Lee Grant (footballer, born 1983)
Lee Anderson Grant (born 27 January 1983) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is a first-team coach at EFL Championship side Ipswich Town.
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Grant in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Anderson Grant | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Hemel Hempstead, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2007 | Derby County | 74 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Burnley (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Sheffield Wednesday | 136 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Burnley | 114 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Derby County | 96 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Stoke City (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Stoke City | 16 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 1 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000 | England U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2002 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, he was a goalkeeper and began his professional career with Derby County, making his Football League debut in September 2002. Grant spent five seasons with Derby, during which time he went out on loan to Burnley and Oldham Athletic. He joined Sheffield Wednesday in July 2007 and established himself as first-choice goalkeeper, playing in 136 consecutive matches. He moved to Burnley in July 2010, where he made 126 appearances in three seasons, before returning to Derby County in May 2013. Grant joined Stoke City in August 2016, initially on loan, before a permanent transfer in January 2017. He spent two seasons at Stoke before moving to Manchester United in July 2018 where he remained before retiring in at the end of the 2021–22 season.