Lee John Payne is an English former professional footballer and currently a football agent. He played as a left-winger in both England and the Netherlands.

Payne joined Luton Town as a school boy, but was later released as an eighteen year old. His first senior appearance in football came with Hitchin Town

Hitchin Town F.C.

Hitchin Town Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. They will compete in the Southern Football League's Premier Division for the 2011–12 season...

 in 1985 and after a successful spell there he moved on to Barnet

Barnet F.C.

Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

, helping them to second place in the Conference

Football Conference

The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

 at the end of the 1987-88 season.

The following season Lee was sold to Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

 for a non league record transfer fee of £125,000 and in October of that season made his football league debut against Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

 in a 3-1 victory at St James Park. He went on to make seven appearances for the Magpies before moving to Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

 in March 1989 for a transfer fee of £60,000.

After making 36 appearances and scoring 3 goals Payne moved to Dutch first division side BV Veendam

BV Veendam

SC Veendam is a Dutch football club based in Veendam, Groningen province, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The club's official colours are black and yellow.- History :...

 in 1990 where in his first season became BV Veendam's player of the year making 32 appearances and scoring 12 goals. In 1991/92 Payne was transferred for a sum of around £100,000 to rival Dutch club FC Emmen

FC Emmen

FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:...

 where he spent three seasons before returning to BV Veendam for a further season only to be forced to end his playing career in 1996 through a serious knee injury.

He subsequently became a football agent, holding a Fifa

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

agents license and represents a number of high profile footballers in England under the name of his company Lee Payne Associates Ltd.
Lee has recently become a born again Christian and currently lives in Brazil.
Payne's father was manager in non-league football in England.