Lee Chapman
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| Lee Chapman | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | 5 December 1959 | |
| Place of birth | Lincoln, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1978-1982 1978 1982-1983 1983-1984 1984-1988 1988 1988-1990 1990-1993 1993 1993-1995 1995 1995-1996 1996 1996 1996 |
Stoke City → Plymouth Argyle (loan) Arsenal Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday Chamois Niortais Nottingham Forest Leeds United Portsmouth West Ham United → Southend United (loan) Ipswich Town → Leeds United (loan) Swansea City Strømsgodset I.F. Career |
99 (34) 4 (0) 23 (4) 15 (3) 149 (63) 10 (3) 48 (15) 137 (62) 5 (2) 40 (7) 1 (1) 22 (1) 2 (0) 7 (4) 5 (0) 559 (165) |
| National team | ||
| 1991 | England B | 1 (0) |
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Lee Chapman (born Lincoln, 5 December 1959) is an English former footballer who scored more than 200 first-team goals as a striker. He is the son of former Lincoln City, Port Vale and Chester striker, Roy Chapman.
Chapman is married to the actress Leslie Ash, with whom he currently owns a number of restaurants and bars.
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[edit] Early career
Chapman began his career at Stoke City, but made his league debut whilst on loan at Plymouth Argyle. On his return to Stoke, Chapman quickly became a first team regular, scoring made 34 goals in 99 appearances between 1979 and 1982.
His goal scoring abilities brought him to the attention of Division One clubs, and in 1982 Chapman moved to Arsenal. However, the move was not a success - he made only 23 appearances for the club between 1982 and 1984, and scored a meagre 4 goals. Chapman moved on to Sunderland for the 1983-84 season, but again failed to establish himself in the team, scoring just 3 goals in 15 appearances.
Howard Wilkinson, then manager of Sheffield Wednesday, signed Chapman in 1984, and at Wednesday he regained his goal scoring form; between 1984 and 1988 Chapman scored 63 goals in 149 appearances. However, Wilkinson moved on to manage Leeds United in 1988, and on his departure Chapman moved on briefly to French side Chamois Niort, before Brian Clough signed him for Nottingham Forest. Chapman was an integral part of the Forest team that won the Littlewoods Cup and Simod Cup in 1989, scoring two goals in the latter's final. In his time at the City Ground, Chapman was one of the Forest players who had to cope with the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster during the opening minutes of their FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool. Chapman played in the rescheduled game at Old Trafford, which Liverpool won 3-1.
[edit] Leeds career
In 1989 Wilkinson re-signed Chapman for Leeds, paying Forest £400,000. Chapman was an immediate success at Leeds; his goals helped Leeds win the Second Division title and promotion to the First Division in 1990. Any doubts that he would thrive at the top level were banished the following season as Leeds finished 4th in 1991; in the following season, Leeds won the last-ever league title before the creation of the FA Premier League, with Chapman as the Division One top scorer in all competitions.
A year later Wilkinson began rebuiliding his side, and Chapman was allowed to move to Portsmouth on a free transfer.
[edit] Later career
Chapman made a Premiership comeback just four months after moving to Portsmouth when West Ham United signed him for £250,000 in September 1993. He stayed in the Premiership when he moved on to Ipswich for a fee of £70,000 in November 1994.[1]
He played one game on loan for Southend United in January 1995, scoring the consolation goal in the Shrimpers' 4-1 defeat at Grimsby Town and therefore theoretically becoming Southend's most prolific goalscorer with a 100% strike rate.
During early 1996 he was loaned back to Leeds, before finishing his career in the UK with Swansea. During the summer of 1996 he had a brief spell in Norway with Strømsgodset.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Lee Chapman career stats at Soccerbase
- Lee Chapman career summary at leedsfans.org.uk
- Player stats - Chamois Niortais
