Stuart Lewis

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Stuart Lewis
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Lewis playing for Maidstone United in 2017
Personal information
Full name Stuart Allan Lewis [1]
Date of birth (1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 (age 35) [2]
Place of birth Welwyn Garden City, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–1998 Norwich City [3]
1998–2004 Arsenal
2004–2005 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2007 Barnet 4 (0)
2007–2008 Stevenage Borough 30 (3)
2008–2010 Gillingham 51 (1)
2010–2011 Dagenham & Redbridge 10 (0)
2010–2011 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 25 (2)
2011–2015 Wycombe Wanderers 127 (6)
2015–2017 Ebbsfleet United 67 (4)
2017 → Maidstone United (loan) 15 (1)
2017–2018 Maidstone United 54 (4)
2018–2019 Dover Athletic 31 (2)
Total414(23)
International career
2002–2003 England U16 5 (0)
2003 England U17 2 (0)
2007 England C 1 (0)
Managerial career
2019– Tottenham Hotspur (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stuart Allan Lewis (born 15 October 1987) is an English retired footballer who works as Under-18s coach for Tottenham Hotspur.

Contents

Early life

Born in Welwyn Garden City, Lewis has lived in Turnford, Hertfordshire since birth. He played youth football for Wormley youth U8-U10s. While playing U10s he captained the league representative team, winning the interleague cup.[ citation needed ]

Career

Youth career

Lewis joined for Norwich City Academy in 1995, and moved to the Arsenal Academy in 1998. During his time at Arsenal he captained the U10s to U16s also representing the England Youth team. He played six games for the U16s squad, winning the Victory Shield in 2002 and captaining the team in 2003 on tour to Northern Ireland. Furthermore, he played twice for the England U17s. He joined the Tottenham Hotspur youth system in 2004 on a scholarship contract.

In 2005, he signed a two-year professional contract. After signing his contract Lewis went on to regularly captain the Tottenham U18s youth team. Notably playing in the FA Youth Cup semi-final team, whilst playing alongside players who were a year older.[ citation needed ]

He progressed to the Tottenham reserve team, where he played regularly. In 2006, won the Premier Reserve League South.

Move to Barnet

Lewis wanted to play first team football. In 2007, he left Tottenham to join Barnet on 31 January 2007, [4] where he made his Bees debut against Torquay United on 3 February. On 22 March, he was released by Barnet and he subsequently signed for Stevenage Borough.

Stevenage

In the same year (2007) he signed for Stevenage Borough. Whilst playing here, he starred in the England C team against Finland U'21s, winning 2–0 in Helsinki. [5]

Gillingham

Lewis signed for Gillingham on 28 January 2008, alongside Barry Fuller, both men linking up again with former Stevenage manager Mark Stimson. He made his debut for Gillingham in the 2–0 away defeat to Tranmere Rovers on 29 January 2008. Lewis played for Gillingham in the 2009 Football League Two play-off final at the new Wembley Stadium, gaining promotion to League One after beating Shrewsbury Town 1–0.

Dagenham & Redbridge

He joined newly promoted League One side Dagenham & Redbridge on a three-year contract in June 2010. [6]

Wycombe Wanderers

After making 10 appearances for the "Daggers", on 22 November, he was sent on a one-month loan to Wycombe Wanderers. [7] The deal was extended by a further month on 21 December, [8] and the following month Lewis' contract with Dagenham was cancelled by mutual consent and he joined Wycombe on an 18-month contract. [9] [10] After signing a permanent deal for Wycombe in January 2011 Lewis went on to be an integral part of the team which gained automatic promotion to league one in 2011.

Wycombe were relegated to League Two in 2012. Lewis remained at the club, making over 150 first-team appearances and being named Players' Player of the Season and Wycombe Wanderers supporters association Player of the Year in 2012–13. Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth appointed Lewis as club captain in 2013.

