lee Cattermole

Personal information
Full name	Lee Barry Cattermole[1]
Date of birth	(1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder[3]
Youth career
1998–2005	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Middlesbrough	69	(3)
2008–2009	Wigan Athletic	33	(1)
2009–2019	Sunderland	233	(10)
2019–2020	VVV-Venlo	11	(0)
Total		346	(14)
National team
2003	England U16	1	(0)
2004	England U17	4	(0)
2005	England U18	1	(0)
2006	England U19	1	(0)
2007–2010	England U21	16	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

As of end of 2019-20 season^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Middlesbrough	2005–06	Premier League	14	1	5	0	0	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	24	1
	2006–07	Premier League	31	1	7	1	1	0	—		39	2
	2007–08	Premier League	24	1	2	0	2	0	—		28	1
	Total		69	3	14	1	3	0	5	0	91	4
Wigan Athletic	2008–09	Premier League	33	1	0	0	2	1	—		35	2
Sunderland	2009–10	Premier League	22	0	0	0	0	0	—		22	0
	2010–11	Premier League	23	0	0	0	1	0	—		24	0
	2011–12	Premier League	23	0	3	0	1	0	—		27	0
	2012–13	Premier League	10	0	1	0	3	0	—		14	0
	2013–14	Premier League	24	1	3	0	5	0	—		32	1
	2014–15	Premier League	28	1	0	0	0	0	—		28	1
	2015–16	Premier League	31	0	1	0	2	0	—		34	0
	2016–17	Premier League	8	0	0	0	1	0	—		9	0
	2017–18	Championship	35	1	0	0	0	0	—		35	1
	2018–19	League One	29	7	1	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	33	7
	Total		233	10	9	0	14	0	2	0	258	10
VVV-Venlo	2019–20	Eredivisie	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
Career total			346	14	23	1	19	1	7	0	395	16

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Middlesbrough

• UEFA Cup runner-up: 2005–06^[5]

Sunderland

• Football League Cup runner-up: 2013–14^[6]
• EFL Trophy runner-up: 2018–19^[7]

England U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2009^[8]

Individual

• North East Football Writers' Association's Player of the Year: 2014^[9]

References

1. "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
2. "Lee Cattermole". Premier League. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
3. "Lee Cattermole". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
4. "Lee Cattermole". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
5. "Middlesbrough 0–4 Sevilla". BBC Sport. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
6. McNulty, Phil (2 March 2014). "Manchester City 3–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
7. Williams, Adam (31 March 2019). "Portsmouth 2–2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
8. McIntyre, David (29 June 2009). "Germany U21 4–0 England U21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
9. Young, Chris (11 November 2014). "Cattermole beats Colback to be named player of year by football writers". Sunderland Echo. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2017.