Lee Doherty (footballer, born 1963)

Lee Doherty
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-31) 31 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1994 Linfield 241 (34)
1994–2000 Glenavon 188 (11)
Total 429 (45)
International career
1984–1987 Northern Ireland 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Doherty (born 31 March 1963) is a Northern Irish former football player and coach.

Playing career

Born in Belfast, Doherty played as a midfielder for Linfield and Glenavon.[1][2] He also earned two caps for the Northern Ireland national team.[1][2]

Coaching career

He later worked as an assistant manager at Ballymena United,[3] between 2011 and 2016.[2]

Personal life

After retiring as a player he became an architect.[3] He is married with two daughters.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lee Doherty". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Profile". NIFG. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Karen Ireland (10 June 2015). "Relatively Speaking: Dad and daughter, Lee and Jodi". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 13 May 2017.


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