Lewis Martin (footballer)

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Lewis Martin
Personal information
Full name Lewis Martin
Date of birth (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Bonnybridge, [1] Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Brechin City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2022 Dunfermline Athletic 122 (4)
2022-2023 Kelty Hearts 28 (1)
International career‡
2014 Scotland U19 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:16, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2015

Lewis Martin (born 8 April 1996) is a Scottish [1] footballer who plays as a defender for Kelty Hearts. Martin has previously played for Dunfermline Athletic and also represented Scotland at Under-19 level. [2]

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Club career

Born in Bonnybridge [1] on the outskirts of Falkirk, Martin started his footballing career with Rangers youth squads from under-10s level, before moving to Dunfermline Athletic at the age of sixteen. [1] He made his first team debut during the 2012–13 season as a 90th-minute substitute against Scottish First Division opponents Greenock Morton, [3] after the club encountered financial problems [4] resulting in the redundancy of seven first team players. [5] Martin then made his first full start in December 2013 in a league match against Ayr United and was a semi-permanent starter for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. His first goal for the club came in a one-all draw with Rangers. [6]

During the 2014–15 season, Martin played in every league match for the Pars, bar those where he was called up to the Scotland under-19 squad. The 2015–16 season began in much the same way, with Martin starting the first thirteen competitive matches. However, after being involved in a car accident at the end of September, [7] Martin missed the matches against Albion Rovers and St Mirren [8] [9] before returning to the starting eleven in a 3–0 win against Stranraer. [10] [11]

After undergoing groin surgery in August 2018, which was expected to keep him out for six weeks, [12] Martin missed almost the entire 2018–19 season, returning for Dunfermline's penultimate league match of the season against Greenock Morton. [13]

Martin eventually returned during the 2021/22 season after overcoming numerous injury setbacks. Following Dunfermline's relegation to Scottish League One, Martin's contract was not renewed and he left the club after ten years. [14]

International career

In August 2014, Martin was called up for the Scotland under-19 squad to face Belgium in a friendly match in Tubize, [15] making his debut as a second-half substitute, replacing Blackburn Rovers defender Sam Lavelle. [2] [16] His first full start for the side was against Norway in a qualification match for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in a one-all draw which saw the side miss out on automatic qualification to the elite round of qualification. [17] In total, Martin made four appearances for the under-19 side. [18]

Career statistics

[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dunfermline Athletic 2012–13 [20] Scottish First Division 1000000010
2013–14 [21] Scottish League One 13110004 [lower-alpha 1] 0181
2014–15 [22] 28110212 [lower-alpha 2] 0332
2015–16 [23] 18010302 [lower-alpha 2] 0240
2016–17 [24] Scottish Championship 18040203 [lower-alpha 2] 0270
2017–18 [25] 16010504 [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] 0260
2018–19 [26] 2000000020
2019–20 [27] 26210501 [lower-alpha 2] 0332
2020–21 [28] 0000000000
2021–22 [29] 6000001 [lower-alpha 4] 070
Career total1294901711601645

Honours

Club

Dunfermline Athletic

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