| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 June 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Bray, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shelbourne | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 2022–2024 | Shelbourne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Shelbourne | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Longford Town (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Wexford (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:05, 2 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2025 | |||
Lewis Temple (born 11 June 2005) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shelbourne.
A native of Bray. County Wicklow, Temple played youth football for his local club Bray Wanderers. He played for their under-15 team in 2020 before graduating to the under-17 side in 2021 before moving to Shelbourne's academy in 2022. [1]
Temple's first involvement with the Shelbourne first team came when he appeared in both the First Round of the 2022 FAI Cup on 29 July 2022, being introduced as a second-half substitute against his former club Bray Wanderers. [2]
He made three appearances in the 2022–23 Leinster Senior Cup for Shelbourne, before joining Longford Town on loan during the summer. He made 22 appearances in the First Division for Longford.
Temple signed a two-year contract with Shelbourne in February 2024. [3] He joined Wexford on loan for the second half of their First Division season. [4] He scored his first professional goal against Athlone Town in August 2024. He went on to make 20 appearances as the club reached the promotion and relegation play-off semi-final and the 2024 FAI Cup semi-final. [5]
Temple found himself given more first-team opportunities for Shelbourne in 2025 following injuries to Paddy Barrett and Sam Bone. In his third start of the season on 4th April he was awarded the player of the match award against St Patrick's Athletic. [6] Shelbourne manager Damien Duff praised his "amazing mentality" after having "to wait for his chance" but then "going in and doing brilliantly". [7] In September 2025, Shelbourne manager Joey O'Brien left Temple out of the club's League Phase squad for the UEFA Conference League. [8]
Temple attended Presentation College in Bray. [9] He competed internationally in kickboxing in his youth. He began kickboxing at the age of 4 with the Eagle Martial Arts Club for Bray and Arklow. When he was nine years old he won bronze at the 2014 WKKC World Kickboxing Championships, before going on to obtain a black belt and become world champion by age 12. [10] He decided to fully focus on football when he was 15.
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shelbourne | 2022 | LOI Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 [c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Longford Town (loan) | 2023 | LOI First Division | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Wexford (loan) | 2024 | LOI First Division | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 [d] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| Career total | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
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