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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{about|the English international footballer|other people with similar names|Robert Lee (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Lee}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rob Lee 
| image = Rob Lee 26102024 (2).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Lee in 2024
| fullname = Robert Martin Lee<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|11535|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|2|1|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/rob-lee-387/ |title=Rob Lee |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[West Ham]], England<ref name=Hugman/>
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|order=flip}}<ref name=PremProfile>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/721/Robert-Lee/overview |title=Robert Lee: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
| position = [[Midfielder]]<ref name=Hugman/>
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1981
| youthclubs1 = [[Hornchurch F.C.|Hornchurch]]
| youthyears2 = 1981–1983
| youthclubs2 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
| years1 = 1983–1992
| clubs1 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
| caps1 = 298
| goals1 = 59
| years2 = 1992–2002
| clubs2 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| caps2 = 303
| goals2 = 44
| years3 = 2002–2003
| clubs3 = [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]
| caps3 = 48
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2003–2004
| clubs4 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
| caps4 = 16
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2004
| clubs5 = [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2005–2006
| clubs6 = [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]
| caps6 = 38
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 703
| totalgoals = 105
| nationalyears1 = 1986
| nationalteam1 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1994
| nationalteam2 = [[England national football B team|England B]]
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1994–1998
| nationalteam3 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps3 = 21
| nationalgoals3 = 2
}}
'''Robert Martin Lee''' (born 1 February 1966) is an English former professional [[Association football|footballer]] and sports co-commentator.

As a player, he was a [[midfielder]] who notably played in the [[Premier League]] for [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] and [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]. His time at [[St James' Park|St James Park]] saw him win the [[Football League First Division]] in 1993. He also played in the [[English Football League|Football League]] for [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] and [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]. He was capped 21 times by [[England national football team|England]], scoring twice and was a member of the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] squad.

Following retirement, he harboured interests of becoming a manager and in 2006 he was interviewed for the vacant [[AFC Bournemouth]] job, but ultimately has worked away from the sport with a stint as co-commentator for [[TEN Sports]]. He was inducted into the Newcastle United Hall of Fame in 2019.

==Club career==
===Charlton Athletic===
Lee started his career in the youth team of [[Hornchurch F.C.|Hornchurch]] and actually played for the first team at the age of 15 in a pre-season friendly under manager, [[Brian Kelly (footballer, born 1937)|Brian Kelly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/non-league-paper/391181/former-newcastle-united-ace-rob-lee-is-backing-hornchurch-boss-mark-stimson-in-trophy-final/|title=Former Newcastle United Ace Rob Lee is backing Hornchurch boss Mark Stimson in Trophy Final|first=Matt|last=Badcock|date=9 May 2021|website=The Non League Paper}}</ref> Hornchurch wanted Lee to sign a contract with them but he was offered an academy place at [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] and established himself in the first team by the [[1984–85 in English football|1984–85 season]], when he scored 10 goals in the Second Division. He rapidly became the Addicks' star player playing as a winger and helping Charlton to promotion to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] at the end of the [[1985–86 in English football|1985–86 season]] and gained [[England national football team|international]] recognition at under-21 level. He remained a regular in the top flight over the next four years until Charlton were relegated back to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] at the end of the [[1989–90 in English football|1989–90 season]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Lee remained with Charlton for more than two years after relegation, but he was sold shortly after the start of [[1992–93 in English football|1992–93 season]] as the club needed money to finance its return to [[The Valley (London)|The Valley]]. At the time, Charlton were second in the table, and Lee moved to the league leaders, [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], for a fee of £700,000. He moved to Newcastle after their manager, [[Kevin Keegan]], told him that [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] was closer to London than [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], the other club interested in signing Lee,<ref>[http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Celebrate-Newcastle-s-return-to-the-Premier-League-by-reliving-their-last-promotion-under-Kevin-Keegan-in-1993-with-classic-images-plus-reports-and-features-from-our-archive-article381627.html King Kev reigns supreme, Newcastle 1992–93 promotion campaign] Mirror Football, April 2010</ref> and who were already in the [[Premier League]].

