Lee Baxter (born 17 June 1976) is a Scottish-Swedish

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and coach who has played for clubs in Sweden and England and trained goalkeepers in several international clubs. He moved from

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to Sheffield United in 2003, to cover a goalkeeping crisis. His only appearance was ''The Blades''

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match against

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on 6 December 2003. He was deemed to be at fault for two of the goals and was subbed at half time for

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. Baxter only played for Sheffield United in England, before moving back to Sweden with IFK Gothenburg. He is the son of football manager

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, and grandson of footballer Bill Baxter. Following his playing career, he took on the role of goalkeeper coach at AIK. In 2015, he moved to Turkish

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team, Gençlerbirliği S.K. His time at the club was cut short, following the dismissal of the head coach. Later he worked as the Head Goalkeeper coach at Supersport United, in the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL). He was later goalkeeper coach for

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* * 1976 births Living people Swedish people of Scottish descent Footballers from Helsingborg Swedish men's footballers English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers J1 League players Allsvenskan players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Vissel Kobe players Rangers F.C. players AIK Fotboll players Malmö FF players Sheffield United F.C. players IFK Göteborg players Bodens BK players Landskrona BoIS players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players AIK Fotboll non-playing staff Swedish expatriate men's footballers English expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Japan English expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub