Lee Chapman

Lee Chapman
Personal information
Full name Lee Roy Chapman[1]
Date of birth (1959-12-05) 5 December 1959 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1982 Stoke City 99 (34)
1978Plymouth Argyle (loan) 4 (0)
1982–1983 Arsenal 23 (4)
1983–1984 Sunderland 15 (3)
1984–1988 Sheffield Wednesday 149 (63)
1988 Chamois Niortais 10 (3)
1988–1990 Nottingham Forest 48 (15)
1990–1993 Leeds United 137 (62)
1993 Portsmouth 5 (2)
1993–1995 West Ham United 40 (7)
1995Southend United (loan) 1 (1)
1995–1996 Ipswich Town 22 (1)
1996Leeds United (loan) 2 (0)
1996 Swansea City 7 (4)
1996 Strømsgodset Toppfotball 5 (1)
Total 575 (202)
International career
1981 England U21 1 (0)
1991 England B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Roy Chapman (born 5 December 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1978 until 1996, in which he scored over 200 first team goals.[1]

He is best known for spells with Stoke City, Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and West Ham United. He also played for Plymouth Argyle, Arsenal, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Southend United, Ipswich Town and Swansea City. As well as this he played in both France and Norway for Chamois Niortais and Strømsgodset IF, and was capped by both the England U21 and England B teams. He also won the Football League Cup with Nottingham Forest and the league title with Leeds United. He scored a total of more than 250 goals in all competitions during a club career which lasted for nearly 20 years.

  1. ^ a b c d Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

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