Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lewis Lee Montsma [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lincoln City | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | AFC | ||
2013–2017 | SC Heerenveen | ||
2018 | SC Cambuur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | FC Dordrecht | 46 | (1) |
2020– | Lincoln City | 67 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:59, 25 March 2023 (UTC) |
Lewis Lee Montsma (born 25 April 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Lincoln City. [2] He also works as a model. [3]
Montsma’s mother is Swedish, making him eligible to play for Sweden internationally. He attended St Nicolaaslyceum alongside Matthijs de Ligt, where he regularly played football with him. [4]
He made his Eerste Divisie debut for FC Dordrecht on 31 August 2018 in a game against NEC, as a starter. [5]
On the 14 July 2020, Montsma joined English League One club Lincoln City on a three year contract, on a free transfer. [6] [7] He made his Lincoln City debut and scored his first Lincoln goal in the EFL Cup on 5 September 2020 against Crewe Alexandra. [8] He would continue his goal scoring run, scoring in the second and third round of the EFL Cup against Bradford City and Liverpool. [9] [10] And his run of scoring would continue in the next game against Charlton Athletic, scoring his first goal in League One. [11] On 8 January 2022, Lewis Montsma was injured against Oxford United, which was later confirmed as an ACL injury which would rule him out of action for up to 9 months. [12] Following his surgery on his ACL, he would sign a new contract until the summer of 2024. [13] Just over a year from his injury, Montsma returned to the squad on 28 January 2023 against Cambridge United. [14] He would pick up a similar knee injury a few months later against Fleetwood Town which would see him miss the remainder of the season. [15] It was later confirmed that he had ruptured his ACL as well as other knee damage and he would have a further 12 months of rehabilitation. [16] Despite not playing during the 2023–24 season, the club confirmed they were negotiating a new contract with him. [17] On 9 July 2024, Lincoln City confirmed that Montsma had signed a short term contract for 6 months. [18]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Dordrecht | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
Total | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 1 | ||
Lincoln City | 2020–21 | League One | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 50 | 9 |
2021–22 | League One | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 26 | 2 | |
2022–23 | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
2023–24 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 67 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 84 | 11 | ||
Career total | 113 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 131 | 12 |
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