Lee Croft
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| Lee Croft | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Lee Croft | |
| Date of birth | June 26, 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Higher End, England | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Norwich City | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004-2006 2004-2005 2006- |
Manchester City → Oldham Athletic (loan) Norwich City |
28 (1) 12 (0) 26 (3) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Lee Croft (born 26 June 1985 in Billinge Maternity Hospital in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester), is an English footballer who currently plays for Norwich City. He made his League debut on loan from Manchester City at Oldham Athletic in November 2004. His first team debut for Manchester City was on March 7, 2005 against Bolton Wanderers, coming on as a substitute. His first Premier League start was on 31 October 2005 against Aston Villa, and his first Manchester City goal came a week later in a match against Fulham. On July 28, 2006 he signed for Norwich City for a fee of around £700,000 and scored his first goal for the club on 12 August 2006 in a 3-2 win against Luton at Carrow Road.
Croft continued his good start at Carrow Road with another goal in the 5-1 demolition of Barnsley on August 26, 2006 and was seen by many City fans as providing balance to the team on the right-hand side that had been missing for some time. On 28 October 2006, however, it was announced that Croft would be absent from first team duties for a possible 6 weeks following an injury during Norwich's 5-0 defeat at Stoke City. After making his return from injury, Croft went for a long period without scoring, but finally got on the scoresheet with a goal in another game against Barnsley at Oakwell on March 3, 2007.
Croft has been capped at schoolboy level by England more times than any other player. He played in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Croft was a fan of Liverpool as a boy.
Mum Gina and Dad Paul are said to be the biggest influences on his career and his only Brother Stuart is also a talented footballer who is currently in The United States Of America on a four year football Scholarship.
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| Norwich City F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Marshall | 2 Louis-Jean | 3 Drury | 4 Shackell | 6 Huckerby | 7 Croft | 8 Thorne | 9 Dublin | 10 Earnshaw | 11 Chadwick | 12 Warner | 14 Brown | 15 Safri | 16 Fotheringham | 17 Hughes | 18 McVeigh | 19 Lappin | 20 Etuhu | 21 Gallacher | 24 Colin | 25 Rossi Jarvis | 26 Eagle | 27 Doherty | 28 Spillane | 29 Halliday | 31 Cave-Brown | 34 Arnold | 35 Martin | Manager: Grant |
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