Lee Mair

Lee Mair
Personal information
Full nameLee Mair
Date of birth9 December 1980
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing positionCentre back/ Full Back
Club information
Current team
Dumbarton
Number5
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2004Dundee65(2)
2001East Fife (loan)13(2)
2001–2002Falkirk (loan)20(0)
2004–2005Stockport County14(0)
2005–2007Dundee United28(1)
2007–2009Aberdeen42(1)
2009–2014St Mirren119(1)
2014Partick Thistle17(2)
2014–2015Dumbarton13(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:06 31 January 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Lee Mair (born 9 December 1980 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish footballer who plays in central defence for Scottish Championship side Dumbarton. He has previously played for Dundee United, Aberdeen, St Mirren and Partick Thistle as well as a spell in the English League 1 with Stockport County.

Career

Mair spent most of his teenage years in the youth programme with Dundee. To gain valuable first team experience the player went on loan to East Fife in February 2001 and made his senior debut there against Peterhead. He remained with the Methil side until the end of that season by which time he had made thirteen first team appearances in the starting eleven and scored twice. season 2001–02 saw Mair loaned out again, this time to Falkirk and where he was a regular in the side, making twenty-five starts and one further appearance from the bench. He remained at Brockville until the latter part of the campaign when he returned to Dundee. The following term he made his first Dundee appearance against Hearts in the first game of the campaign and went on to complete a total of 34 games, including a Scottish Cup Final appearance against Rangers. Established as a first team regular, Mair completed 2003–04, missing only two games to bring his total appearances for the Dark Blues to 79. He left Dens Park at the end of that season to join Stockport County[1] where he turned out seventeen times.

After six months south of the border Mair joined United halfway through the 2004–05 season, enraging Dundee manager Jim Duffy, who believed Mair had already committed to a return to Dens Park and called it a "personal betrayal".[2] After just seven appearances for his new club Mair sustained a knee injury during a training session that ruled him out for the rest of the season. Mair regained fitness and started the opening match of the 2006–07 season against Falkirk, netting his first United goal in the 2–1 win over Rangers in early November, in Craig Levein's first match in charge.

At the start of the 2007–08 season, Mair left Dundee United and signed for Aberdeen. On 4 June 2009 it was reported that Mair had left Pittodrie for Paisley side St Mirren on a three-year contract, which will see him with the Buddies until the end of the 2011–12 season.[3] Mair played over 100 games for St. Mirren before extending his contract for another two years in March 2012.[4]

Mair signed for Scottish Premiership club Partick Thistle on 17 January 2014 on an initial six-month deal, after he terminated his contract with St Mirren.[5] He made his debut for the club during a 1–1 draw with Kilmarnock, on 18 January 2014. Lee Mair scored his first goal for the Jags at Firhill on the 15th of March 2014 vs Hibernian with a header coming from a Kallum Higginbotham Free Kick. His contract was not extended beyond the end of season 2013/14.[6]

Mair signed for Dumbarton in July 2014.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 win over Cowdenbeath in December 2014[8] He revealed he would not play for the club again in April 2015 after a contract dispute.[9]

Honours

St Mirren

Statistics

Correct as of 29 December 2013

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Fife (loan) 2001-01 132000000132
Falkirk (loan) 2001–02 200202020260
Dundee 2002–03 291500000341
2003–04 361203040451
Total 652703040792
Stockport County 2004–05 140200010170
Dundee United 2004–05 4020100070
2005–06 6000000060
2006–07 181100000191
Total 281301000321
Aberdeen 2007–08 181201040251
2008–09 240302000290
Total 421503040541
St. Mirren 2009–10 310305000390
2010–11 240401000290
2011–12 341603000431
2012–13 240204100301
2013–14 5000000050
Total 1181150131001462
Career total 30073402211103678
A. ^ Other refers to: Falkirk (Scottish Challenge Cup), Dundee & Aberdeen (UEFA Cup) and Stockport (Football League Trophy). Also Soccerbase have not recorded Mair's appearance for Aberdeen against Dnipro in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup therefore his appearances is four, not the three they have listed.

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