David Mark Lee (born 5 November 1967 in Whitefield, Lancashire) is an English former professional

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Playing career

Lee, a right winger, began his career with

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in 1986. In five years at Gigg Lane, he made just over 200 league appearances and scored 35 goals. Southampton came in for his services in 1991 with a successful £350,000 bid. Lee's stay on the south coast was short-lived, however; after only twenty appearances he returned to the north-west with

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

in a one-month loan deal. In December 1992, Bolton made the move permanent in a £275,000 deal. Lee remained at Burnden Park for five years, clocking up 147 appearances and scoring sixteen goals. Whilst at Bolton he played in the 1995 League Cup Final. In 1997, he joined

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

for £250,000, and he maintained his goalscoring touch, netting eleven goals during his three years with the Latics. Whilst at Wigan he played in the final as a substitute as they won the

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. Lee joined

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on loan in 1999, before making a permanent move to

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

on a non-contract basis. A year later, the midfielder joined non-league side

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

, with whom he finished his career.

Coaching

After retiring, he turned his hand to coaching and former club Wigan gave him his first opportunity on the ladder by naming him as their youth coach. He stayed in this position until 2007 when accepting the offer to return to Bolton as their Assistant Academy Director. He left his Bolton role after 14 years on 29 January 2021.

Career statistics

, Third Division , 45, , 8, , 2, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 5, , 1, , 54, , 9 , - , 1990–91 in English football, 1990–91 , Third Division , 45, , 15, , 1, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 5, , 1, , 53, , 16 , - , 1991–92 , Third Division , 2, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , colspan=2, —, , 3, , 1 , - !colspan=2, Total !208, , 35, , 6, , 0, , 15, , 1, , 20, , 4, , 249, , 40 , - , rowspan=4, Southampton , - , 1991–92 , First Division , 19, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 22, , 0 , - ,

1992–93 Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since th ...

, Premier League , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , colspan=2, —, , 1, , 0 , - !colspan=2, Total !20, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 23, , 0 , - ,

(loan) ,

, Second Division , 7, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 9, , 3 , - , rowspan=7, Bolton Wanderers , - ,

, Second Division , 25, , 2, , 4, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 1, , 31, , 3 , - , 1993–94 , First Division , 41, , 5, , 7, , 0, , 4, , 0, , 4, , 0, , 56, , 5 , - , 1994–95 , First Division , 39, , 4, , 1, , 0, , 8, , 2, , 1, , 0, , 49, , 6 , - , 1995–96 , Premier League , 18, , 1, , 1, , 0, , 4, , 0, , colspan=2, —, , 23, , 1 , - , 1996–97 , First Division , 25, , 2, , 2, , 0, , 4, , 0, , colspan=2, —, , 31, , 2 , - !colspan=2, Total !155, , 17, , 15, , 0, , 20, , 2, , 9, , 1, , 199, , 20 , - , rowspan=5,

, - , 1997–98 , Second Division , 43, , 5, , 3, , 2, , 2, , 1, , 3, , 0, , 51, , 8 , - , 1998–99 , Second Division , 36, , 6, , 3, , 0, , 4, , 1, , 6, , 1, , 49, , 8 , - , 1999–2000 , Second Division , 4, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 3, , 0, , colspan=2, —, , 7, , 0 , - !colspan=2, Total !83, , 11, , 6, , 2, , 9, , 2, , 9, , 1, , 107, , 16 , - ,

(loan) , 1999–2000 , Second Division , 9, , 1, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 12, , 1 , - ,

, 2000–01 , Third Division , 13, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 0, , colspan=2, —, , 15, , 0 , - ,

, 2000–01 , Conference Premier , 12, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 14, , 0 , - !colspan=3, Career total !500, , 64, , 30, , 2, , 46, , 5, , 43, , 6, , 619, , 77

Honours

Bolton Wanderers * First Division: 1996–97 Wigan Athletic * Football League Trophy: 1998–99 Southampton * Full Members Cup runner-up: 1991–92 Individual *

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: 1989–90 Third Division

References

External links

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Profile at PlayerHistory.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, David 1967 births Living people English footballers People from Whitefield, Greater Manchester Bury F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players Premier League players Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff Association football midfielders Footballers from Greater Manchester