Lee Camp (footballer)

Lee Camp
Camp in 2007
Personal information
Full name Lee Michael John Camp[1]
Date of birth (1984-08-22) 22 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Derby, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2002 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Derby County 89 (0)
2003Burton Albion (loan) 5 (0)
2004Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (0)
2006Norwich City (loan) 3 (0)
2007Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 50 (0)
2008–2009Nottingham Forest (loan) 15 (0)
2009–2013 Nottingham Forest 163 (0)
2013 Norwich City 3 (0)
2013–2014 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
2013–2014AFC Bournemouth (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2015 AFC Bournemouth 31 (0)
2015–2017 Rotherham United 59 (0)
2017–2018 Cardiff City 0 (0)
2018Sunderland (loan) 12 (0)
2018–2020 Birmingham City 80 (0)
2020–2021 Coventry City 0 (0)
2021 Swindon Town 11 (0)
2022 Clitheroe 2 (0)
2022 Wrexham 0 (0)
Total 555 (0)
International career
2004–2007 England U21 5 (0)
2011–2012 Northern Ireland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Michael John Camp (born 22 August 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently a youth coach at Blackpool.[3]

Camp started his professional career with Derby County in 2002, having progressed through the club's youth ranks. During a five-year spell at the club, he made 89 league appearances for Derby, and also went on loan to three clubs: Burton Albion in 2003, Queens Park Rangers in 2004 and 2007, and Norwich City, in 2006. He switched to Queens Park Rangers in July 2007, and made 50 league appearances for the club in a two-season spell, taking his total number of QPR appearances to 73. Between October 2008 and January 2009, Camp was loaned to Nottingham Forest, signing permanently for the club in July 2009. In total, he made 182 league appearances for Nottingham Forest before returning to Norwich City in January 2013. He made three appearances in his second spell at the club, before being released on a free transfer in May 2013.

Camp joined West Bromwich Albion in September 2013 and spent two months on loan at AFC Bournemouth. He was released by West Brom in January 2014 and subsequently joined Bournemouth on a two-and-a-half-year deal, but left after one year for Rotherham United, where he was a regular for 18 months until an injured knee kept him out for the rest of his contract. He then joined Cardiff City, but never played, and spent time on loan at Sunderland before signing for Birmingham City, where he spent two seasons as first choice. He had a short non-playing spell at Coventry City as injury cover before spending the last two months of the 2020–21 season with Swindon Town. He had brief spells with non-league clubs Clitheroe and Wrexham in 2022.

Camp was born in England, and played for the England under-21 team; at senior international level, he made nine appearances for Northern Ireland, for which he was eligible through his Northern Ireland-born grandfather.

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Cardiff City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 12. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Lee Camp". Cardiff City F.C. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ McMahon, Mark (14 September 2023). "Blackpool Academy coach and former Nottingham Forest and Birmingham keeper eyes first job in management". Blackpool Gazette. National World. Retrieved 24 September 2023.