| Kieran Lee | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kieran Christopher Lee | |
| Date of birth | 22 June 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Stalybridge, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Full back, Central midfield | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Oldham Athletic | |
| Number | 19 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 2004–2008 | Manchester United | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2006–2008 2008 2008– |
Manchester United → Queens Park Rangers (loan) Oldham Athletic |
1 (0) 7 (0) 17 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kieran Christopher Lee (born 22 June 1988 in Stalybridge, Tameside) is an English footballer. He currently plays in central midfield or at full back for Oldham Athletic, having signed on a free transfer from Manchester United in May 2008. He played on loan at Queens Park Rangers during the 2007–08 season.
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A central midfielder earlier in his career, he was deployed more often by Manchester United as a full back, either on the left or on the right. He signed for the club on a youth contract in July 2004, after impressing in the club's Under-17 team for the past two years. He continued to progress up the youth system, playing 25 times for the Under-18s in 2004–05, and making another 23 appearances in 2005–06. He also played in 16 matches for the Reserves that season, in various competitions.
His performances that season earned him a two-year professional contract with the club and, just three days after signing it, he was given his first taste of first team football, coming on as a second half substitute for Wes Brown in Roy Keane's testimonial against Celtic at Old Trafford. In addition to this, he also made appearances in first team friendlies prior to the 2006–07 season, first coming on as a substitute for Phil Bardsley away to Preston North End, and then playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 victory over Macclesfield Town.
Lee's Reserve team performances were rewarded in the 2006–07 season by him being given the captain's armband. In between his 25 appearances for the Reserves that season, Lee also made his first team debut. He was named as a substitute in the League Cup Third Round tie against Crewe Alexandra and, with the score at 1–1, he came on for David Gray in the 77th minute. The match went to extra time and, with less than two minutes remaining, Lee made a charging run up from right back to latch onto an Alan Smith through-ball. He composed himself, and slid the ball coolly past Crewe's former Manchester United goalkeeper, Ben Williams.[1]
This appearance was followed up by another in the Fourth Round of the League Cup, this time against Southend United. Lee came on for John O'Shea in the 75th minute, but was unable to rescue the team from a 1–0 loss. Towards the end of the season, United suffered a dearth of defenders, with Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Gary Neville and Nemanja Vidić all out through injury at one time or another, so Lee was called into the squad for the matches against Milan and Everton, although he did not play in either game. He finally made his Premier League debut against Chelsea on 9 May 2007. Since the title race had been sewn up the game before, United manager Alex Ferguson was able to select a team of fringe players for the game, including Lee. At the end of the season, in recognition of his fine performances over the preceding 12 months, Lee was awarded the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year award.[2]
On 12 December 2007, Lee was again named as a substitute for the Champions League game against Roma, but did not get to play. It was announced on 28 December 2007 that Lee would be joining Queens Park Rangers on loan from 2 January 2008. He would then be eligible to play for QPR against Chelsea in the FA Cup on 5 January.[3]
After spending four months on loan at QPR, making seven appearances, Lee became Oldham Athletic's first signing of summer 2008. Moving on a free transfer, Lee signed a two-year contract with the Latics, beginning on 1 July 2008.[4] His first game with Oldham came in the Carling Cup second round in a 3–0 loss to Burnley.[5] On 26 December, he made his league debut for Oldham in a 3–0 win versus Crewe Alexandra, assisting in the final goal by Lee Hughes.[6] His first goal for Oldham was a 95th minute equaliser against Swindon Town on 22 August 2009.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other[8] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester United | 2006–07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2007–08 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oldham Athletic | 2008–09 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
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  | Crewe 1-2 Man Utd (aet) - BBC SPORT | Football | League Cup | Crewe 1-2 Man Utd (aet) |
| | QPR swoop for Man Utd starlet Lee - BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | QPR | QPR swoop for Man Utd starlet Lee |
| | Kieran Lee biography - Oldham Athletic | Team | Profiles | Kieran Lee |
| | Oldham swoop for Fleming and Lee - BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Oldham Athletic | Oldham swoop for Fleming and Lee |
| | Burnley 3-0 Oldham - BBC SPORT | Football | League Cup | Burnley 3-0 Oldham |
| | Crewe 0-3 Oldham - BBC SPORT | Football | League One | Crewe 0-3 Oldham |
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