Lee Sharpe

Lee Sharpe
Personal information
Full name Lee Stuart Sharpe
Date of birth (1971-05-27) 27 May 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Halesowen, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
0000–1987 Torquay United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Torquay United 14 (3)
1988–1996 Manchester United 193 (21)
1996–1999 Leeds United 30 (5)
1998–1999Sampdoria (loan) 3 (0)
1999Bradford City (loan) 9 (2)
1999–2002 Bradford City 47 (2)
2001Portsmouth (loan) 17 (0)
2002 Exeter City 4 (1)
2003 Grindavík 7 (0)
2004 Garforth Town 21 (6)
Total 345 (40)
International career
1989–1990 England U21 8 (0)
1991–1993 England 8 (0)
1992 England B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Stuart Sharpe (born 27 May 1971) is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit, reality television personality and golfer.

As a player, Sharpe was predominantly a left winger from 1988 to 2004. He notably played in the Premier League for Manchester United, Leeds United and Bradford City and in Serie A for Sampdoria. He also had spells in the Football League with Torquay United, Portsmouth and Exeter City before wrapping his career up in Iceland with Grindavík and in non-league football with Garforth Town. Sharpe's spell at Manchester United lasted eight years, during which he won three Premier League titles, two FA Cups, the Football League Cup, three FA Charity Shields and a European Cup Winners' Cup. He won a total of eight caps for England as well as one cap for the B team.

He retired from professional football in 2003, but achieved renewed fame after a number of reality television appearances on the likes of Celebrity Wrestling, Celebrity Love Island and Dancing on Ice, among others. He has also worked as a pundit largely abroad on international coverage of the Premier League for both ESPN Star and the Abu Dhabi Sports Channel.

In 2021, Sharpe began competing in professional golf tournaments.[2]

  1. ^ "Sharpe, Lee Stuart Sharpe - Footballer | BDFutbol". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. ^ Taylor, Daniel. "Lee Sharpe, golfer: How the first pop-star footballer of his era turned a 'pipe dream' into reality". The Athletic. Retrieved 27 May 2022.