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Lee Shearer
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977 (age 47)[1]
Place of birth Southend, England
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
????–1995 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Leyton Orient 18 (1)
1997 Dover Athletic (loan)
1997–1998 → Dover Athletic (loan)
1998–2002 → Dover Athletic
2002–2003 → Margate 24 (1)
2003–2004 Gravesend & Northfleet 34 (1)
2004 Dover Athletic (loan)
2004–2005 RKSV Leonidas
2005–2006 Welling United
2006 Folkestone Invicta
2006–???? Maidstone United
?????? Excelsior Rotterdam
?????? FF Jaro
????–2008 Maidstone United
2008–20?? Faversham Town
2011 Ashford United 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:43, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Lee Shearer (born 23 October 1977) is an English former professional footballer. His most notable former clubs include FF Jaro of the Veikkausliiga (Premier Finnish Division) and SBV Excelsior of the Dutch Eredivisie. He represented England at schoolboys level.[2]

Shearer, former professional footballer,began his career as a trainee with Leyton Orient. He made his debut in October 1996, but was loaned to Dover Athletic in March 1997. He rejoined Dover on loan in November 1997, remaining with them until the end of the season. He was released by Orient and signed for Dover in July 1998. After four years as a regular in the Dover team, Shearer joined Margate in June 2002,[3] having turned down a new contract with Dover.[4] He played 24 times in the Conference before joining Gravesend & Northfleet in July 2003.[5] He was loaned to Dover in October 2004 and released by Gravesend in December 2004.[6] He was expected to join King's Lynn,[7] but joined Dutch side RKSV Leonidas. In July 2005 joined Welling United,[2][8] moving to Folkestone Invicta in February 2006.[9] and then to Maidstone United in September 2006.[10]

He later played for Dutch side Excelsior Rotterdam and Finnish side FF Jaro before rejoining Maidstone United,[11] from where he joined Faversham Town in June 2008.[12]

On 29 June 2011, Ashford United brought defender Lee Shearer on board ahead of a pre-season friendly against Gillingham[1] and he subsequently played a handful of league matches for them.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Lee Shearer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Pennock gets his man". Non-League Daily. 2 July 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Shearer swaps Kent clubs". Margate F.C. 14 June 2002. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Spiller joins Dover". BBC Sport. 28 May 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Gravesend land trio". BBC Sport. 16 July 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Fleet boss Ford releases Shearer". BBC Sport. 30 December 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Fleet release Shearer". Kent Online. 30 December 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "Shearer set to make Welling move". BBC Sport. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  9. ^ "Shearer joins Stones – Lee that is!". Non-League Daily. 26 September 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Resurgent Folkestone announce deal with Eurotunnel". Kentish Football. 27 September 2006. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  11. ^ "Shearer signs for Faversham Town". Kentish Football. 9 June 2008. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  12. ^ "Delight as trio put pen-to-paper for Faversham". Faversham Town F.C. 11 June 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Lee Shearer player profile". www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk: History of Ashford Town/United. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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