===Newcastle United===
[[File:RobLeeSJP (cropped-1).jpg|thumb|left|250px|Lee in 2007.]]

Lee who also has ancestral ties to the North East, having relatives who marched in the [[Jarrow March]],{{sfnp|Bolam|2012|loc=Foreword By Rob Lee}} signed for Newcastle in 1992.{{sfnp|Bolam|2012|loc=Foreword By Rob Lee}} Despite his North East connections, Lee noted it was his childhood footballing hero [[Kevin Keegan]] who influenced him to move to Newcastle United.{{sfnp|Bolam|2012|loc=Foreword By Rob Lee}} Keegan also promised Lee that if he moved to Newcastle United he would play for England.{{sfnp|Bolam|2012|loc=Foreword By Rob Lee}} Newcastle player [[Gavin Peacock]] had first alerted Keegan to the ability of Lee. In passing a comment, Peacock stated to Keegan that there is a player from Charlton who could play at the highest level.{{sfnp|Keegan|2018|loc=Kindle location 2577}}

Lee made his Newcastle debut as a substitute in a 1–0 win over [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]]. Newcastle were promoted to the [[Premier League]] at the end of the season, with Lee scoring 10 goals from 36 matches. Newcastle's first season back in the top division for four years ended well, as they finished third and qualified for the [[UEFA Cup]], although it was top scorer [[Andy Cole]] rather than Lee who made the most headlines at the club during this campaign. In the first round against [[Royal Antwerp F.C.|Royal Antwerp]] Lee scored a [[hat-trick]] as Newcastle won 5–0 in Belgium in their first European game for 17 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ten-top-newcastle-united-hat-tricks-1404927|title=Ten top Newcastle United hat-tricks|first=Lee|last=Ryder|date=28 September 2011|website=nechronicle}}</ref>

Lee finished the [[1994–95 in English football|1994–95 season]] with nine goals from 35 matches as Newcastle finished sixth in the table, although they had topped the league early in the season after winning their first six games.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Manager [[Kevin Keegan]] refreshed the side over the summer of 1995, shelling out nearly £9million on [[David Ginola]] and [[Les Ferdinand]], and allowing Lee a more attacking role. He won the Premier League player of the month for November 1995 as Newcastle built up a wide lead at the top of the league and looked increasingly capable of winning their first top division title since 1927. Newcastle finished the season in second place, after being 10 points ahead of Christmas and remaining top until March, but Lee was named in the [[PFA Team of the Year]] for the [[1995-96 in English football|1995–96 season]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} Rob Lee's favourite shirt he wore in his career was the Newcastle United away shirt from that season; "It was great for me, because I was from London and supported West Ham. I was playing for a great club in Newcastle but wearing West Ham colours!".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Michael |date=February 5, 2022 |title=My First Football Shirt: Rob Lee |url=https://footballshirtcollective.com/blogs/interviews/rob-lee |url-status=live |website=Football Shirt Collective}}</ref>

After Keegan's shock resignation in January 1997, [[Kenny Dalglish]] was named manager, and he made Lee captain as Newcastle again finished runners-up to Manchester United in the Premier League. After Dalglish's sacking early in the 1998–99 season, [[Ruud Gullit]] was named Newcastle manager. After a good start, Gullit tried to quickly discard Lee, as well as [[Stuart Pearce]] and [[John Barnes]], forcing them to train with the reserves.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}. For the start of the [[1999-2000 in English football|1999–2000 season]], Lee was not given a squad number by Gullit, and after Gullit had dropped [[Alan Shearer]] for the [[Tyne-Wear derby]] defeat against [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], he resigned and was succeeded by the former England manager [[Bobby Robson]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Robson put Lee and fellow midfielder [[Gary Speed]] (signed in February 1998) back in the heart of Newcastle's midfield. Lee scored in the [[FA Cup]] semi-final against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], but Newcastle lost 2–1. Lee was awarded a testimonial in 2001, nine years after joining the club, and a crowd of 18,189 turned out as Spanish side [[Athletic Bilbao]] won 1–0 at [[St James' Park]]. Lee's last goal for Newcastle came in a 4–3 win over Manchester United in 2001.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

