Oliver Lee (footballer)
 With Birmingham City in 2013 pre-season | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oliver Robert Lee[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Hornchurch,[2] England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Birmingham City | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2012 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2012 | → Gillingham (loan)[3] | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Barnet | 11 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013– | Birmingham City | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:41, 29 January 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Oliver Robert "Olly" Lee (born 11 July 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Football League Championship club Birmingham City.
Lee started his career as a youth player with West Ham United, with whom he turned professional in 2009. He made his debut in the Football League during the first of two loan spells at Dagenham & Redbridge in 2011, and also played on loan to League Two club Gillingham in 2012. He never made a senior appearance for West Ham, and moved on to Barnet in July 2012. After nine months and thirteen appearances, he signed for Championship club Birmingham City on loan. Despite not having played first-team football for Birmingham, the loan was converted to a permanent transfer in May 2013.
Club career
Early career
Lee began his football career as a youth team player with West Ham United, for whom he signed professionally in 2009.[4] He captained the under-18 team, played reserve team football, and was an unused substitute for a League Cup match with West Ham before signing on loan for League One club Dagenham & Redbridge in March 2011.[4] He made his debut in their 2–1 away defeat to Exeter City on 2 April.[5] His loan was extended until the end of the season,[6] during which time he played in five league matches, all defeats, as the club failed to avoid relegation to League Two.[7]
In August 2011, Lee returned to Dagenham on a one-month loan to cover for injuries.[8] The loan was later extended for a further two months.[7] He made sixteen appearances in League Two and one in the Football League Trophy, and scored three goals, all in the league.[9] His first senior goal, in the 73rd minute of a 2–1 defeat at home to Morecambe on 17 September, was a 25-yard (23 m) free kick into the top corner of the net, which manager John Still described as "a bit of a fluke".[10]
After a two-week trial in February 2012, Lee joined League Two Gillingham on loan for a month.[11] He made his debut on 21 February in a goalless draw at home to Rotherham United,[12] and played eight matches in all during his loan spell, which was extended for a second month.[3]
West Ham released Lee when his contract expired at the end of the 2011–12 season.[13]
Barnet
Mark Robson signed Lee for League Two side Barnet on 3 July 2012.[14] He played regularly at the start of the season, but increasingly infrequently after the arrival of Edgar Davids as joint head coach, and not at all after Robson left the club.[15][16]
Birmingham City
Lee joined up with Championship club Birmingham City on trial in February 2013,[17] and signed on loan on 21 March.[18] He made no first-team appearances during his loan spell, but he was an unused substitute on the final day of the season, and captained the under-21 development team.[19] The move was made permanent in May. Lee signed a one-year deal with the option of a further year, and no transfer fee was involved.[20]
He took part in pre-season friendlies with the first team, scoring against Alfreton Town,[19] and made his competitive debut as a late substitute in the League Cup on 6 August, just seconds before Plymouth Argyle's equaliser took the match into extra time.[21] With Tom Adeyemi unavailable and Callum Reilly unfit to start, both because of illness, Lee made his first appearance in the Championship at Leeds United on 20 October. He played the whole match as Birmingham lost 4–0.[22] He and Peter Løvenkrands entered the League Cup fourth-round match against Stoke City as 79th-minute substitutes with Birmingham 3–1 down. Lee's 85th-minute free kick led to Løvenkrands pulling a goal back, and after the same player's equaliser took the match into extra time, Lee himself scored his first competitive goal for Birmingham, from outside the penalty area in the 118th minute to make the score 4–4. He also scored in the penalty shootout, which Birmingham lost.[23]
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 January 2014
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Ham United | 2009–10[24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[25] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[9] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Ham United total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 2010–11[25] | League One | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12[9] | League Two | 15 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
| Dagenham & Redbridge total | 20 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |||
| Gillingham (loan) | 2011–12[9][12] | League Two | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Barnet | 2012–13[15] | League Two | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2012–13[15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Birmingham City | 2013–14[26] | Championship | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | |
| Birmingham City total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 49 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 4 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
Personal life
Lee was born in Hornchurch, east London,[2] the son of former Newcastle and England midfielder Rob Lee.[4] His younger brother, Elliot, plays for West Ham United.[27] Lee attended Brentwood School in Brentwood, Essex, and played for the Independent Schools Football Association (ISFA) under-16 representative team.[28]
References
- ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 551. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lee makes Hammers return". Sky Sports News. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Daggers take Lee on loan". Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. 25 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.
- ↑ "Lee makes league bow". West Ham United F.C. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Lancaster and Lee extend Dagenham loan deals". BBC Sport. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Dagenham & Redbridge extend Oliver Lee's loan deal". BBC Sport. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Lee makes Daggers return". Sky Sports. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Games played by Oliver Lee in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ Power, Lee (18 September 2011). "Dagenham & Redbridge beaten after scaring leaders Morecambe". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "West Ham midfielder Lee joins Gills on loan". kentnews.co.uk. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Gillingham 0–0 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Six players depart West Ham". Sky Sports. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ "Barnet sign midfielder Oliver Lee on a free transfer". BBC Sport. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Games played by Oliver Lee in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Edgar Davids joins Barnet as joint-head coach". BBC Sport. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
"Edgar Davids in charge at Barnet after Mark Robson departs". BBC Sport. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013. - ↑ Tattum, Colin (19 February 2013). "Teenager called up to Blues squad to face Owls". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Lee joins Birmingham on loan". Barnet F.C. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Tattum, Colin (8 July 2013). "Olly Lee targets big break with Blues". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Birmingham secure deal to bring in Barnet youngster Olly Lee". Sky Sports. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ Tattum, Colin (7 August 2013). "Blues 3 Plymouth 2". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ Tattum, Colin (21 October 2013). "Lee Clark: Performance was not acceptable". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ↑ Culley, Jon (29 October 2013). "Birmingham City 4 Stoke City 4". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
"Birmingham City 4–4 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013. - ↑ "Games played by Oliver Lee in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Games played by Oliver Lee in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Oliver Lee in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ Walker, Michael (28 August 2011). "On the road: Lee set to follow in his father's footsteps as West Ham youngster shines". Daily Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Current professional players". Independent Schools Football Association. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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