Francis Lee (mai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa)

**Francis Henry Lee** CBE (29 Afrilu 1944 - 2 Oktoba 2023), wanda aka fi sani da **Franny Lee**,   ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne kuma ɗan kasuwa ɗan Ingila. Daga baya ya zama shugaban kuma babban mai hannun jari na Manchester City, haka kuma ɗan wasan tsere na ɗan lokaci kuma ɗan wasan kurket mai son shiga.

A matsayinsa na ɗan wasan gaba, ya buga wa Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Derby County da kuma ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila wasa . An san shi da saurinsa da jajircewarsa, ya zira kwallaye sama da 200 a rayuwarsa, inda ya lashe lambobin yabo na gasar League Championship tare da Manchester City da Derby. A shekarar 2010, an shigar da shi cikin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila .

Lee yana da tarihin Ingila na yawan bugun fenariti da aka ci a kakar wasa, wanda hakan ya sa aka yi masa lakabi da **"Lee 1 (Pen)"**, domin haka ne sunansa ya kan bayyana a jerin masu zura kwallaye a raga a gasar City a jerin sakamakon wasan da jaridun Lahadi suka fitar. Wannan ya haifar da zargin nutsewa .  Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan zargi, wanda Norman Hunter na Leeds United ya yi, ya haifar da faɗa a filin wasa. 

A shekarar 1966, Lee ya kafa FH Lee Ltd, wani kamfani da ke sake yin amfani da takarda don ƙera kayayyaki kamar na'urar girki da takardar bayan gida.  Ya fara aiki har zuwa 2003 kuma ya mai da shi miloniya. A shekarar 1994, Lee ya zama babban mai hannun jari kuma shugaban Manchester City, amma ya sauka daga mulki bayan shekaru huɗu.

## Aikin kulob

### Bolton Wanderers
A matsayinsa na ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mai shekaru 16, Lee ya fara buga wa Bolton Wanderers wasa a watan Nuwamba na 1960 a fafatawa da Manchester City a Burnden Park .  Yana buga wasan kai hari tare da fitaccen ɗan wasan ƙungiyar Nat Lofthouse, wanda a lokacin yana da shekaru 35, duka sun ci kwallaye a wasan da suka ci 3-1.  Ya sanya hannu a matsayin ƙwararren ɗan wasa a watan Mayu na 1961 kuma shi ne ɗan wasan da ya fi zura kwallaye a Bolton a kakar wasa ta 1962-63 a gasar First Division .  A kakar wasa mai zuwa, an mayar da Bolton zuwa gasar Second Division kuma kakar wasa ta biyu, a kakar wasa ta 1964-65, shi ne ɗan wasan da Lee ya fi yin fice a ƙungiyar, inda ya zira kwallaye 23 a gasar.  Ya zira kwallaye a wasanni bakwai a jere a farkon kakar wasa ta 1967-68 kuma a watan Satumba na 1967, an canza shi zuwa Manchester City, bayan ya zira kwallaye 106 a wasanni 210 da ya buga wa Bolton. 

### Manchester City
Kocin Manchester City, Joe Mercer, ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar sayen Lee a matsayin kudin da ya fi kowanne tsada a kulob din na £60,000 a shekarar 1967.  Mercer ya bayyana siyan Lee ga City a matsayin "kashi na karshe na wasan."  Ya fara buga wa Manchester City wasa a wasan da suka doke Wolverhampton Wanderers da ci 2-0 a Maine Road, kuma ya zura kwallonsa ta farko a City a mako mai zuwa a Fulham .   A kakar wasa ta farko a kulob din, ya zura kwallaye 16 a gasar League a wasanni 31, inda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a kokarin da City ke yi na lashe gasar; Mercer ya bayyana shi a matsayin "kashi na karshe na wasan".  An yanke hukuncin lashe gasar a ranar karshe ta kakar wasa, City ta bukaci nasara a Newcastle United . City ta lashe wasan da ci 4-3, inda Lee ya zura daya daga cikin kwallayen, kuma aka nada shi zakara.  A kakar wasa mai zuwa, Lee ya kasance cikin tawagar Manchester City da ta lashe gasar FA ta 1969. 

Kafin ya zama ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, Lee ya nuna kwarin gwiwa a wasan kurket, inda ya wakilci ƙungiyar Horwich da Westhoutton Schools FA a shekarar 1958.  Lokacin da aikinsa na ƙwallon ƙafa ya ƙare, ya koma wasan kurket na ɗan lokaci, yana bugawa ƙungiyar Westhoutton ta farko a shekarar 1977 a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mai matsakaicin gudu da kuma ɗan wasan bats na tsakiya zuwa ƙasa. 

An nada Lee a matsayin Kwamandan Daular Burtaniya (CBE) a bikin karramawa na Sabuwar Shekara ta 2016 saboda ayyukan da ya yi wa ƙwallon ƙafa da agaji. 

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