Jay Lee Harris

Jay Lee Harris
Personal information
Full nameJay Lee Harris
Date of birth4 January 1983
Place of birthLondon, England
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionDefender/Striker
Youth career
1994–1998Millwall F.C.
1998–1999West Ham F.C.
1999–2000Charlton F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2001Gillingham10(1)
2001–2003Lincoln City49(12)
2003–2005Tooting and Mitcham81(31)
2005Tromsdalen23(10)
2006–2007Crawley Town21(7)
2008Dunaújváros FC3(0)
2009Vasas SC19(8)
2010Enköpings SK13(0)
2010Alta IF6(0)
2011Thai Port
2011–2012BBCU14(0)
2012Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy8(1)
2012Chicago Soul
2012–2013Chicago Mustangs10(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jay Lee Harris (born 4 January 1983 in London, England) is a former English professional footballer.

Career

Harris Started his career as a youth spending time at Millwall and West Ham before signing his YTS with Charlton Athletic. Choosing to forgo his second year as a YTS he instead signed his first professional contract with Gillingham in 2000. Harris made 10 appearances that season impressing enough to get an offer from Lincoln City. Harris found himself in the starting line-up putting in solid performances until a fractured foot put him out of action for several months. Losing his starting place and never regaining his form of late, after two years and making 49 appearances for the Imps he was released in 2003.

Upon being released Harris decided to join Tooting and Mitcham United dropping out of the football league. He had a successful spell with the Terrors. After two successful years Harris was again on the move to Norway with Tromsdalen. After only playing in the second half of their season Harris and Tromsdalen agreed to part ways for undisclosed reasons. Harris returned to England signing for Crawley Town of the Conference National. After only a year he was again on his travels, but this time signing for Dunaújváros in Hungary. This would seem consistent with his career as he never spent more than 2 years at one team. Again it was not long before his time at Dunaújváros was up with the club ceasing operation midway through the 2008–2009 season. Choosing to stay in Hungary he joined Vasas. His time was bitter sweet, enjoying his football, but internal problems forced him to leave.

It was not until 10 months later when Harris signed for Enköpings of the Swedish second division that he resurfaced. During the 10 months without a team it is known he spent time in Italy with the Genova International soccer school training with the likes of Iván de la Peña although it is unclear why he did not sign with a team in Italy. Signing a non-professional contract with Enköpings enabled him to regain his fitness and have control over any opportunities. It did not take long for interest to arise from several clubs in Sweden and Norway with Harris choosing to sign with Alta only having spent 3 months with Enköpings. Harris signed a short term contract till the end of the season with Alta.

Choosing not to return for the 2011 season he instead went looking for his next challenge, which would take him half way across the world to Asia signing with Thai Port of the Thai Premier League in early 2011. After a frustrating 6 months of not playing due to regulatory deadlines and paperwork not being completed before season start he left with a new owner taking over. After spending time in Myanmar and having offers in Vietnam along with Malaysia he opted to stay in Thailand signing a 2-year contract with BBCU. Leaving Thailand Harris signed for Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy for the summer in the United States of America before singing with the Chicago Soul of the Major Indoor Soccer League in September then tranferring to the Chicago Mustangs of the PASL-Pro in October on a 6-month contract.

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