Photo: Philip Gabrielsen / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Sammy Lee

サミー・リー　/　さみー・りー

Association football player from United Kingdom

February 7, 1959 (age 67)　・　Liverpool, United Kingdom

association football player
association football coach

My Take

What I admire about Sammy Lee is how he made size irrelevant. At 157 cm he was tiny for a midfielder, yet he stayed glued to the heart of Liverpool's great teams through the 70s and 80s and earned fourteen England caps. That tells me everything: he won with brain, work rate and positioning rather than physique. His later spells at QPR, Osasuna, Southampton and Bolton, then his move into coaching, paint the picture of a true student of the game. I have a soft spot for these unglamorous craftsmen who quietly hold a side together, and Lee is exactly that kind of player.

Overview

Samuel Lee (born 7 February 1959) is an English professional football coach and former footballer. Lee played most of his career for hometown club Liverpool during the 1970s and 1980s as a midfielder, and also represented England fourteen times. He also had playing spells at Queens Park Rangers, Osasuna, Southampton, and Bolton Wanderers.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Sammy Lee
Name (Japanese): サミー・リー
Reading: さみー・りー
Born: February 7, 1959 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Boar
Origin: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 157 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: St Francis Xavier's College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

Association football player — see all →　·　Association football coach — see all →　·　More people from United Kingdom →