Noah Lewis (footballer)

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Noah Lewis
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-23) 23 August 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Almere, Netherlands
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back [1]
Team information
Current team
Perugia
Number 44
Youth career
2005–2011 Waterwijk
2011–2012 Almere City
2012–2019 Feyenoord
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Feyenoord 0 (0)
2019–2020FC Dordrecht (loan) 10 (0)
2021–2022 Willem II 0 (0)
2023 St Patrick's Athletic 17 (2)
2024– Perugia 15 (1)
International career
2017 Netherlands U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2024

Noah Lewis (born 23 August 2000) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie C club Perugia.

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Club career

Youth career

Born in Almere, Lewis started out playing with Waterwijk, before joining Almere City at the age of 11, where he spent 1 year before joining Feyenoord Academy in 2012. He spent 7 years playing at Youth level for Feyenoord, featuring in the Beloften Eredivisie, KNVB Reserve Cup, Premier League International Cup and UEFA Youth League. [2]

Feyenoord

Lewis made his first team debut for Feyenoord on 21 March 2018, replacing Sven van Beek from the bench in a 4–0 win over ADO Den Haag in a friendly. [3]

FC Dordrecht loan

In July 2019, he was loaned out to Eerste Divisie side FC Dordrecht until 2 January 2020. He made a total of 10 appearances in the league and 2 more in the KNVB Cup. [4]

Willem II

Lewis signed for Eredivisie side Willem II in September 2021. [5] He featured mainly for the club's reserve side but was an unused substitute in 3 of the first team's Eredivisie games during the season as they were relegated to the Eerste Divisie. [4]

St Patrick's Athletic

On 26 January 2023, Lewis signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic. [6] [2] [7] Manager Tim Clancy revealed that the opportunity to sign Lewis came about after a move to a UK club collapsed after Lewis failed to obtain a work permit for that country as he did not meet the criteria following a rule change due to Brexit. [8] Lewis was voted Player of the Month for February 2023 by the clubs supporters for his performances in his first month with the club. [9] He scored the first goals of his senior career on 2 June 2023, coming off the bench away to UCD and scoring a header from a corner with his first touch in the 42nd minute, before scoring another header from a corner in the 63rd minute of a 3–1 win. [10] On 12 July 2023, Lewis made his first appearance in European competition in a 2–1 loss against F91 Dudelange in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League at the Stade Jos Nosbaum. [11] On 12 August 2023, it was announced that Lewis had left the club by mutual consent. [12]

Perugia

On 11 January 2024, Lewis signed for Serie C side Perugia on a contract until June 2026, following a successful trial period with the Italian club. [13] [14]

International career

Lewis made his Netherlands U17 debut on 12 February 2017 in a 2–1 loss to Portugal U17. [15] In October 2018, he was an unused substitute for Netherlands U19 in their 5–0 win over Faroe Islands U19, [16] 6–0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 [17] and their 2–1 loss to Republic of Ireland U19. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Feyenoord 2019–20 [4] Eredivisie 000 [lower-alpha 2] 000
2020–21 [4] 00000 [lower-alpha 2] 000
Total00000000
FC Dordrecht (loan) 2019–20 [4] Eerste Divisie 10020120
Willem II 2021–22 [4] Eredivisie 000000
St Patrick's Athletic 2023 [4] LOI Premier Division 172001 [lower-alpha 3] 00 [lower-alpha 4] 0182
Perugia 2023–24 [4] Serie C 151003 [lower-alpha 5] 0181
Career total423201030553

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