Sammy Lee 50 éves. Az apró termetű középpályás szép pályafutást tud maga mögött: 295 mérkőzésen 19 gólt (köztük hálószaggató távoli bombákat) ért el vörösben, nyert két BEK-et, négy-négy bajnoki címet és Liga kupát. 1992-től edzősködött is a tartalékcsapatnál, majd Houllier mellett, 2004-ben a válogatotthoz, majd Boltonba szerződött. 2008 májusában Rafa hívására visszatért Liverpoolba, másodedzőnek
Birthdate: 07.02.1959
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Other clubs: QPR, Osasuna, Southampton
Bought from: Local
Signed for LFC: Professional April 1976
International debut: 17.11.1982 vs. Greece
International caps: 14/2
Liverpool debut: 08.04.1978
Last appearance: 06.05.1986
Debut goal: 08.04.1978
Last goal: 11.04.1984
Contract expiry: August 1986
LFC league games/goals: 197 / 13
Total LFC games/goals: 295 / 19
Player Notes:
An energetic little midfielder that gained England recognition and was a great servant to the club. Sammy scored on his league debut on 8th April 1978 with a fortuitous shot which the Leicester goalkeeper allowed to creep under his body - but they all count! But his appearances over the next two seasons were limited and he only began to establish himself as a first-team regular at the beginning of the 1980-81 season, relegating Jimmy Case to the bench. Case was even allowed to leave the club the following summer.
Liverpool lost their League championship to Aston Villa but received ample compensation in the knock-out competitions, winning the League cup for the first time, although it took a replay to beat Second Division West Ham, and then defeating Real Madrid at the Parc dec Princes in Paris to take the European cup for the 3rd time. Sammy played in both finals and would also win other cup winners' medals - as well as three successive championships - during the next 3 years. His consistent club form brought him to the attention of the national manager and he was capped 14 times for his country.
After the heady achievements of 1984, Sammy's form dipped from its usual high standards and he was called on only rarely during the second half of the 1984-85 season. He was also in and out of the team the next year and it was not too much of a surprise when he agreed to join Queens Park Rangers in the summer of 1986. He only had a year in London before seeking a change of fortune in the Spanish First Division with Osasuna where he stayed two years before returning to England.
Sammy returned to Liverpool as Phil Thompson's replacement as reserve team coach in 1993. With Houllier's arrival he moved up to the first-team. He left Liverpool in the summer of 2004 to join England's coaching staff full-time. In June 2005 he joined Bolton as assistant manager to Sam Allardyce and continued coaching the England team on part time basis. He turned down the full-time England U-21 job in 2006 to concentrate on Bolton and took over as Bolton's manager when Sam Allardyce resigned in April 2007. However Lee only lasted 14 games in the job. Better was though to come when Lee returned to Liverpool once more in May 2008 as Rafa Benítez' assistant manager.
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