Lee McEvilly

Lee McEvilly

Personal information
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team
Number	9
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 26 2006

Lee McEvilly (b. 15 April Liverpool) is a footballer who plays for Football League Two club Wrexham A.F.C.

McEvilly plays as a striker and started his career at Burscough in 2000. The next year he would earn a transfer to Rochdale A.F.C. for a fee of £20,000. He stayed at Rochdale for 3 years, scoring 27 goals in 95 appearances (63 starts). While at Rochdale he earned an international cap for Northern Ireland.

After a spell on loan at Accrington Stanley midway through the 2003-2004 season, he made a permanent move in the summer of 2004 by joining the then Football Conference team on a free transfer. He spent a year there and score 17 goals in 41 appearances (38 starts). In the summer of 2005 McEvilly joined Wrexham on another free transfer he has scored 8 goals in 25 appearances (16 starts) for the Red Dragons. However for the last year he has been plagued by foot injuries. In December 2005, he suffered a stress fracture of his metatarsal.

After making a comeback in the spring of 2006 he was to fracture the bone again. Prior to the 2006-2007 season he looked to be on the road to recovery, however he fractured the bone again and was out of action until November 2006. He made his comeback as a substitute in Wrexham's 2-1 League Two victory over Lincoln City on 25 November 2006.

External links

• Lee McEvilly at Soccerbase