Stuart Lewis
{{lead too short|date=May 2025}}
{{short description|English footballer and coach}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stuart Lewis
| image = Stuart Lewis.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Stuart Allan Lewis{{Cite book
| editor-first = Barry J.
| editor-last = Hugman
| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10
| year = 2009
| publisher = Mainstream Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-84596-474-0
| page = 250 }}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|15|df=y}}{{cite book
| editor-last = Hugman
| editor-first = Barry J.
| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09
| publisher = Mainstream
| year = 2008
| isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8}}
| birth_place = Welwyn Garden City, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1997–1998
| youthyears2 = 1998–2004
| youthyears3 = 2004–2005
| youthclubs1 = Norwich City{{cite news
| title = Flown from the nest: Stuart Lewis
| url = http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/lewis-stuart.htm
| publisher = Flown from the Nest
| accessdate = 3 March 2010}}
| youthclubs2 = Arsenal
| youthclubs3 = Tottenham Hotspur
| years1 = 2005–2007
| years2 = 2007
| years3 = 2007–2008
| years4 = 2008–2010
| years5 = 2010–2011
| years6 = 2010–2011
| years7 = 2011–2015
| years8 = 2015–2017
| years9 = 2017
| years10 = 2017–2018
| years11 = 2018–2019
| clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur
| clubs2 = Barnet
| clubs3 = Stevenage Borough
| clubs4 = Gillingham
| clubs5 = Dagenham & Redbridge
| clubs6 = → Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
| clubs7 = Wycombe Wanderers
| clubs8 = Ebbsfleet United
| clubs9 = → Maidstone United (loan)
| clubs10 = Maidstone United
| clubs11 = Dover Athletic
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| caps3 = 30
| goals3 = 3
| caps4 = 51
| goals4 = 1
| caps5 = 10
| goals5 = 0
| caps6 = 25
| goals6 = 2
| caps7 = 127
| goals7 = 6
| caps8 = 67
| goals8 = 4
| caps9 = 15
| goals9 = 1
| caps10 = 54
| goals10 = 4
| caps11 = 31
| goals11 = 2
| totalcaps = 414
| totalgoals = 23
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2003
| nationalteam1 = England U16
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2003
| nationalteam2 = England U17
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2007
| nationalteam3 = England C
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2019–
| managerclubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur (youth)
}}
Stuart Allan Lewis (born 15 October 1987) is an English retired footballer who works as Under-18s coach for Tottenham Hotspur.
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|date=May 2010}}
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|date=May 2010}}
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,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnet/6319369.stm|title=Barnet snap up Tottenham's Lewis| date=1 February 2007 | accessdate=6 January 2010|publisher=BBC News}} 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.[http://www.thefa.com/England/england-c/News/2009/EngC_Finland_vEngland Finnish success for Cs]
=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.{{cite news |title=Dagenham & Redbridge sign Gwillim and Lewis |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/8720642.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 June 2010 |accessdate=3 June 2010}}
=Wycombe Wanderers=
After making 10 appearances for the "Daggers", on 22 November, he was sent on a one-month loan to Wycombe Wanderers.{{cite news |title=Stuart Lewis joins Wycombe on loan |url=http://www.daggers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10692~2227451,00.html |work=daggers.co.uk |publisher=Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. |date=22 November 2010 |accessdate=23 November 2010}} The deal was extended by a further month on 21 December,{{cite news |title=Lewis extends Wycombe loan |url=http://www.daggers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10692~2248804,00.html |work=daggers.co.uk |publisher=Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. |date=21 December 2010 |accessdate=13 January 2011}} and the following month Lewis' contract with Dagenham was cancelled by mutual consent and he joined Wycombe on an 18-month contract.{{cite news |title=Lewis contract cancelled by mutual consent |url=http://www.daggers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10692~2275248,00.html |work=daggers.co.uk |publisher=Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. |date=24 January 2011 |accessdate=27 January 2011}}{{cite news |title=Blues seal permanent deal for Lewis |url=http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10430~2274360,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329062954/http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10430~2274360,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2012 |work=wycombewanderers.co.uk |publisher=Wycombe Wanderers F.C. |date=24 January 2011 |accessdate=27 January 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9635763/lewis-moves-to-ebbsfleet|title=Lewis moves to Ebbsfleet|publisher=Sky Sports|date=8 January 2015|accessdate=11 January 2015}} 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.[http://www.maidstoneunited.co.uk/2017/01/stones-sign-lewis-on-loan/ Maidstone United FC » Stones sign Lewis on loan] 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.[http://www.maidstoneunited.co.uk/fixture_and_result/maidstone-united-2-1-torquay-united/ Maidstone United FC » Maidstone United 2-1 Torquay United] 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.[http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/team-of-the-year-125253/ KentOnline team-of-the-year features players from 10 clubs] 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.{{Cite news |title=Lewis makes move to Crabble |url=http://www.doverathletic.com/news/lewis-makes-move-to-crabble/ |publisher=Dover Athletic F.C. |date=11 October 2018 |accessdate=11 October 2018}} He made 31 league appearances in the 2018–19 season, scoring two goals.[https://uk.soccerway.com/players/stuart-lewis/50548/ England - S. Lewis - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway]
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.{{Cite news |title=Former Gillingham, Ebbsfleet, Maidstone and Dover midfielder Stuart Lewis announces his retirement|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/sport/stu-calls-it-a-day-207497/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/sport/stu-calls-it-a-day-207497/ |publisher=KM Group |date=28 June 2019 |accessdate=1 July 2019}} In July 2021, Lewis was appointed coach of Tottenham Under-18s.{{cite web|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2021/july/academy-coaching-update/|title=Academy coaching update|website=tottenhamhotspur.com|date=3 July 2021}} In 2022 the team reachedthe final of the under 18s Premier League Cup.{{Cite web |title=Under-18s make it a League Cup double! |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2023/may/under-18s-make-it-a-league-cup-double/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Tottenham Hotspur |language=en}} In 2023 Lewis went on to win the double with the Tottenham Hotspur U17s and U18s both winning the Premier League Cup.{{Cite web |title=Under-18s make it a League Cup double! |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2023/may/under-18s-make-it-a-league-cup-double/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Tottenham Hotspur |language=en}} Lewis later went on to win the Premier League Cup again with the U17s in the 2024–25 season.{{Cite web |title="To win it again, there's no better feeling!" – Stuart Lewis savours latest cup triumph |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2025/april/academy-stuart-lewis-savours-latest-cup-triumph/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Tottenham Hotspur |language=en}}
Career statistics
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Honours
References
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External links
{{commons category|Stuart Lewis}}
- [http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10416~38921,00.html Stuart Lewis player profile] at gillinghamfootballclub.com
- {{Soccerbase}}
{{Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year}}
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Category:Footballers from Welwyn Garden City
Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's youth international footballers
Category:England men's semi-pro international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Category:Stevenage F.C. players
Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players
Category:Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Ebbsfleet United F.C. players
Category:Maidstone United F.C. players
Category:Dover Athletic F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:People from the Borough of Broxbourne