Tim Lees

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| fullname = Timothy Martin Lees

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1986|1|24}}

| birth_place = Billinge, Merseyside, England

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| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Bury (Assistant Manager)

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| youthyears1 = 1996–1999

| youthclubs1 = Everton

| youthyears2 = 1999–2000

| youthclubs2 = Bolton Wanderers

| years2 = 2006

| clubs2 = Stalybridge Celtic

| caps2 = 11

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2007

| clubs3 = Leek Town

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2008–2009

| clubs4 = Wingate & Finchley

| caps4 = 61

| goals4 = 9

| years5 = 2009

| clubs5 = AFC Hayes

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2010

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| years7 = 2012

| clubs7 = Radcliffe Borough{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/player.php?ID=233283 | title=[233283] Tim Lees Player Profile - archives.football }}

| caps7 = 2

| goals7 = 0

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| managerclubs1 = Watford (Coach)

| manageryears1 = 2008–2010

| managerclubs2 = Wigan Athletic (Coach)

| manageryears2 = 2010–2014

| managerclubs3 = Liverpool (Coach)

| manageryears3 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs4 = St Louis FC (Academy Director)

| manageryears4 = 2015-2019

| managerclubs5 = Warrington Rylands (First Team Coach)

| manageryears5 = 2020–2023

| managerclubs6 = Bury (Assistant Manager)

| manageryears6 = 2023–

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Timothy Martin Lees (born 24 January 1986) is an English football player and football coach. He is Assistant Manager of Bury.

Club career

Lees signed schoolboy forms at Bolton Wanderers after being released by Everton Academy. His recorded semi-professional clubs include Stalybridge Celtic,{{cite web|url=http://www.stalybridgeceltic.co.uk/player.php?code=LEEST|title=Tim Lees profile|publisher=Stalybridge Celtic|date=|accessdate=18 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/college-soccer-star-s-usa-goal-1-186134|title=College soccer star's USA goal|publisher=Wigan Today|date=7 May 2008|accessdate=18 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wigantoday.net/news/one-last-kick-for-soccer-ace-tim-1-173055|title=one last kick for soccer ace tim|publisher=Wigan Today|date=1 June 2007|accessdate=18 August 2014}} Wingate & Finchley, AFC Hayes,{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/cmlink/harlow_herald_2_1062/sport/new_faces_set_to_join_hawks_1_396623|title=New faces set to join Hawks|work=Harlow Herald |date=2 July 2009|accessdate=18 August 2014}} and Radcliffe Borough.{{cite web|url=http://www.rbfc.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=5764|title=Club snippets|publisher=Radcliffe Borough|date=|accessdate=18 August 2014}}

Coaching career

Lees was employed as Technical Coach for Pepsi in 2007, working on global events with David Beckham, Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho. In 2008 he worked as Youth Development Phase Coach at England's first full-time training model at Watford FC Academy with 12-16 age groups. In 2010 he moved to Wigan Athletic as Youth Development Lead, under Roberto Martinez, before moving to Liverpool football club{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/timlees10/status/501116113103900672 |title=Archived copy |website=twitter.com |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111164445/https://twitter.com/timlees10/status/501116113103900672 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |url-status=dead}} in 2013 working alongside Michael Beale and Pepijn Lijnders. Lees became Academy Director at American professional club St Louis City SC in 2015, overseeing the 7–23's youth structure and as First Team coach.

Lees was First Team Coach at Warrington Rylands, owned by Wayne Rooney's agent Paul Stretford, winning back-to-back promotions and the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium. In 2023 he was named as Assistant Manager at Bury.

Other career

Lees played for England semi-professional Budweiser team at the FIFA 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, selected and managed by Jamie Redknapp.{{cite web|url=http://www.wigantoday.net/news/tim-s-on-top-of-the-world-1-165694|title=Tim's on top of the world|publisher=Wigan Today|date=8 June 2006|accessdate=18 August 2014}} He was later chosen to represent Great Britain in the Channel 4 2006 TV series The Pepsi Max World Challenge, chosen from a pool of 17,000 entrants and open to players not signed to professional football clubs.{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerschooluk.co.uk/tim-lees/|title=Meet Tim Lees|publisher=International Football Development Academy|date=|accessdate=18 August 2014}} The series had a $100,000 prize for the winning country and involved David Beckham, Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry, Carlos Puyol, Roberto Carlos and Alessandro Nesta. The show took place in Rio De Janeiro, Milan, London, Madrid and Cairo. Lees has directed several football commercials and advertisements.