Lee Vaughan

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Lee Vaughan
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Vaughan with Stratford Town in April 2023
Personal information
Full name Lee David Vaughan [1]
Date of birth (1986-07-17) 17 July 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Stratford Town
Youth career
Birmingham City
Portsmouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 Chelmsley Town 17 (5)
2005–2006 Walsall 0 (0)
2005–2006Willenhall Town (loan) 9 (0)
2006–2010 AFC Telford United 179 (7)
2010–2014 Kidderminster Harriers 157 (7)
2014–2016 Cheltenham Town 32 (0)
2015–2016Tranmere Rovers (loan) 7 (0)
2016–2017 Tranmere Rovers 52 (2)
2017–2019 Kidderminster Harriers 46 (3)
2019–2020 Solihull Moors 35 (0)
2020–2021 AFC Telford United 15 (0)
2021 Barnet 20 (0)
2021–2023 Stourbridge 31 (2)
2023– Stratford Town 0 (0)
International career
2009–2011 England C 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Lee David Vaughan (born 17 July 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Stratford Town. He played in the Football League for Cheltenham Town.

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Career

A Birmingham City and Portsmouth trainee, Vaughan joined Walsall from Chelmsley Town [2] in February 2005 in a non-contract basis. [3] [4] He had a loan spell at Willenhall Town, and subsequently moved to A.F.C. Telford United in the summer of 2006.

On 11 May 2010 Vaughan joined Kidderminster Harriers. [5] He appeared in 157 league matches for Harriers, and was named in the 2012–13 Conference Team of the Year alongside teammates Josh Gowling and Anthony Malbon, [6] a season when Harriers finished second in the league, before rejecting a new deal in May 2014.

On 19 May 2014 Vaughan signed a two-year deal with Football League Two club Cheltenham Town. [7] He played his first match in the Football League on 9 August, starting in a 1–0 win at Bury. [8] He was a regular in the side for the 2014–15 season, at the end of which Cheltenham were relegated to the National League, but could not keep his place in 2015–16. In November 2015, he joined another National League club, Tranmere Rovers, on loan, and the move was made permanent in January 2016 when Cheltenham cancelled his contract. [9]

Despite missing the end of the 2016–17 National League season because of a broken leg, he was named in the National League Team of the Year. He rejoined Kidderminster Harriers in 2017, [10] and returned to competitive action in December, playing regularly until the end of the National League North season and for the first half of the next. Vaughan then returned to the National League with Solihull Moors. [11]

In June 2020, Vaughan re-joined AFC Telford United. [12] He then joined Barnet in March 2021 on a deal until the end of the season. [13] He made 20 appearances for the Bees before leaving on the expiry of his contract. [14]

Vaughan joined Stourbridge in June 2021. [15] [16] In March 2023, he signed for Stratford Town. [17]

Honours

AFC Telford United

Cheltenham Town

Individual

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  13. Welcome to Barnet, Lee Vaughan!
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