Lee Cox (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lee David Cox[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 26 June 1990||
Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2008 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
2009 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 67 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Swindon Town | 12 | (1) |
2012–2013 | → Oxford United (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2013 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Plymouth Argyle | 36 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Stevenage (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2016 | Stevenage | 12 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Brackley Town | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Coalville Town | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:30, 17 December 2019 (UTC) |
Lee David Cox (born 26 June 1990) is an English professional footballer who most recently played for United Counties League Division One side Coalville Town, where he played as a midfielder.
Playing career
[edit]Cox was born in Leicester.[2][3] He began his career when he joined Leicester City as a 13-year-old.[2] He was a member of the youth team that won the Premier Academy League in the 2006–07 season and signed his first professional contract in May 2008.[2] Cox was loaned to Yeovil Town for a month in January 2009,[4][5] but returned to Leicester without making a first-team appearance. He was released by the club that summer and signed a one-year contract with Inverness Caledonian Thistle in June.[3][6] In his first season with the club, Cox won the Scottish Football League First Division title and promotion to the Scottish Premier League.[7][8]
He signed a two-year contract extension in April 2010.[9][10] Having made 67 league appearances for Inverness, Cox was transferred to Swindon Town in January 2012 for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[11][12] He made seven appearances in his first two months with Swindon but lost his place in March and did not play again before the club won the Football League Two title.[13] Cox was transfer-listed in June,[14] and joined Oxford United on loan until January 2013 the following month.[15][16] He made 19 appearances for Oxford in all competitions before returning to Swindon when the clubs were unable to agree terms on an extension.[17][18]
In February 2013, Cox joined Plymouth Argyle on loan until the end of the season.[18][19] He played regularly in his first two months with the club, making ten league appearances,[20] before suffering a shoulder injury in a 1–0 win against Exeter City.[21] Cox required surgery to repair torn ligaments, which would prevent him from playing for six months.[22] "It's a crying shame as he has been a big lift for us," said Argyle manager John Sheridan.[23]
On 12 May 2014, Cox signed for Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer following his release from Swindon Town.[24]
On 26 November 2015, Cox signed for Stevenage on loan from Plymouth Argyle.[25]
on 10 January 2016, Cox returned to Argyle as his loan deal expired.
In July 2017, Cox joined Coalville Town.[26]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City | 2008–09 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yeovil Town (loan) | 2008–09 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2009–10 | Scottish First Division | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 43 | 2 |
2010–11 | Scottish Premier League | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
2011–12 | Scottish Premier League | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 67 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 4 | ||
Swindon Town | 2011–12 | League Two | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
2012–13 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2013–14 | League One | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
Oxford United (loan) | 2012–13 | League Two | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2012–13 | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Plymouth Argyle | 2014–15 | League Two | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
2015–16 | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
Career total | 135 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 164 | 4 |
- ^ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in the Football League Trophy
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lee Cox". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Former Leicester City man Lee Cox goes north of the border". Leicester Mercury. Leicester. 13 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Friday Interview: Castaway Lee Cox has got plenty to shout about". Leicester Mercury. Leicester. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Glovers swoop for Foxes youngster". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Young Fox Cox joins Glovers". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Inverness sign up Leicester's Cox". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Inverness boss Terry Butcher hails promotion to SPL". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "We are the champions!". Inverness Courier. Inverness. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Trio re-sign for Inverness Caley Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "ICT trio sign new contracts". Inverness Courier. Inverness. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Swindon Town sign Lee Cox from Inverness Caledonian Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ Rose, Gary (31 January 2012). "Bid rejected for Ritchie". Swindon Advertiser. Swindon. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ Warren, Andy (28 May 2012). "Cox vows to fight for shirt". Swindon Advertiser. Swindon. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Swindon Town transfer-list Connell, Cox, Lanzano and Smith". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Oxford United sign Swindon Town midfielder Lee Cox". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ Morshead, Sam (21 July 2012). "Connell & Cox complete moves". Swindon Advertiser. Swindon. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ Pritchard, David (3 January 2013). "Oxford United miss out on Cox". Oxford Mail. Oxford. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Plymouth Argyle bring in Swindon's Lee Cox on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ Errington, Chris (8 February 2013). "Plymouth Argyle sign midfielder Lee Cox on loan from Swindon Town". The Herald. Plymouth. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Lee Cox". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Lee Cox struggling to be fit for Plymouth Argyle's Cheltenham game". The Herald. Plymouth. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ Errington, Chris (15 April 2013). "Plymouth Argyle loan signing Lee Cox ruled out 'for 6 months'". The Herald. Plymouth. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ Barker, Sam (19 April 2013). "Goodbye from Lee". Plymouth Argyle F.C. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Lee Cox has signed for Plymouth Argyle after being released by Swindon Town". Plymouth Argyle FC. 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Lee Cox joins on loan from Plymouth Argyle". Stevenage FC. 26 November 2015.
- ^ Cox Announced As First Signing Of The Summer‚ pitchero.com, 7 June 2017
- ^ "Lee Cox". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "L. Cox". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- 1990 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Leicester
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Yeovil Town F.C. players
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Stevenage F.C. players
- Brackley Town F.C. players
- Coalville Town F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- English Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen