| LEE BOWYER |
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| Personal Stats DOB: 3rd January 1977 Birthplace: London Height: 5'9" Career Stats: Squad No. 11 Position: Midfield Date Signed: 5th July 1996 Signed from: Charlton Athletic Transfer fee: �2,600,000 International Honours: England U21 Previous Clubs: Apps(Subs)/Goals Charlton Athletic - 57(1)/13 Profile Lee Bowyer put his off the field troubles behind him to play the key role for United in the 2000/2001 season, capping a magnificent season by picking up the Leeds Player of the Season Award for the second time in three years. His consistent outstanding performances and regular goalscoring, particularly in the Champions League, would surely have brought his a first full cap for England but for the FA's decision to exclude him from selection until his legal problems have been concluded. His return of 15 goals make him one of the most devastating midfield players in the country and a vital cog in the Leeds machine for who he played every Premiership fixture. Bowyer's form came as no surprise to Leeds fans who have watched the Londoner mature into one of the top players in the country. Lee showed magnificent form in the first half of the 1999/2000 season and his power house displays took right to the verge of the full England squad. With the goals flying in from all angles at home and in Europe, Bow seemed a certainty for Euro 2000 until he was arrested in January 2000, along with Jonathon Woodgate, in connection with an alleged attack on a student outside a Leeds night-club. That, coupled with a niggling groin injury, seemed to take the edge of his performances. Until the last campaign, Lee Bowyer's third and most important season at Elland Road, was his best since he moved for a then British record fee for a teenager of an initial �2.6m, building to �3m over time. Lee has now translated the promise he showed into consistently top drawer performances, culminating in him being voted United's Player of the Season for 1998/99, and he has since committed himself further to the United cause by signing a new four year contract in September 1999. The former Charlton man is now poised to become a full England international, after also winning rave reviews on his recall to the England U-21 side., including a two goal salvo in a win against Poland. His second season at Elland Road saw the Cockney no longer necessarily a first choice selection, after the arrival of internationals David Hopkin and Alfie Haaland, and Bowyer had a lengthy spell out of the side, before re-establishing himself at the expense of David Hopkin towards the end of the season. Occasionally his passing has let him down, but now he's added quality to the industry and the ability to bag goals, that are the core of his game. |
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