Lee Naylor (footballer)

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Lee Naylor
Personal information
Full name	Lee Martyn Naylor
Date of birth	19 March 1980 (1980-03-19) (age 28)
Place of birth	Bloxwich, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Left-back
Club information
Current club	Celtic
Number	3
Youth clubs
1996–1997	Wolves
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2006 2006–	Wolves Celtic	294 0(7) 075 0(1)
National team2
2000–2001	England U21	003 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:08, 27 December 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:31, 21 September 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Lee Martyn Naylor (born 19 March 1980 in Bloxwich, West Midlands) is an English footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Celtic.

Contents 1 Career 2 References 3 Honours 4 External links

[edit] Career

Naylor was born in Bloxwich, and educated at Sneyd Comprehensive School, before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers upon leaving school in 1996. He made his debut on 12 October 1997, in a 1-0 defeat at Birmingham City. Playing left-back, he went onto establish himself as a first team regular in the following years and was part of the team that won promotion to the Premier League in 2002-03 via the playoffs. During this time, he also represented the England Under-21s.

He was the Wolves' only ever present player in their Premier League campaign of 2003-04 that saw them relegated. After making the drop, he remained at the club for two further seasons, where he improved further under the management of Glenn Hoddle and attracted the interests of other clubs.

He signed for Celtic on 23 August 2006 for £600,000 (plus Charlie Mulgrew) on a three year deal and immediately became the team's first choice left back, winning a Player of the Month award for October 2006 in the Scottish Premier League. His form was recognised with a nomination for the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association's player of the year award for 2007.^[1] He won the League and Cup double in his first season with the club and appeared in all their UEFA Champions League games. He scored his first goal for Celtic in the 2-0 win against Hibernian on 1 March 2008.

[edit] References

[edit] Honours

• Scottish Premier League (2): 2007, 2008
• Scottish FA Cup (1): 2007
• Football League First Division: Playoffs 2003

[edit] External links

• Lee Naylor career stats at Soccerbase
• Celtic player profile

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