Lee Desmond — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

5

clubs played for

12/13

debut season

0.01

goals / match

St. Patrick's Athletic

top club · 225 apps

Position rank · 2025

#293

goals rank

#121

assists rank

5

season goals

13

season assists

Among 618 Defender - Centre-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€175k

peak value · 2024

—

top transfer fee

2

best season · 2014

—

int'l / penalties

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€450k

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Ilyes Chetti

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€175k

Shares 1995-01-22 · 6 players total

374Appearances

5Goals

13Assists

31Yellow cards

0Red cards

88Full matches (90′)

Full name	Lee Desmond
Date of birth	1995-01-22 (31 yrs)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Citizenship	Ireland
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	left
Height	183.00 m
Current club	Sacramento Republic FC
Joined	2022-01-01
Contract expires	2025-11-30
Agent	First Wave Sports

Jul 2025

2025 — Sacramento Republic FC

22 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2024

2024 — Sacramento Republic FC

35 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2023

2023 — Sacramento Republic FC

26 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2022

2022 — Sacramento Republic FC

28 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2022

Transfer: St. Pat's → Sacramento FC

21/22 · Transfer

Aug 2021

Injury: unknown

7 games missed

Jul 2021

2021 — St. Patrick's Athletic

33 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2020

2020 — St. Patrick's Athletic

18 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2019

19/20 — St. Patrick's Athletic

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2019

2019 — St. Patrick's Athletic

34 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2018

2018 — St. Patrick's Athletic

42 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2017

2017 — St. Patrick's Athletic

37 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions

Oct 2016

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2016

16/17 — St. Patrick's Athletic

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2016

2016 — St. Patrick's Athletic

25 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Feb 2016

Injury: unknown

6 games missed

Jul 2015

15/16 — St. Patrick's Athletic

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2015

2015 — St. Patrick's Athletic

32 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions

Jan 2015

Transfer: Shelbourne → St. Pat's

14/15 · Transfer

Jul 2014

2014 — Shelbourne FC

30 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2013

Transfer: Newcastle U18 → Shelbourne

13/14 · Transfer

Jul 2012

12/13 — Newcastle United U21, Newcastle United U18

8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2011

Transfer: Cherry Orchard FC → Newcastle U18

11/12 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €175k

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 478 other Defender - Centre-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 2025. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.06/90

23

Assists1 total · 0.06/90

76

G+A2 total · 0.12/90

48

Yellow cards3 total · 0.18/90

72

Minutes played by club

Sacramento Republic FC 19.3%

St. Patrick's Athletic 67.0%

Shelbourne FC 13.7%

Newcastle United U18 0.0%

Newcastle United U21 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Sacramento Republic FC	4	2022	2025	111	1	3	1,522
St. Patrick's Athletic	10	15/16	2021	225	2	9	5,279
Shelbourne FC	1	2014	2014	30	2	1	1,080
Newcastle United U18	1	12/13	12/13	3	0	0	0
Newcastle United U21	1	12/13	12/13	5	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	Minutes
2025	USL Cup	Sacramento Republic FC	5	0	0	0	0
2025	USLC	Sacramento Republic FC	17	1	1	3	1,522
2024	US Open Cup	Sacramento Republic FC	3	0	0	0	0
2024	USLC	Sacramento Republic FC	31	0	1	3	0
2024	USLC Playoffs	Sacramento Republic FC	1	0	0	0	0
2023	US Open Cup	Sacramento Republic FC	1	0	0	0	0
2023	USLC	Sacramento Republic FC	22	0	0	1	0
2023	USLC Playoffs	Sacramento Republic FC	3	0	0	0	0
2022	US Open Cup	Sacramento Republic FC	7	0	1	2	0
2022	USLC	Sacramento Republic FC	21	0	0	3	0
2021	FAI Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	3	0	0	0	0
2021	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	30	1	0	5	2,511
2020	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	18	0	2	3	0
2019	FAI Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	0	0	0	0
2019	League of Ireland Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
2019	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	31	1	1	2	2,768
2018	FAI Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	0	0	0	0
2018	League of Ireland Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
2018	Leinster Senior Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	3	0	0	0	0
2018	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	36	0	2	2	0
2017	FAI Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	0	0	0	0
2017	League of Ireland Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	3	0	0	0	0
2017	Leinster Senior Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	32	0	2	1	0
2016	FAI Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	4	0	0	0	0
2016	League of Ireland Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	4	0	0	0	0
2016	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	17	0	0	0	0
2015	FAI Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	0	0	0	0
2015	League of Ireland Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	3	0	0	0	0
2015	Leinster Senior Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	0	0	0	0
2015	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	24	0	2	3	0
2015	President's Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
2014	FAI Cup	Shelbourne FC	2	0	0	0	0
2014	First Division	Shelbourne FC	24	2	1	3	1,080
2014	League of Ireland Cup	Shelbourne FC	1	0	0	0	0
2014	Leinster Senior Cup	Shelbourne FC	1	0	0	0	0
2014	Play-Offs	Shelbourne FC	2	0	0	0	0
19/20	Europa League Qualifying	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	0	0	0	0
16/17	Europa League Qualifying	St. Patrick's Athletic	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Europa League Qualifying	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	0	0	0	0
12/13	U21 PL	Newcastle United U21	1	0	0	0	0
12/13	U21 PL Qualificationsgr. 2	Newcastle United U21	4	0	0	0	0
12/13	Viareggio Cup	Newcastle United U18	3	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
11/12	2011-07-01	Cherry Orchard FC	Newcastle U18	Transfer	0	—
13/14	2013-07-04	Newcastle U18	Shelbourne	Transfer	0	—
14/15	2015-01-01	Shelbourne	St. Pat's	Transfer	0	—
21/22	2022-01-01	St. Pat's	Sacramento FC	Transfer	75000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
15/16	Knock	2016-02-29	2016-04-09	41	6
16/17	Leg injury	2016-10-22	2016-10-31	10	2
21/22	Head injury	2021-08-13	2021-09-29	48	7

Current€150k

Peak€175k

Low€75k

Δ since start+€75k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€175k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€125k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€125k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k

No national team data.

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Ian Bermingham	1	1
Conan Byrne	1	1
Brendan Clarke	1	0
Jamie Lennon	1	0
Darragh Markey	1	0
Chris Forrester	2	0
Conor Donovan	2	0
Dean Clarke	1	1
Damià Viader	2	0
Kevin Toner	1	0
Killian Brennan	2	0
Rory Feely	1	0
Jamie McGrath	2	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
2014	First Division	Shelbourne FC	2	24
2021	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	1	30
2019	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	1	31

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
2017	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	32
2018	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	36
2015	Premier Division	St. Patrick's Athletic	2	24

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
12/13	Senior debut season
2014	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	Cards / 90′
2025	22	1,522	3	0	0.18
2024	35	0	3	0	0
2023	26	0	1	1	0
2022	28	0	5	0	0
2021	33	2,511	5	1	0.22
2020	18	0	3	0	0
2019	34	2,768	2	0	0.07
2018	42	0	2	0	0
2017	37	0	1	0	0
2015	32	0	3	1	0
2014	30	1,080	3	0	0.25