Lewis Travis

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Lewis Travis
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Lewis Travis with Ipswich Town in February 2024.
Personal information
Full name Lewis Travis [1]
Date of birth (1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 27) [2]
Place of birth Whiston, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 27
Youth career
2004–2014 Liverpool
2014–2016 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017– Blackburn Rovers 220 (9)
2024 → Ipswich Town (loan) 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:53, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Lewis Travis (born 16 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers for whom he captains.

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Youth career

Having come through the ranks at Liverpool as a defender, Travis was released and soon joined Blackburn Rovers where Tony Mowbray transitioned the Merseyside [4] born player into a midfielder. Lewis Travis earned a professional contract at aged 19. [5]

Club career

In January 2017, Travis signed a new professional contract at Blackburn Rovers penning a one-year deal. [6]

In August 2017, Travis made his first team debut, starting the match for Blackburn in the 2017–18 EFL Trophy game against Stoke City U21s. [7] In December 2018, Travis broke into the starting eleven for Blackburn and had an extended run of games in the centre of midfield in which he impressed the manager, Tony Mowbray, who said he had saved him money because he would not have to make a new signing in his position. [8]

In September 2021, Travis captained his side as Darragh Lenihan missed out through injury. Blackburn lost 3–2 to Huddersfield Town at the John Smith's Stadium. [9]

In March 2022, Lewis Travis signed a long term deal with Blackburn Rovers keeping him at the club until 2026. [10] In July 2022, he was appointed club captain following the departure of Darragh Lenihan. [11]

In June 2023, Blackburn rejected a bid from Millwall for Travis. [12]

In January 2024, he joined Ipswich Town on loan for the remainder of the season. [13] He helped guide Ipswich to their first promotion to the Premier League in 22 years, with the club finishing second place in the 2023–24 EFL Championship.

Career statistics

As of match played 27 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers 2017–18 [14] League One 50300020100
2018–19 [15] EFL Championship 261203000311
2019–20 [16] 432001000432
2020–21 [17] 190102000220
2021–22 [18] 451001000461
2022–23 [19] 422501000482
2023–24 [20] 200002000220
Total2006110100202236
Ipswich Town (loan) 2023–24 [20] EFL Championship 9000000090
Career total2096110100202326

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

Ipswich Town

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References

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  2. ↑ "Lewis Travis". Rovers.co.uk. Blackburn Rovers. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "L. Travis: Summary". soccerway. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lewis Travis | Player profile". jobs4football. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Lewis Travis - YouthHawk". youthhawk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lewis Travis signs new one-year deal". Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rovers v Stoke City u21 team news". rovers.co.uk. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  8. ↑ Sharpe, Rich (15 January 2019). "Lewis Travis has 'saved Rovers money', says Mowbray". Lancashire Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Crooke, Jaquob (2 October 2021). "Captaincy will help Lewis Travis elevate his game for Rovers". LancsLive. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  10. ↑ FC, Blackburn Rovers (11 March 2022). "Trav signs new long-term deal!". Blackburn Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Trav's pride following captaincy confirmation". rovers.co.uk. 28 July 2022. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Millwall have bid rejected for Rovers captain Lewis Travis". Lancashire Telegraph. 20 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Lewis Travis: Ipswich Town sign Blackburn Rovers captain on loan". BBC Sport. 5 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Travis in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Travis in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Travis in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Travis in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Travis in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Travis in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Lewis Travis in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  21. ↑ "League One Betting | 2017/18 | Soccer Base".
  22. ↑ "We Are Premier League!". 4 May 2024.
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