On 7 February 2002, with Newcastle outsiders in the title race for the first time in five seasons, Lee called time on almost 10 years on [[Tyneside]] to join struggling [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] for a transfer fee of £250,000, signing for the club just eight days after [[John Gregory (footballer)|John Gregory]] was appointed as manager.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1790833.stm|title=Gregory named Derby boss|date=30 January 2002|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2430184/Carbone-and-Lee-lead-moves-for-strugglers.html|title=Carbone and Lee lead moves for strugglers|first=John|last=Ley|date=7 February 2002|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

===Later career===
Following a short, unsuccessful spell with Derby, which saw them relegated from the Premier League, Lee was sold to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] in 2003, after scoring twice in games against [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2181087.stm|title=Derby 3–0 Reading|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 August 2002 |access-date=6 November 2009}}</ref> and Ipswich Town.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2967949.stm|title=Derby 1–4 Ipswich|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 May 2003 |access-date=6 November 2009}}</ref> However, he played only a handful of games for the Hammers during the [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04 season]]. Following this, he signed for [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] on a free transfer, playing just the 1 game, leaving the club within a month. Following this he was signed by former [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[England national football team|England]] captain [[Tony Adams]], to help [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] climb out of the newly named [[EFL League Two|League Two]]. He played two seasons in League Two with the Chairboys, before leaving in June 2006, following the dismissal of [[John Gorman (footballer)|John Gorman]] as the club's manager. This took him past his 40th birthday, and he was among the oldest players still playing professional football in England by the time of his last game.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

==International career==
Lee played for [[England national football team|England]] between 1994 and 1998, scoring twice in 21 appearances. He was called up for the first time for a [[friendly match|friendly]] against the [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]] in September 1994,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-lee-at-the-centre-of-newcastles-intentions-for-one-player-this-weeks-england-callup-marked-the-end-of-a-long-wait-for-recognition-glenn-moore-reports-1447960.html|title=Lee at the centre of Newcastle's intentions: For one player this week's England call-up marked the end of a long wait for recognition|last=Moore|first=Glenn|work=The Independent|date=10 September 1994}}</ref> and scored on his début the following month against [[Romania national football team|Romania]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football--european-championship-new-boy-lee-gets-england-tottenhams-dumitrescu-shows-how-to-breach-venables-defence-1442733.html|title=New boy Lee gets England: Tottenham's Dumitrescu shows how to breach Venables' defence|last=Moore|first=Glenn|work=The Independent|date=13 October 1994}}</ref> He was in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup squads|squad]] for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] under [[Glenn Hoddle]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016162544/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/teams/team=43942.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ – England] FIFA.com</ref> and came on once as a substitute against [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]].<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/results/matches/match=8770/report.html Match Report: Colombia – England 0:2 (0:2)].  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204052922/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D1013/results/matches/match%3D8770/report.html |date=4 December 2013 }} FIFA.com, 26 June 1998</ref> He had been surprisingly omitted from the England squad for [[UEFA Euro 1996]] under [[Terry Venables]] despite being in arguably better form in 1996 than two years later.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

==Post-playing career==
In October 2006, Lee was interviewed for the manager position at [[AFC Bournemouth]],<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/oct/03/newsstory.sport1 Shepherd denies he wants to sell stake in Newcastle], The Guardian, 3 October 2006</ref> but the job went to [[Kevin Bond (English footballer)|Kevin Bond]]. Lee was arrested in July 2007, alongside former teammate [[Warren Barton]], for taking a limousine<ref>{{Cite news| title = Footballers in limo theft arrest| work = BBC News| access-date = 23 November 2007| date = 25 July 2007| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6915778.stm}}</ref> but was not charged.<ref>{{Cite news| title = No limo theft charges for players| work = BBC News| access-date = 23 November 2007| date = 21 September 2007| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7006115.stm}}</ref> He also appeared for Newcastle on the charity television show ''[[Premier League All Stars]]'' in September 2007.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In May 2008, he captained [[Legal & General]] to victory in a charity five-a-side tournament in [[St Albans]], helping to raise £15,000 for the [[leukaemia]] charity the [[Anthony Nolan Trust]].<ref>{{Cite news| title = Soccer stars help raise £15K| work = St Albans Observer| access-date = 12 May 2008| date = 9 July 2008| url = http://www.stalbansobserver.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.2260463.0.soccer_stars_help_raise_15k.php}}</ref>

