 Lee (right) warming up forGillingham in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charlie Lee[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (age 38)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Whitechapel, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender /Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leyton Orient (Academy coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wormley Rovers | |||
| 2003–2005 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | →Millwall (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Peterborough United | 153 | (14) |
| 2010 | →Gillingham (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Gillingham | 96 | (10) |
| 2014–2017 | Stevenage | 118 | (14) |
| 2017–2019 | Leyton Orient | 43 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Yeovil Town | 62 | (5) |
| 2021 | Billericay Town | 13 | (1) |
| Total | 495 | (48) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022 | Yeovil Town (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charlie Lee (born 5 January 1987) is an English professionalfootball coach and former player, who played as adefender ormidfielder. He is an academy coach atEFL League Two clubLeyton Orient.
Born inWhitechapel,London,[1] Lee was a youth player withWormley Rovers before starting his career in theTottenham Hotspuryouth system in 2003.[2][3] He signed a professional contract with the club in July 2005.[1] He appeared on thefirst team bench for the first time in theUEFA Cup tie againstSlavia Prague on 28 September 2006 and also appeared as an unused substitute againstSporting Braga, a match which Tottenham won 3–2. Lee was also an unused sub for a handful of top flight fixtures.
On 18 November, Lee played his first game forMillwall in their 2–2 draw withDoncaster Rovers, filling in for the injuredRichard Shaw.
He was released from his contract by Tottenham on 19 May 2007.[4]
Lee completed a move toPeterborough United on 23 May, signing a three-year contract.[5] He has played the majority of his games for them in centre midfield, scoring eight goals in the 2007–08 season and was named the club's player of the year.
In the 2008–09 season, Lee played the majority of the time anywhere along the back four. On 25 April, he scored the only goal in the 1–0 win againstColchester United which paired with the 1–0 defeat ofMilton Keynes Dons byWalsall at thestadium:mk promoted the club to theChampionship. He won the club's player of the year award for the second successive year.
He re-joinedGillingham, on a three-year contract, in July 2011.[6] He was released by the club at the end of the 2013–14 season.[7]
Lee signed for newly relegatedLeague Two clubStevenage on 12 July 2014.[8]
Following promotion withLeyton Orient toLeague Two, Lee was released at the end of the 2018–19 season. He signed forYeovil Town on 13 August 2019 as a free transfer, on a one-year contract.[9] At the end of the 2020–21 season, Lee left Yeovil Town following the expiry of his contract.[10]
After expressing a desire to move closer to home, Lee signed forNational League South sideBillericay Town ahead of the 2021–22 season.[11]
Lee announced his retirement from playing, due to recurring injury, on 3 December 2021.[12]
On 17 February 2022, Lee returned toNational League sideYeovil Town as assistant manager, signing a short-term contract the move reunited Lee with his former managerDarren Sarll.[13] On 28 March 2022, after manager Darren Sarll left Yeovil forWoking, Lee was installed as Yeovil's caretaker manager.[14] On 13 May 2022, Lee left the club with a game of the National League season remaining.[15]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2006–07[16] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Millwall (loan) | 2006–07[16] | League One | 5 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Peterborough United | 2007–08[17] | League Two | 42 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 50 | 8 |
| 2008–09[18] | League One | 44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 50 | 5 | |
| 2009–10[19] | Championship | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11[20] | League One | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| Total | 153 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 177 | 16 | ||
| Gillingham (loan) | 2010–11[20] | League Two | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Gillingham | 2011–12[21] | League Two | 34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 |
| 2012–13[22] | League Two | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| 2013–14[23] | League One | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| Total | 100 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 11 | ||
| Stevenage | 2014–15[24] | League Two | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 50 | 9 |
| 2015–16[25] | League Two | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| 2016–17[26] | League Two | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 48 | 2 | |
| Total | 118 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 130 | 14 | ||
| Leyton Orient | 2017–18[27] | National League | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2018–19[28] | National League | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[e] | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| Total | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |||
| Yeovil Town | 2019–20[29] | National League | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[f] | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2020–21[30] | National League | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||
| Total | 62 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 69 | 5 | |||
| Billericay Town | 2021–22[31] | National League South | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Career total | 495 | 48 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 554 | 51 | ||
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Yeovil Town (caretaker) | 28 March 2022 | 13 May 2022 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 030.0 | [32] |
| Total | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 030.0 | — | ||
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