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Lee Norfolk
Personal information
Full name Lee Richard Norfolk
Date of birth (1975-10-17) 17 October 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Dunedin, New Zealand
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Ipswich Town 4 (0)
1997–1998 North Shore United
1998 Cambridge City 1 (0)
1998 King's Lynn 7 (1)
1998 Cambridge City
1998 Woodbridge Town
1998 Bishop's Stortford
1998–1999 Sudbury Wanderers
1999–2005 A.F.C. Sudbury 268 (55)
2005 Halstead Town 8 (1)
2005–2006 Needham Market 26 (4)
2006–2007 Halstead Town 36 (0)
2007–2008 Diss Town 8 (1)
2008–2009 Stanway Rovers
2009–2010 Felixstowe & Walton United
2010–2012 Leiston
2012–2015 Needham Market
Total 357 (62)
International career‡
1991 New Zealand U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Lee Norfolk (born 17 October 1975 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand footballer who represented his country at junior level, scoring one goal in a 3-0 win over Fiji in Napier in 1991.[1]

He was the first New Zealander to play in the FA Premier League. After graduating from the Ipswich Town youth team, he made 4 appearances for the first team, the first of which was at home to Southampton in the FA Premier League on 25 February 1995.[2]

Norfolk went back to his native New Zealand for a period with North Shore United before returning to England where he played for Sudbury, Needham, Halstead and Diss Town. Norfolk coaches Leiston FC who have won 3 championships in 3 years.[3]

In the latter days of his playing career, Norfolk played for Leiston and had a second spell with Needham Market.[4]

He has been an Ipswich town academy Coach for several years. He was player coach for Leiston during their Steps 5 and 4 double promotion and became caretaker manager. He moved to Needham Market as first team coach where they won the championship and promotion to step 3 football. He became first team coach at Stowmarket then took up the role of assistant manager at step 4 club AFC Sudbury. He is currently first team coach at step 3 club Leiston FC who play in the southern premier central league.

References

  1. ^ "Junior All Whites". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Lee Norfolk". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  3. ^ "AFC Sudbury - Lee Norfolk". AFC Sudbury. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Player profiles: Lee Norfolk". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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