Lee Lynch (footballer)

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Lee Lynch
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Lynch in 2017
Personal information
Full name Lee Jordan Lynch
Date of birth (1991-11-27) 27 November 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth Limerick, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Coleraine
Number 16
Youth career
2008–2010 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 Jerez Industrial 20 (5)
2011 Drogheda United 12 (1)
2012–2013 Sligo Rovers 53 (5)
2014 St Patrick's Athletic 16 (3)
2014 Limerick 12 (1)
2015 Hamilton Academical 0 (0)
2015–2018 Limerick 74 (9)
2018 FC Arizona 5 (0)
2018 Sligo Rovers 11 (0)
2019–2022 Larne 91 (15)
2022– Coleraine 45 (2)
International career
2008 Republic of Ireland U17 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023

Lee Lynch (born 27 November 1991) is an Irish footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership side Coleraine.

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Career

Early career

Lee Lynch began his playing career with former Limerick club Roxboro United, followed by Summerville and finally Regional United where he played until the age of 16. He won two All-Ireland senior soccer titles with Limerick CBS. From there he moved to England to sign for West Bromwich Albion. He played an important role with the youth team there and progressed to play for their reserves where he made 20 appearances. After two years he left in 2010. He then moved to Spain and signed with the Glenn Hoddle Academy playing with Jerez for the 2010-11 season. [1]

Drogheda United

Lynch returned home to Ireland in July 2011 to sign for Drogheda United midway through the season. He played every game until the end of the season scoring four goals from 14 games. He was named Fans' Player of the Year as he helped them keep their Premier Division status that season.

Sligo Rovers

Lynch's performances in Drogheda didn't go unnoticed and he signed for top four team Sligo Rovers on 6 January 2012. Aged 19 he quickly established himself in the first-team scoring his first goal against Bohemians in the third game of the season to give his new club a 3-0 win. He helped the club to win the league that season missing only three games and contributing three goals. He made 36 appearances in all competitions scoring four goals. After missing the first game of the 2013 season against Derry he started every league game after that scoring against Cork City and Derry City. He also scored three goals over two legs to help Rovers into the Setanta Sports Cup semi-final. Lynch had two successful seasons with Sligo Rovers winning the 2012 League of Ireland and the 2013 FAI Cup. It was during his premier season with Sligo when Lynch made his debut in Europa Cup again Sparta Moskva, narrowly losing out over two legs home and away. In 2013 following their league winning season, Lynch featured again Europe, this time in the Champions League qualifier, where he featured against FC Molte from Norway

St Patrick's Athletic

It was announced by St Patrick's Athletic manager Liam Buckley at the Saint's Player of the Year Award Ceremony that Lee had signed with the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division Champions for the upcoming 2014 season along with Ken Oman and Conor McCormack.

Limerick

Lynch moved to his hometown club Limerick, on the League of Ireland summer transfer deadline day, 31 July 2014.

Hamilton Academical

Lynch signed for Hamilton Academical on 3 January 2015 after the international transfer window opened. [2] He was released by Hamilton in March 2015. [3]

Return to Limerick

On 3 July 2015, Lynch signed for Limerick for a second time. [4] Lynch played a pivotal part in helping to return Limerick to the League of Ireland Premier Division, scoring 10 goals from midfield and picking up fans' player of the year. Lynch was central in helping Limerick make it to the final of the EA sports cup. Despite scoring in the final to give his side a one nil lead at half time before St Patrick's Athletic ran out winners.

FC Arizona

In March 2018, Lynch signed for FC Arizona of the National Premier Soccer League in America.

Return to Sligo Rovers

In July 2018, Lynch re-signed for Sligo Rovers.

Larne

Lynch joined Larne in January 2019 and helped the club to the 2018–19 NIFL Championship title.

Coleraine

Lynch joined Coleraine in June 2022 for an undisclosed sum.

International

Lynch has two underage caps for Ireland coming at under-17 level. He scored twice on his debut against Finland. He has also been called up to under-18 and under-19 squads.

Personal life

He is the cousin of Jack Lynch who is also a professional footballer, having played for League of Ireland clubs Waterford, Cobh Ramblers, Galway United & Treaty United, where he is currently playing and is also the club's first ever captain. [5] [6]

Honours

Sligo Rovers

St Patrick's Athletic

Limerick

Larne

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/temp/new-boys-career-shaped-by-hoddle-27158363.html [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Lee Lynch Signs, Ronan Hughes turns Pro". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "BBC Sport - Hamilton Academical release English midfielder Jon Routledge". BBC Sport. 25 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Arrival: Limerick Boosted By Lynch's return". Limerick F.C. 3 July 2015.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ↑ "Lure of Treaty United was too much to turn down".
  6. ↑ "Republic of Ireland - J. Lynch - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  7. ↑ "County Antrim Shield final: Larne defeat Glens in Seaview shootout". BBC Sport . BBC. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Co Antrim Shield: Impressive Larne see off Linfield in gripping final to retain trophy". BBC Sport . BBC. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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