Lee Bowyer

Lee Bowyer
Bowyer playing for Birmingham City in 2010
Personal information
Full name Lee David Bowyer[1]
Date of birth (1977-01-03) 3 January 1977 (age 47)[2]
Place of birth Canning Town, London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
Montserrat (head coach)
Youth career
Senrab
Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Charlton Athletic 46 (8)
1996–2003 Leeds United 203 (38)
2003 West Ham United 10 (0)
2003–2006 Newcastle United 79 (6)
2006–2009 West Ham United 41 (4)
2009Birmingham City (loan) 17 (1)
2009–2011 Birmingham City 64 (9)
2011–2012 Ipswich Town 29 (2)
Total 489 (68)
International career
1994–1995 England U18 6 (0)
1995–2000 England U21 13 (4)
2002 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2021 Charlton Athletic
2021–2022 Birmingham City
2023– Montserrat
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee David Bowyer (/ˈbjər/; born 3 January 1977) is an English football manager and former professional player. He is the head coach of Montserrat.

As a player, he was a midfielder who featured for Charlton Athletic, Leeds United, West Ham United (two spells), Newcastle United, Birmingham City and Ipswich Town in over 18 years as a professional. He made 397 appearances in the Premier League, took part in semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League with Leeds and won the Football League Cup with Birmingham in 2011. Bowyer was capped once by the England national team. His career was punctuated by various incidents both on and off the field.

Bowyer has managed two of the clubs for which he formerly played. After three years in charge of Charlton Athletic, he left to become Birmingham City's manager in March 2021 and was sacked at the end of the following season. In September 2023 he was appointed as the head coach of Montserrat.

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  2. ^ a b "Lee Bowyer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 June 2019.