| Alan Lee | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Desmond Lee | |
| Date of birth | August 21, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Galway, Republic Of Ireland | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Galway (Gaillimh is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. 91 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Ipswich Town F.C. | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -1995 | Aston Villa | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995–99 1998–99 1999 1999–2000 2000–03 2003–06 2006– | Aston Villa Torquay United (loan) Port Vale (loan) Burnley Rotherham United Cardiff City Ipswich Town | 0 (0) 7 (2) 11 (2) 15 (0) 111 (37) 86 (10) 93 (32) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003-Present | Republic of Ireland | 10 (0) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
Alan Desmond Lee (born August 21, 1978 in Galway) is a professional footballer for Championship club Ipswich Town. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Galway (Gaillimh is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here He also plays internationally for the Republic of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in international football.
He plays as a striker and is 6 ft 3 in (1. 91 m) foot tall. He began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa, turning professional in August 1995, although was never quite good enough for the first team at Villa Park. Villa Park is a football Stadium in the district of Aston, in Birmingham, England His league debut came after joining Torquay United on loan in November 1998, scoring 3 times in 9 games. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls is an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon In March 1999 he joined Port Vale on loan, leaving Villa in July that year when Burnley signed him for £200,000. Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire He moved to Rotherham United for £150,000 in September 2000, scoring 36 times in 114 games for the Millmoor side. Rotherham United Football Club (also known as 'The Millers' are an English professional football club temporarily based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Millmoor is a football Stadium in Rotherham, England. It was built and was used for football matches and until the end of the 2007&ndash08 In August 2003 he moved to Cardiff City for a fee of £850,000, just days after impressing Cardiff manager Lennie Lawrence in a goalless draw on the opening day of the season. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Robin Michael "Lennie" Lawrence (born December 12 1947 in Brighton, England) is a British football manager [1]
In January 2006, Lee joined Ipswich Town for £100,000. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here [2] He scored his second career hat-trick in a 5–0 win against Luton Town on 29 October 2006. Luton Town Football Club are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He signed a new contract at Ipswich until at least 2009 with the option of a third year. [3] In January 2008, there was speculation of a move to Burnley for £900,000 but this has since been turned down by the Ipswich Chairman and Alan Lee himself. On 2 February, Lee scored his first goal in over a month to beat Sheffield Wednesday, helping end Ipswich's poor away form of not winning a single game away from home for ten months. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor He completed his season's tally of 12 goals with the winner in Ipswich's 1-0 win against Hull City on the final day of the 07/08 season. Hull City Association Football Club are an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.