Lee Bradbury

Lee Bradbury

Personal information
Full name	Lee Michael Bradbury
Date of birth	3 July 1975 (1975-07-03)
Place of birth	Cowes, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker / Right-back
Club information
Current club	Bournemouth (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1997	Portsmouth	54	(15)
1995	→ Exeter City (loan)	14	(5)
1997–1998	Manchester City	40	(10)
1998–1999	Crystal Palace	32	(6)
1999	→ Birmingham City (loan)	10	(0)
1999–2004	Portsmouth	99	(28)
2002–2003	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	11	(3)
2003–2004	→ Derby County (loan)	7	(0)
2004	Walsall	8	(1)
2004–2006	Oxford United	63	(9)
2006–2007	Southend United	47	(5)
2007	→ Bournemouth (loan)	1	(0)
2007–2011	Bournemouth	126	(10)
Total		512	(92)
Teams managed
2011–	Bournemouth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Lee Michael Bradbury (born 3 July 1975 in Cowes) is an English football manager and former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League. Since January 2011, he has been manager of Bournemouth.

Playing career

When he was an army recruit, Bradbury played part time when on leave for Halstead Town under 18 side.^{[citation needed]} Bradbury started his professional career at Portsmouth, where he played for three years. A number of impressive performances in the 1996–97 season resulted in interest from a number of clubs, and in July 1997 he was purchased by Manchester City manager Frank Clark for a club record £3 million. However, Bradbury struggled to make an impact at Maine Road, and at the end of the 1997–98 season City were relegated, with Bradbury having scored just six goals.

Three months into the following season Bradbury moved to Crystal Palace for £1.5 million. Less than a year later Bradbury was on the move again, returning to Portsmouth for £300,000 - more than 90% of his transfer value had been wiped off in two short years.

Bradbury's career started to recover at Pompey, making more than 100 appearances in his second spell at the club. However, in the 2002–03 season Bradbury lost his first team place as Portsmouth pushed for the First Division title. Loan spells at Derby, Sheffield Wednesday and Walsall (where he scored once against former club Derby) followed in the 2003–04 season.

At the end of the 2004–05 season Bradbury was playing for Oxford United. Bradbury signed a four-month contract with Southend United on 31 January 2006. He subsequently signed a longer contract.

In August 2007, Bradbury signed for Bournemouth on a four month loan deal. After playing one game for the club the loan was made permanent, and Bradbury signed a contract until the end of the season.

In the later stages of Bradbury's career, he played in a much different role, being converted into a right back for Bournemouth during an injury crisis he became the first choice right back for the south coast club, but with the arrival of defender Stephen Purches, who returned after three seasons away from Bournemouth, Bradbury went back to his former role of striker whilst attacking options were limited.

Management career

On 15 January 2011, Bradbury was appointed as caretaker manager after the departure of Eddie Howe to Burnley. He announced his retirement from playing on 16 January 2011, and on 28 January, was given a two and a half year deal as permanent manager of the club. On 13 January 2012, Bradbury signed an improved 3-and-a-half year contract to manage the League 1 side, keeping him at Bournemouth until the summer of 2015.

Managerial statistics

As of 27 January 2012.

Team	Nation	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Bournemouth	England	15 January 2011	Present	59	22	18	19	37.29

External links

• Lee Bradbury career stats at Soccerbase
• AFC Bournemouth profile
• Oxford United FC profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alan Knight	Portsmouth F.C. Fans' Player of the Year 1996–1997	Succeeded by Andy Awford