{{short description|English footballer (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use British English|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lee Burge | image = | caption = | fullname = Lee Stephen Burge<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/202021/efl-squad-numbering-11.09.2020.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Sunderland |publisher=English Football League |page=68 |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|01|09}} | birth_place = Hereford, England | height = 1.9m<ref>https://www.whoscored.com/players/134119/show/lee-burge</ref> | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Northampton Town | clubnumber = 1 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Coventry City | years1 = 2011–2019 | clubs1 = Coventry City | caps1 = 140 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = → Nuneaton Town (loan) | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2022 | clubs3 = Sunderland | caps3 = 51 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2022– | clubs4 = Northampton Town | caps4 = 108 | goals4 = 0 | club-update = 2 May 2026 (UTC) }} '''Lee Stephen Burge''' (born 9 January 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{English football updater|NorthamT}} club Northampton Town.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2022/june/lee_burge/|title=KEEPER LEE BURGE BECOMES FOURTH NEW ADDITION OF THE SUMMER|publisher=NTFC Official Site |date=2022-06-22}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Coventry City=== On 30 January 2013, Burge joined Conference National side Nuneaton Town on loan for a month, with a view of gaining more experience,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/burge-joins-nuneaton-on-loan-628075.aspx|title=City 'keeper joins Nuneaton on loan|publisher=CCFC Official Site |date=2013-01-30}}</ref> He made his Nuneaton Town debut on 2 February 2013 in a 3–2 loss to Stockport County.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21209298|title=Stockport County 3–2 Nuneaton Town|website=BBC Sport |date=2013-02-02 |access-date=2013-02-02}}</ref> Burge was joined at Nuneaton by fellow Sky Blue Aaron Phillips, both Burge and Phillips had their loan spells extended until the end of the season and were influential in saving Nuneaton from relegation.
At the beginning of the 2014–15 season following Joe Murphy's transfer, Burge was handed the number one shirt. Burge made his professional debut starting on 13 August 2014 in a 2-1 League Cup loss to Cardiff City.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/match-report-second-half-cardiff-city-coventry-city-160814-1827450.aspx|title=Coventry City 2–1 Cardiff City|publisher=CCFC Official Site |date=2014-08-13 |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>
After some poor displays from first-choice keeper Ryan Allsop in the opening few months of the 2014–15 season, Burge was handed his first league start for Coventry City against Peterborough United on 25 October 2014 resulting in a 3–2 win after trailing 2–0 at half-time. The following home game was The FA Cup round one, Burge was sent-off after 39 minutes for kicking a Worcester City player, conceding a penalty that was scored. Reduced to 10 men, the Sky Blues lost the game 2-1 and suffered their first ever FA Cup first round exit and their first loss to a non-league side since 1989.
On 2 April 2017 at Wembley Stadium, Burge was in the Coventry City side which won the EFL Trophy by beating Oxford United 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wembley Report: Coventry City 2-1 Oxford United - Coventry City crowned winners of the Checkatrade Trophy |url=https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2017/april/wembley-report-coventry-city-2-1-oxford-united---coventry-city-crowned-winners-of-the-checkatrade-trophy/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=www.ccfc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>
On 30 September 2018, Burge was struck by a puck while watching local ice hockey team Coventry Blaze play against the Sheffield Steelers at the SkyDome Arena.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cold Feet! Coventry goalkeeper suffers freak hockey puck injury|work=talkSPORT|date=1 October 2018|accessdate=3 October 2018|url=https://talksport.com/football/428347/coventry-freak-hockey-puck-injury/}}</ref>
On 30 June 2019 Burge was released by Coventry on the expiry of his contract.
===Sunderland=== On 3 July 2019, he joined Sunderland on a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite news|title= Signed Up: Burge joins Sunderland |url=https://www.safc.com/news/team-news/2019/july/burge-signs-up|publisher=safc.com |date=2019-07-03 |accessdate=2013-07-05}}</ref> Following an impressive 2020–21 season, Burge was named in the 2020–21 EFL League One Team of the Season at the league's annual awards ceremony.<ref name="EFLA2021">{{Cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2022/april/football-manager-efl-team-of-the-season-line-ups-announced/ |title=Football Manager EFL Team of the Season line-ups announced |publisher=EFL.com |date=24 April 2022 |access-date=25 April 2022 }}</ref> Sunderland announced on 25 May 2022 that he will be released when his contract runs out on 30 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-25 |title=Retained list confirmed |url=https://www.safc.com:443/news/team-news/2022/may/retained-and-released-list-202223 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Sunderland Association Football Club |language=en}}</ref>
===Northampton Town=== On 22 June 2022, it was announced that Burge would be joining Northampton Town on 1 July 2022.
