Keane Lewis-Potter

{{short description|English footballer (born 2001)}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Keane Lewis-Potter

| image = Keane Lewis-Potter 2022 (2) (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Lewis-Potter playing for Hull City in 2022

| full_name = Keane William Lewis-Potter{{cite web |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Hull City |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/202021/efl-squad-numbering-11.09.2020.pdf |access-date=21 September 2020 |publisher=English Football League |page=35}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|2|22|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Keane Lewis-Potter |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/teams/profile/keane-lewis-potter |access-date=2 August 2022 |publisher=Brentford F.C.}}

| birth_place = Kingston upon Hull, England

| height = {{convert|1.70|m|order=flip}}

| position = Left winger, left wing-back

| currentclub = Brentford

| clubnumber = 23

| youthyears1 = 2015–2019

| youthclubs1 = Hull City

| years1 = 2019–2022

| clubs1 = Hull City

| caps1 = 110

| goals1 = 27

| years2 = 2019

| clubs2 = → Bradford (Park Avenue) (loan)

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2022–

| clubs3 = Brentford

| caps3 = 67

| goals3 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2022

| nationalteam1 = England U21

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update = 23:44, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Keane William Lewis-Potter (born 22 February 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays primarily as a left winger or left wing-back for {{English football updater|Brentfor}} club Brentford.

Club career

Lewis-Potter made his senior debut for Hull City in January 2019 when he came on as a substitute in an FA Cup match against Millwall.{{cite web |title=Keane Lewis-Potter |url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/teams/first-team/forward/keane-lewis-potter/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509192344/https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/teams/first-team/forward/keane-lewis-potter/ |archive-date=9 May 2022 |publisher=Hull City A.F.C.}} In March 2019, Lewis-Potter went on loan to Bradford (Park Avenue) for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.{{cite news |date=29 March 2019 |title=Keane Lewis-Potter joins Bradford (Park Avenue) on loan |work=Telegraph and Argus |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17537869.keane-lewis-potter-joins-bradford-park-avenue-on-loan/ |access-date=14 June 2019}}

On 9 November 2019, Lewis-Potter made his league debut for Hull City when he came on as an 89th-minute substitute for Leonardo Lopes in the 1–0 home loss to West Bromwich Albion.{{cite news |date=9 November 2019 |title=Hull City 0–1 West Bromwich Albion |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50271672 |access-date=9 November 2019}} On 30 November 2019, he came on as a substitute for Callum Elder and scored the only Hull goal and his first professional goal in a 3–1 defeat to Barnsley.{{cite news |date=30 November 2019 |title=Barnsley 3–1 Hull City |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50526513 |access-date=30 November 2019}}

On 18 January 2021, Lewis-Potter signed a new contract with Hull City until summer 2023.{{cite news |date=18 January 2021 |title=Keane Lewis-Potter Signs New Contract |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |url=https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/2021/january/keane-lewis-potter-signs-new-contract/ |access-date=19 January 2021}}

On 3 May 2022, Lewis-Potter was awarded three player of the season awards for Hull City; the players player of the season, fans player of the season and the player of the season chosen by Hull City manager Shota Arveladze.

=Brentford=

On 12 July 2022, Premier League club Brentford announced the signing of Lewis-Potter on a six-year contract, for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web |title=Keane Lewis-Potter joins Brentford |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2022/july/keane-lewis-potter-joins-brentford/ |access-date=12 July 2022 |website=www.brentfordfc.com}}{{cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=Lewis-Potter moves to Brentford |url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2022/july/lewis-potter-moves-to-brentford/ |access-date=12 July 2022 |website=wearehullcity.co.uk}} He scored his first top-flight goal at home to Aston Villa on 17 December 2023.{{cite news |date=17 December 2023 |title=Ollie Watkins plays villain for Villans in chaotic comeback win at Brentford |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/news/brentford-vs-aston-villa-how-to-watch-live-stream-link-team-news |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=NBC Sports }}

International career

In March 2022, Lewis-Potter received a first international call-up to the England under-21 squad for the upcoming 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification fixtures.{{cite web |date=18 March 2022 |title=England MU21 squad for qualifiers with Andorra and Albania |url=https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2022/Mar/18/england-mu21s-squad-named-for-andorra-and-albania-games-20221803 |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=www.englandfootball.com}}

He made his debut when coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Noni Madueke against Albania.{{cite news |date=29 March 2022 |title=Hull City's Keane Lewis-Potter makes England debut in convincing Albania win |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/albania-0-3-england-u21-6878773 |access-date=29 March 2022}}

Personal life

Lewis-Potter attended St Mary's College, Hull.{{cite web |title=Keane Lewis-Potter: The 1% Club |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/the-long-read-keane-lewis-potter-interview-brentford-hull-city |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=www.brentfordfc.com }}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 26 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=K. Lewis-Potter: Summary |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/keane-lewis-potter-/530007/ |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|EFL Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="5"|Hull City

|2018–19{{soccerbase season|118115|2018|access-date=9 May 2022}}

|Championship

|0

01000colspan="2"|—10
2019–20{{soccerbase season|118115|2019|access-date=9 May 2022}}

|Championship

|21

21000colspan="2"|—222
2020–21{{soccerbase season|118115|2020|access-date=9 May 2022}}

|League One

|43

1320303{{efn|Appearances in EFL Trophy}}25115
2021–22{{soccerbase season|118115|2021|access-date=9 May 2022}}

|Championship

|46

121011colspan="2"|—4813
colspan=2|Total

!110

2750413212230
Bradford (Park Avenue) (loan)

|2018–19

|National League North

|5

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—50
rowspan="4" |Brentford

|2022–23{{soccerbase season|118115|2022|access-date=18 July 2023}}

|Premier League

|10

01021colspan=2|—131
2023–24{{soccerbase season|118115|2023|access-date=12 May 2024}}

|Premier League

|30

32020colspan="2"|—343
2024–25{{soccerbase season|118115|2024|access-date=29 August 2024}}

|Premier League

|27

11041colspan="2"|—322
colspan="2"|Total

!67

44082colspan="2"|—796
colspan="3"|Career total

!182

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Honours

Hull City

  • EFL League One: 2020–21{{cite book |title=Football Yearbook 2021–2022 |date=2021 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-4722-8834-9 |editor-last=Anderson |editor-first=John |location=London |pages=192–193}}

Individual

  • EFL Young Player of the Month: September 2020{{cite news |date=16 October 2020 |title=Lewis-Potter named EFL Young Player of the Month |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |url=https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/2020/october/lewis-potter-named-efl-young-player-of-the-month/ |access-date=17 October 2020 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420031956/https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/2020/october/lewis-potter-named-efl-young-player-of-the-month/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Hull City Player of the Year: 2021–22{{cite news |date=3 May 2022 |title=Lewis-Potter wins hat-trick of awards |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2022/may/hull-city-awards-recap-2022/ |access-date=3 May 2022}}
  • Hull City Players' Player of the Year: 2021–22
  • Hull City Supporters' Player of the Year: 2021–22
  • The Athletic Alternative Premier league Team of the Season: 2024–25{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6336642/2025/05/20/athletic-end-of-season-awards-2024-25-men/ |title= The Athletic’s end-of-season awards, 2024-25: Men’s football |website=The Athletic’s |date=28 May 2025}}

References

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