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Arran Lee-Barrett (born 28 February 1984 in Ipswich) is an English footballer who last played for Bolton Wanderers. ==Career== When he was 10, Lee-Barrett joined his local club Whitton Sports Centre and took the position of goalkeeper. Shortly after he was offered a place at Ipswich Town’s academy where he played alongside later-England international Darren Bent.〔 After leaving Ipswich he was offered an apprenticeship at Fulham and Norwich, he chose Norwich as he preferred the atmosphere there.〔 However, he failed to break into the reserve team and was second choice reserve keeper behind future England international Robert Green.〔 He was released by Norwich and had a trial at Chelsea. He was offered a one-year contract with Cardiff after impressing during a trial and was coached by George Wood. He spent most of his time at Cardiff as third choice keeper, mainly playing for the reserves. While playing for the reserves Lee-Barrett helped Cardiff win the Pontins Holiday Combination. Cardiff manager Lennie Lawrence decided to release the young keeper believing that he was better off getting games.〔 Torquay, Doncaster and Shrewsbury all showed an interest in Lee-Barrett.〔 Although he trained with Torquay, he moved to Weymouth due to the offer of first team football.〔 He made 19 league appearances and 2 appearances in the FA Cup, helping Weymouth to win the Nationwide Conference South.〔 While at Weymouth Lee-Barrett was selected for the England National Game team, which consisted of England’s best non-league players and made his debut for them against the Netherlands in November 2006. In January 2007, Lee-Barrett signed for Coventry City on loan as emergency cover for Luke Steele due to the injury of other Coventry keeper Andy Marshall.〔 After his loan spell he signed permanently after being offered a temporary contract. However at the end of the season he was not offered a new contract and was released after failing to break into the first team. After releasing Lee-Barrett, Coventry City manager Iain Dowie revealed that he was impressed with his “attitude and professionalism” and wished him all the best. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arran Lee-Barrett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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