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30 May 1966(Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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Lee Simon Butler (born 30 May 1966) is an English retired footballer, who is currently goalkeeping coach at Sunderland.
The highest level of football he played was at Aston Villa, although he found his first-team appearances limited there behind first choice goalkeeper Nigel Spink.
He was appointed goalkeeping coach of Bradford City in July 2013. In June 2016, he left Bradford to assume a similar role at Bolton Wanderers, leaving alongside manager Phil Parkinson. On 2 November 2019 Butler once again followed Parkinson, and became Sunderland's goalkeeping coach.