In 2008, he worked as a regular pundit for Singapore's Football Channel.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120805221014/http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/page/Feature/0,,10430~1306808,00.html Where are they now?] Wycombe Wanderers FC, 7 May 2008</ref> In 2010 he was also backup commentator alongside [[John Burridge]] for [[TEN Sports]]' [[UEFA Champions League]] fixtures.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WHAT+HAPPENED+TO+THE+CLASS+OF+1993%3F-a0223262125 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF 1993?] The Journal, 7 April 2010 (Archived)</ref>

On 5 November 2019, Lee was inducted into the Newcastle United Hall of Fame.<ref name=rLeeHallFame>{{cite tweet | last = Newcastle United | user = NUFC | number = 1191861729254350848 | date = 5 November 2019| title = Our second inductee of the evening into the #NUFC Hall of Fame is Rob Lee.| access-date = 6 November 2019 }}</ref>

In 2019 and 2020, Lee featured in both seasons of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] show ''[[Harry's Heroes]]'', which featured former football manager [[Harry Redknapp]] attempting to get a squad of former England international footballers back fit and healthy for a game against Germany legends.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/harrys-heroes-the-full-english-itv-cast-former-england-players-joining-harry-redknapp-itv/ | title=Who is taking part in Harry's Heroes: Euro Having a Laugh? }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Lee is married to his wife, Anna.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/luton-v-newcastle-united-fa-cup-third-round-rob-lee-olly-elliott-a8144021.html|title=Newcastle legend Rob Lee opens up as his sons prepare to face club that made him|work=The Independent|first=Martin|last=Hardy|date=5 January 2018|access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> The couple have three children, [[Olly Lee|Olly]] and [[Elliot Lee|Elliot]], both of whom are also footballers, and one daughter Megan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Player profiles – Olly Lee|url=http://www.whufc.com/articles/oliver-lee-west-ham_2228487_48816|publisher=West Ham United FC|access-date=20 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208232851/http://www.whufc.com/articles/oliver-lee-west-ham_2228487_48816|archive-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[FA Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
|[[1983–84 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1983–84]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|11||4||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||4
|-
|[[1984–85 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1984–85]]
|Second Division
|39||10||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||43||10
|-
|[[1985–86 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1985–86]]
|Second Division
|35||8||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=FMC|Appearance in [[Full Members' Cup]]}}||0||39||8
|-
|[[1986–87 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1986–87]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|33||3||0||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||7{{efn|name=CHA|Five appearances and three goals in Full Members' Cup, two in [[Football League Second Division play-offs (1987–1992)|Second Division play-offs]]}}||3||43||7
|-
|[[1987–88 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1987–88]]
|First Division
|23||2||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=FMC}}||0||28||2
|-
|[[1988–89 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1988–89]]
|First Division
|31||5||3||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=FMC}}||0||36||6
|-
|[[1989–90 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1989–90]]
|First Division
|37||1||3||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=FMC}}||0||44||2
|-
|[[1990–91 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1990–91]]
|Second Division
|43||13||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||46||13
|-
|[[1991–92 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1991–92]]
|Second Division
|39||12||3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||45||12
|-
|[[1992–93 Charlton Athletic F.C. season|1992–93]]
|First Division
|7||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Anglo-Italian Cup]]}}||0||8||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!298!!59!!14!!2!!19!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!12!!3!!343!!65
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|[[1992–93 Newcastle United F.C. season|1992–93]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=92#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 1992–93 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|First Division
|36||10||4||2||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||43||13
|-
|[[1993–94 Newcastle United F.C. season|1993–94]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=93#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 1993–94 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|[[Premier League]]
|41||7||3||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||47||8
|-
|[[1994–95 Newcastle United F.C. season|1994–95]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=94#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 1994–95 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|35||9||4||1||2||0||3{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||4||colspan="2"|—||44||14
|-
|[[1995–96 Newcastle United F.C. season|1995–96]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=95#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 1995–96 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|36||8||1||0||4||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||41||9
|-
