Rico Lewis

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Rico Lewis
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Lewis with Manchester City in 2024
Personal information
Full name Rico Mark Lewis
Date of birth (2004-11-21) 21 November 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.69 m) [1]
Position(s) Full-back, defensive midfielder [2] [3]
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 82
Youth career
0000–2022 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Manchester City 44 (3)
International career‡
2019–2020 England U16 3 (0)
2021–2022 England U18 7 (1)
2022 England U19 3 (0)
2023– England U21 6 (0)
2023– England 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:54, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:10, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Rico Mark Lewis (born 21 November 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left or right-back or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team. [4]

Contents

Early life

Rico Mark Lewis [5] was born on 21 November 2004 [1] in Bury, Greater Manchester. [6] When he was young, Lewis was inspired by the boxer Muhammad Ali. [7] He is of Jamaican descent. [8]

Club career

Early career

Lewis joined Manchester City's academy at the age of eight and joined the club's under-18 team at the age of 15. He captained the team for the 2021–22 season, with the team winning the title. [9]

2022–23 season

Lewis was named on City's bench for the first time for Manchester City's first match of the 2022–23 season and made his Premier League debut a week later, on 13 August 2022, against AFC Bournemouth, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Kyle Walker. [10] [11] On 5 October, Lewis made his UEFA Champions League debut for Manchester City in a 5–0 win against Copenhagen, entering as a substitute for João Cancelo. [12]

After a string of substitute appearances, Lewis was given his first start in the Champions League on 2 November 2022, scoring the equaliser in a 3–1 comeback win against Sevilla. [13] In doing so, he became the youngest scorer on a first start in a Champions League match, and City's youngest ever Champions League scorer, aged 17 years and 346 days. [14] [15] Lewis received racist abuse during the match from Sevilla fans. [16] On 28 December, he was given his first start in the Premier League, in a 3–1 win over Leeds United, playing until the 68th minute, coming off for João Cancelo. [17]

On 20 May 2023, Manchester City won the 2022–23 Premier League title, with Lewis playing 14 matches, starting 10. [18] His team also won the FA Cup, with him playing all games but the final, completing a domestic double. On 10 June, his team won the Champions League for the first time, with Lewis being an unused substitute in the final, completing a continental treble. [19]

2023–present

Lewis playing for Manchester City in 2023 Yokohama F. Marinos - Manchester City (3-5) - 53075581668 (Rico Lewis).jpg
Lewis playing for Manchester City in 2023

On 16 August 2023, Lewis signed a new five-year contract with City. [20] He scored his first league goal for the club on 16 December in a 2–2 draw at home to Crystal Palace. [21]

On 22 December, Lewis started in central midfield in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup final, playing 60 minutes as City beat Fluminense 4–0 in Jeddah to become world champions for the first time. [22]

International career

In September 2021, Lewis scored for the England national under-18 team in a draw against Wales. [23]

On 21 September 2022, Lewis made his under-19 debut in a 2–0 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification win over Montenegro in Denmark. [24]

Lewis made his debut for the under-21s on 28 March 2023 in a 2–1 defeat to Croatia at Craven Cottage. [25]

On 13 November 2023, Lewis received his first call-up to the senior England national team ahead of their UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Malta and North Macedonia. [26] He made his debut on 20 November, playing the entirety of a 1–1 draw away to North Macedonia, a result that ensured England top seeding at Euro 2024. [27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City U21 2021–22 [28] ————1 [a] 010
2022–23 [29] ————1 [a] 010
Total————2020
Manchester City 2022–23 [29] Premier League 14050202 [b] 1—231
2023–24 [30] Premier League16220107 [b] 01 [c] 0272
2024–25 [31] Premier League14100205 [b] 01 [d] 0221
Total443705014120724
Career total443705014140744
  1. 1 2 Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

As of match played 14 November 2024 [32]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 202310
202440
Total50

Honours

Manchester City

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