33 Facts About Lee Sharpe

Lee Stuart Sharpe was born on 27 May 1971 and is an English professional golfer, former professional footballer, sports television pundit and reality television personality.

Lee Sharpe notably played in the Premier League for Manchester United, Leeds United and Bradford City and in Serie A for Sampdoria.

Lee Sharpe had spells in the Football League with Torquay United, Portsmouth and Exeter City before wrapping his career up in Iceland with Grindavik and in non-league football with Garforth Town.

Lee Sharpe's spell at Manchester United lasted from 1988 until 1996 where he won several league titles, the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Lee Sharpe won a total of eight caps for England as well as one cap for the B team.

Lee Sharpe retired from professional football in 2003, but achieved renewed fame after a number of reality television appearances.

Lee Sharpe has worked as a pundit largely abroad on international coverage of the Premier League for both ESPN Star and the Abu Dhabi Sports Channel.

Lee Sharpe, who was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire, was an Aston Villa supporter, but began his career at Torquay United.

Lee Sharpe played 30 games in all competitions that season, and was on the shortlist for the PFA Young Player of the Year award, which was won by Arsenal winger Paul Merson.

Lee Sharpe himself cites this as one of the best memories in his footballing career.

Lee Sharpe was now United's first choice left winger ahead of Danny Wallace, although a new rival for the left wing position was emerging in the shape of highly promising 17-year-old Ryan Giggs.

Lee Sharpe was then out of the game for long periods of time through injury and illness and when his fitness recovered, the form of Ryan Giggs meant he had normally to play out of position at left back or on the right wing, competing for a place with Andrei Kanchelskis who had arrived in March 1991.

Lee Sharpe got an assist in this game, crossing for Mark Hughes, who headed the first goal of the game.

Lee Sharpe was one of them, as he missed a string of mid season games due to a fractured ankle, though he had more opportunities to play on the left wing as Ryan Giggs missed a quarter of the campaign due to injuries.

Lee Sharpe made a number of appearances as left-back as the regular player in that position, Denis Irwin, spent most of the campaign playing on the right side of defence left vacant by a long absence by Paul Parker, though Irwin was back at left-back towards the end of the season following the emergence of right-back Gary Neville.

However, 20-year-old David Beckham made the first team breakthrough that season and left Lee Sharpe facing a fresh battle for a regular place in the first team, though he was selected in the squad for all but eight competitive games that season, during which United became the first English team to win the double twice.

Lee Sharpe still took to the field in 31 out of 38 Premier League games, scoring four goals.

Lee Sharpe signed on loan for Bradford City in March 1999 and he helped in securing the club's promotion to the Premiership after 77 years outside the top division.

In February 2004, Lee Sharpe made a brief return to football in the Kidderminster Sunday League with Hoobrook Crown before signing for Northern Counties East Premier League side Garforth Town the following summer.

Lee Sharpe was capped eight times by England between 1991 and 1993.

Lee Sharpe appeared as a competitor in the 2005, ITV television show Celebrity Wrestling, under the name "Sharpe Shooter".

Lee Sharpe is known though for appearing in Celebrity Love Island in 2005.

In 2007 Lee Sharpe appeared as a contestant in ITV's Dancing on Ice.

Lee Sharpe was eliminated from the competition on 3 March 2007.

Lee Sharpe was to appear in ITV's popular TV soap Coronation Street as an extra in the fictional pub "The Rovers Return" as a working class taxi driver from Manchester.

In 2008, Lee Sharpe starred in Dec's team on Ant versus Dec, on Saturday Night Takeaway ITV1.

Lee Sharpe starred as the celebrity 'hider' in an episode of the CBBC show Hider in the House.

Lee Sharpe appeared in the 2008 television series Superstars on Channel Five.

In 2019 and 2020, Lee Sharpe featured in both seasons of 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.

Lee Sharpe was previously a pundit on BBC's Match of the Day 2 and Football Focus, and during the 2006 World Cup presented a vlog for Yahoo.

Lee Sharpe appeared in one episode of the football drama Dream Team.

Lee Sharpe was one of the football pundits hired by Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, for their exclusive coverage of the Premier League.

Lee Sharpe was known for his lifestyle off the pitch as much as he had on it at the time, though these endorsement deals quieted down after he left Manchester United in 1996.