|[[1996–97 Newcastle United F.C. season|1996–97]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=96#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 1996–97 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|33||5||2||1||1||0||8{{efn|name=UC}}||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[FA Charity Shield]]}}||0||45||6
|-
|[[1997–98 Newcastle United F.C. season|1997–98]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=97#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 1997–98 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|28||4||6||0||2||0||6{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Champions League]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||42||4
|-
|[[1998–99 Newcastle United F.C. season|1998–99]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=98#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 1998–99 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|26||0||3||0||0||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||30||0
|-
|[[1999–2000 Newcastle United F.C. season|1999–2000]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=99#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 1999–00 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|30||0||4||1||1||0||6{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|—||41||1
|-
|[[2000–01 Newcastle United F.C. season|2000–01]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=100#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 2000–01 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|22||0||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||0
|-
|[[2001–02 Newcastle United F.C. season|2001–02]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_season.php?sid=101#tabs-2 |title=Season Details: Appearances: Season 2001–02 |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H. Scott |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|16||1||0||0||3||0||3{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||22||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!303!!44!!27!!5!!23!!3!!27!!4!!1!!0!!381!!56
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]
|[[2001–02 Derby County F.C. season|2001–02]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|4463|2001|name=Rob Lee|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|Premier League
|13||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0
|-
|[[2002–03 Derby County F.C. season|2002–03]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|4463|2002|name=Rob Lee|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|First Division
|35||2||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!48!!2!!0!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!50!!2
|-
|[[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
|[[2003–04 West Ham United F.C. season|2003–04]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|4463|2003|name=Rob Lee|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|First Division
|16||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||19||0
|-
|[[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]
|[[2004–05 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season|2004–05]]<ref name="04/05">{{Soccerbase season|4463|2004|name=Rob Lee|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|[[EFL League One|League One]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Football League Trophy]]}}||0||1||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]
|[[2004–05 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season|2004–05]]<ref name="04/05"/>
|[[EFL League Two|League Two]]
|7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season|2005–06]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|4463|2005|name=Rob Lee|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|League Two
|31||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||3{{efn|One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in [[EFL League Two play-offs|League Two play-offs]]}}||0||36||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!38!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!3!!0!!43!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!703!!105!!43!!7!!47!!4!!27!!4!!17!!3!!837!!123
|}

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==Honours==
'''Newcastle United'''
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1992–93 Football League First Division|1992–93]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94 |year=1993 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7472-7895-5 |pages=346–347, 588}}</ref>

'''England'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Paul |last2=Lacey |first2=David |name-list-style=amp |date=25 Jun 2013 |title=From the Vault: Recalling How England Won Le Tournoi de France in 1997 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jun/25/vault-england-le-tournoi-france-1997 |website=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[Tournoi de France]]: [[1997 Tournoi de France|1997]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Premier League Player of the Month]]: [[1994–95 FA Premier League#Monthly awards|September 1994]], [[1995–96 FA Premier League#Monthly awards|November 1995]]<ref name=PremProfile/>
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#FA Premier League 4|1995–96 Premier League]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile |year=1996 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=Harpenden |isbn=978-1-85291-571-1 |page=285}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
{{Commons category}}
* {{cite book | last = Bolam| first = Mike| title = The Newcastle Miscellany| publisher = Vision Sports Publishing|year=2012| location = United Kingdom | language = en| isbn = 978-1-907637-74-2 }}
*{{cite book | last = Keegan| first = Kevin | title = Keegan, Kevin. My Life in Football: The Autobiography | publisher = Pan Macmillan| date = 4 October 2018 | location = United Kingdom| language = en | isbn = 978-1509877201}}

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