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Tommy Lee
	Tommy Lee
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Edward Lee
Date of birth	3 January 1986 (age 23)
Place of birth	Keighley, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Chesterfield
Number	1
Youth career
2002–2004	Manchester United
Senior career1
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 17:09, 9 March 2009 (UTC).; * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Edward "Tommy" Lee (born 3 January 1986 in Keighley, West Yorkshire) is an English football goalkeeper, who plays for Chesterfield.

Lee came to Manchester United as a junior player in 2002. In 2005, he helped United's reserve team win the quadruple. In the 2005–06 season he was loaned to Macclesfield Town for what was originally going to be a month, but was extended to three months.

Lee made his league debut away at Oxford United. During his loan period, Macclesfield boss Brian Horton told the Macclesfield Express: "Tommy has been excellent since joining us in January. I spoke to Tony Coton, United's goalkeeping coach, and Sir Alex Ferguson. Both were happy to extend Tommy's loan spell."

In August 2006, he signed a contract with Macclesfield, arriving on a free transfer from Manchester United.

On 6 January 2007, Lee kept goal for Macclesfield Town against English Champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Despite suffering an injury to his arm on a save from Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou, he continued to keep until he was awarded a Red Card and subsequently sent off after a foul on Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko. This sending off reduced Macclesfield to 10 men and signalled the beginning of the 6–1 rout of Macclesfield by the Premier League Champions.

On 22 March 2008, Lee joined Rochdale on loan from Macclesfield Town and played in Rochdale's Play Off Final appearance at Wembley Stadium against Stockport County. Lee was released by Macclesfield in May 2008, before joining Chesterfield on 1 August on a one year contract.^[1]

In September 2008, Lee was attacked during a night out in Sheffield. He required surgery after he broke his jaw during the attack, and is expected to be out of action for six weeks.^[2] After returning to action, Lee became a fans favourite at Saltergate after saving three consecutive penalties.^[when?]^{[citation needed]} At the end of the season, Lee won the club's Young Spireites Player of the Season award,^{[citation needed]} before signing a two-year deal to keep him at Chesterfield until June 2011.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

^ "Spireites snap up keeper". Sky Sports. 2008-08-01. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11746_3894771,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
^ "Spireite keeper's jaw broken in city attack". Derbyshire Times. 11 September 2008. http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/chesterfield/BREAKING-NEWS-Spireite-keepers-jaw.4481307.jp. Retrieved 11 September 2008.

[edit] External links

Tommy Lee career stats at Soccerbase

[0] "Spireites snap up keeper". Sky Sports. 2008-08-01. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11746_3894771,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-01.

[1] "Spireite keeper's jaw broken in city attack". Derbyshire Times. 11 September 2008. http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/chesterfield/BREAKING-NEWS-Spireite-keepers-jaw.4481307.jp. Retrieved 11 September 2008.

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