Ebbsfleet United

In January 2015 Lewis dropped into Non-League football when he joined Conference South club Ebbsfleet United. [11] Manager Jamie Day made Lewis club captain in 2015. Lewis was voted Ebbsfleet player of the year for 2015–16.

Maidstone United

On 19 January 2017 Lewis joined National League club Maidstone United on loan until the end of the season. [12] He made his debut against Torquay United on 21 January, with his performance in the 2–1 victory winning him the man-of-the-match award. [13] On 29 April it was announced that Lewis had made his move permanent. Lewis was named Maidstone United's Supporters Player of the Year 2016–17, he was also named in the Kent Online Team of the Season 2016–17. [14] In January 2018 manager Jay Saunders named Lewis as captain.

Dover Athletic

On 11 October 2018, following a transfer request, Lewis left Maidstone to join fellow league rivals, Dover Athletic on a two-year deal. [15] He made 31 league appearances in the 2018–19 season, scoring two goals. [16]

Coaching career

Having had a part-time role there for four years, Lewis took up a full-time coaching role at the Tottenham Hotspur academy in 2019, and thereupon retired from playing football. [17] In July 2021, Lewis was appointed manager of Spurs Under-18s. [18]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barnet 2006–07 [19] League Two 4000000040
Stevenage Borough 2006–07 [19] Conference National 8000—0080
2007–08 [20] 22310—00233
Stevenage total303100000313
Gillingham 2007–08 [20] League One 100—0000100
2008–09 [21] League Two 21020003 [lower-alpha 1] 0260
2009–10 [22] League One 20130001 [lower-alpha 2] 0241
Gillingham total511500040601
Dagenham & Redbridge 2010–11 [23] League One 100001000110
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2010–11 [23] League Two 25220—00272
Wycombe Wanderers 2011–12 [24] League One 41110102 [lower-alpha 2] 0451
2012–13 [25] League Two 442001000452
2013–14 [26] 36330103 [lower-alpha 2] 0433
2014–15 [27] 6010001 [lower-alpha 2] 080
Wycombe total12765030601416
Ebbsfleet United 2014–15 [28] Conference South 162——4 [lower-alpha 3] 0202
2015–16 [28] National League South 39110—5 [lower-alpha 4] 1452
2016–17 [28] 12132—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0183
Ebbsfleet total6744200121837
Maidstone United (loan) 2016–17 [28] National League 151——00151
Maidstone United 2017–18 [29] National League 41440—4 [lower-alpha 3] 0494
2018–19 [29] 13000—00130
Maidstone total544400040624
Dover Athletic 2018–19 [29] National League 31220—20352
Career total414232324028146926
  1. ↑ Appearances in the League Two play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Two appearances in the FA Trophy, three appearances and a goal in the National League South play-offs

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  4. ↑ "Barnet snap up Tottenham's Lewis". BBC News. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Finnish success for Cs
  6. ↑ "Dagenham & Redbridge sign Gwillim and Lewis". BBC Sport. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "Stuart Lewis joins Wycombe on loan". daggers.co.uk. Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  8. ↑ "Lewis extends Wycombe loan". daggers.co.uk. Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Lewis contract cancelled by mutual consent". daggers.co.uk. Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Blues seal permanent deal for Lewis". wycombewanderers.co.uk. Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Lewis moves to Ebbsfleet". Sky Sports. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Maidstone United FC » Stones sign Lewis on loan
  13. ↑ Maidstone United FC » Maidstone United 2-1 Torquay United
  14. ↑ KentOnline team-of-the-year features players from 10 clubs
  15. ↑ "Lewis makes move to Crabble". Dover Athletic F.C. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  16. ↑ England - S. Lewis - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
  17. ↑ "Former Gillingham, Ebbsfleet, Maidstone and Dover midfielder Stuart Lewis announces his retirement". KM Group. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  18. ↑ "Academy coaching update". tottenhamhotspur.com. 3 July 2021.
  19. 1 2 "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  23. 1 2 "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Stuart Lewis in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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