High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lee Stuart Sharpe (born 27 May 1971 in Halesowen, Worcestershire) is an English former footballer. Predominantly a left winger, Sharpe joined Manchester United from Torquay United as a youngster in 1988, playing for the club up until 1996. He won a total of eight caps for England, but his later career failed to live up to its potential after leaving Manchester United in his mid-twenties.