Following the conclusion of the 2023–24 season, it was announced Burge had signed a new one-year deal with the option for a further season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2024/may/burge_new_contract/|title=LEE BURGE SIGNS NEW CONTRACT|website=www.ntfc.co.uk|date=15 May 2024|accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 2 May 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="8"|Coventry City |2012–13<ref name="12–13">{{soccerbase season|58556|2012|accessdate=16 January 2016}}</ref> |League One |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2013–14<ref>{{soccerbase season|58556|2013|accessdate=16 January 2016}}</ref> |League One |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2014–15<ref>{{soccerbase season|58556|2014|accessdate=16 January 2016}}</ref> |League One |18||0||1||0||1||0||2{{efn|name=FLT|Appearances in the Football League Trophy}}||0||22||0 |- |2015–16<ref>{{soccerbase season|58556|2015|accessdate=16 January 2016}}</ref> |League One |9||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||10||0 |- |2016–17<ref name="16-17">{{Soccerbase season|58556|2016|accessdate=9 July 2017}}</ref> |League One |33||0||3||0||0||0||3{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearances in EFL Trophy}}||0||39||0 |- |2017–18<ref name="17-18">{{Soccerbase season|58556|2017|accessdate=8 September 2017}}</ref> |League Two |40||0||4||0||0||0||4{{efn|Three appearances in the play-offs and one appearance in the EFL Trophy}}||0||48||0 |- |2018–19<ref name="18-19">{{Soccerbase season|58556|2018|accessdate=26 August 2018}}</ref> |League One |40||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||41||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !140!!0!!10!!0!!1!!0!!9!!0!!160!!0 |- |Nuneaton Town (loan) |2012–13<ref name="12–13"/> |Conference Premier |17||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||17||0 |- |rowspan="4"|Sunderland |2019–20<ref>{{Soccerbase season|58556|2019|accessdate=5 October 2020}}</ref> |League One |5||0||1||0||3||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||11||0 |- |2020–21<ref>{{Soccerbase season|58556|2020|accessdate=5 October 2020}}</ref> |League One |41||0||0||0||1||0||4{{efn|Two appearances in the EFL Trophy and two appearances in the play-offs }}||0||46||0 |- |2021–22<ref>{{Soccerbase season|58556|2021|accessdate=24 March 2022}}</ref> |League One |3||0||1||0||3||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||9||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !49||0||2||0||7||0||8||0||66||0 |- |rowspan="5"|Northampton Town |2022–23<ref>{{soccerbase season|58556|2022|accessdate=22 June 2022}}</ref> |League Two |38||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||39||0 |- |2023–24<ref>{{soccerbase season|58556|2023|accessdate=26 July 2023}}</ref> |League One |20||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||20||0 |- |2024–25<ref>{{soccerbase season|58556|2024|accessdate=26 July 2024}}</ref> |League One |30||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||30||0 |- |2025–26<ref>{{soccerbase season|58556|2025|accessdate=5 July 2025}}</ref> |League One |20||0||0||0||0||0||4{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||24||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !108||0||1||0||0||0||4||0||113||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !314!!0!!13!!0!!8!!0!!21!!0!!357!!0 |}
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==Honours== '''Coventry City''' *EFL League Two play-offs: 2018<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44192549 |title=Coventry City 3–1 Exeter City |first=James |last=Law |website=BBC Sport |date=28 May 2018 |accessdate=28 May 2018}}</ref> *EFL Trophy: 2016–17<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39404886 |title=Coventry City 2–1 Oxford United |first=Ged |last=Scott |website=BBC Sport |date=2 April 2017 |accessdate=23 December 2018}}</ref>
'''Sunderland''' *EFL League One play-offs: 2022<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61447041 |title=Sunderland 2–0 Wycombe |first=Chris |last=Paddy |website=BBC Sport |date=21 May 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> *EFL Trophy: 2020–21<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56373623 |title=Sunderland 1–0 Tranmere Rovers |first=Brent |last=Pilnick |website=BBC Sport |date=14 March 2021 |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
'''Northampton Town''' *EFL League Two third-place promotion: 2022–23<ref name ="promotion">{{cite news|url=https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/promoted/|title=NORTHAMPTON TOWN HAVE BEEN PROMOTED! |publisher=Northampton Town|date=8 May 2023|access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>
'''Individual''' *EFL League One Team of the Season: 2020–21<ref name="EFLA2021" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ccfc.co.uk/team/player-profile/index.aspx?playerid=463634&tcmuri=34281 Lee Burge player profile] at ccfc.co.uk *{{Soccerbase}}
{{Northampton Town F.C. squad}} {{2020–21 EFL League One Team of the Season}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burge, Lee}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Coventry Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Coventry City F.C. players Category:Northampton Town F.C. players Category:Nuneaton Town F.C. players Category:Sunderland A.F.C. players Category:National League (English football) players Category:English Football League players Category:21st-century English sportsmen