Jamal Piaras Lewis (born 25 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Newcastle United. Born in England, he plays international football for Northern Ireland.
![]() Lewis playing for Norwich City in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jamal Piaras Lewis[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 25 January 1998||
Place of birth | Luton, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Newcastle United | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2013 | Luton Town | ||
2014–2016 | Norwich City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2020 | Norwich City | 92 | (1) |
2020– | Newcastle United | 31 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Watford (loan) | 36 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Northern Ireland U19 | 3 | (0) |
2017 | Northern Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
2018– | Northern Ireland | 36 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:50, 11 June 2024 (UTC) |
Early life
editWhen he was young, Lewis was a talented athlete competing at national level for his age-group over 800m and 1500m.[3] He represented England Schools in athletics[3][4] and finished second in the English Schools' U17 cross-country in 2014.[5]
Club career
editLuton Town
editLewis started his football career as a youth player with his home-town club Luton Town,[5] with whom he won the Aarau Masters, a European 5-a-side Under-11 Championship in 2009.[6] He left Luton Town in 2013 to focus on his prospects as a national-level 800-metre runner.[7]
Norwich City
editLewis returned to professional football in 2014, signing for Norwich City.[5]
During the 2016–17 season, he played for the Norwich U23 team.[8] At the end of the 2016–17 season, Lewis signed a new contract until 2021.[8] In December 2017, Lewis made his senior debut for Norwich City against Brentford, coming on as a substitute for Marco Stiepermann.[9] On Boxing Day 2017, he made his first start for Norwich against Birmingham City.[10] He scored his first senior goal in the 93rd minute of an FA Cup third round replay against Chelsea in January 2018.[11]
Lewis was named the EFL Young Player of the Month for September 2018,[3] and in October 2018, he was rewarded with a new long-term contract which ran until June 2023.[12]
In March 2019 he was named in the 2018–19 PFA Championship Team of the Year, alongside team-mates Max Aarons and Teemu Pukki.[13] Lewis made 28 appearances for Norwich City in the 2019–20 Premier League.[14] In August 2020, Norwich rejected a £10 million bid from Liverpool for Lewis.[15]
Newcastle United
editLewis signed a five-year contract with Newcastle United on 8 September 2020.[16] His performances though were often unconvincing and he quickly fell out of favour, so much so that in January 2022 he was omitted from the 25-player squad list for the remainder of the season.[17]
Watford (loan)
editOn 27 July 2023, Championship side Watford announced the signing of Lewis from Newcastle on a season-long loan, with a future option to make the move permanent.[18]
International career
editThough born in England, Lewis was eligible to play for Northern Ireland through his Belfast-born mother.[1] He first represented the country in 2016, making three appearances for the U19 team.[1] In June 2017, he was called up to the U21 team and made his U21 debut against Estonia.[19]
In March 2018, he was called up to the Northern Ireland senior squad for the first time.[20] He made his senior international debut in a 2–1 friendly win over South Korea on 24 March 2018.[21]
On 9 October 2021, Lewis was sent off in the first half in an eventual 2–0 loss to Switzerland. His first yellow was for a rash challenge on Breel Embolo, but his second was for timewasting after he struggled to find a teammate from a throw-in. Manager Ian Baraclough said that the decision to send Lewis off was "diabolical" and it changed the course of the game.[22][23]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 27 April 2024
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Norwich City | 2016–17[24] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2017–18[25] | Championship | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
2018–19[26] | Championship | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||
2019–20[27] | Premier League | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
Total | 92 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 100 | 2 | |||
Newcastle United | 2020–21[28] | Premier League | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
2021–22[29] | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
2022–23[30] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
Watford (loan) | 2023–24[31] | Championship | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |
Total | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
Career total | 159 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 174 | 2 |
International
edit- As of match played 11 June 2024[32]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Northern Ireland | 2018 | 6 | 0 |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2020 | 6 | 0 | |
2021 | 8 | 0 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 36 | 0 |
Honours
editNorwich City
Individual
- EFL Young Player of the Month: September 2018[3]
- EFL Team of the Season: 2018–19[34]
- PFA Team of the Year: 2018–19 Championship[35]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hanna, Gareth (21 March 2018). "Who is Jamal Lewis? Watch the Northern Ireland international net his first senior goal against Chelsea". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Jamal Lewis". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d Law, James (19 October 2018). "Jamal Lewis: Norwich City left-back wins EFL Young Player of the Month award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ Luney, Graham (21 March 2018). "How Jamal Lewis' athletics stardom helped the Luton lad become a Northern Ireland international". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b c Freezer, David (25 July 2018). "Canaries star so nearly joined Brentford before athletics intervened in his Luton development". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Fisher, Ben (12 December 2008). "Luton aim high once again after building on their talented reserves". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Freezer, David (25 July 2018). "Ex-academy boss confident former Luton prospects will shine for Canaries". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Jamal Lewis signs new deal with the Canaries". Norwich City F.C. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Freezer, David (23 December 2017). "Lewis aims to 'make an impact' for Canaries following his first-team debut". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ Bailey, Michael (27 December 2017). "'We just complement each other' – Positive impact of one City star rubs off on another". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ Begley, Emlyn (17 January 2018). "Chelsea 1–1 Norwich City (5–3 pens)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Jamal Lewis signs new contract at Norwich City". Norwich City F.C. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "EFL awards: Che Adams, Teemu Pukki & Billy Sharp on Championship shortlist". BBC Sport. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Jamal Lewis: Newcastle sign Norwich full-back on five-year deal". BBC Sport. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ Sanghera, Mandeep (6 August 2020). "Jamal Lewis: Liverpool's £10m offer rejected by Norwich City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Jamal Lewis becomes Newcastle United's fifth summer signing". Newcastle United F.C. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Newcastle star expresses 'bitter disappointment' at club decision". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Official: Hornets Sign Lewis". www.watfordfc.com. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Freezer, David (8 June 2017). "Winning debut with Northern Ireland Under-21s for Norwich City left-back Jamal Lewis". The Pink'un. Norwich. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Jamal Lewis and Conor Hazard handed first call-ups for Northern Ireland". BBC Sport. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Northern Ireland vs. Korea Republic". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Switzerland 2–0 Northern Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Switzerland 2-0 Northern Ireland: Ian Baraclough slams 'diabolical' Jamal Lewis red card decision". BBC Sport. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Jamal Lewis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Jamal Lewis in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Jamal Lewis in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Jamal Lewis in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Jamal Lewis in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Jamal Lewis in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Jamal Lewis in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Jamal Lewis in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Lewis, Jamal". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Anderson, John, ed. (2019). Football Yearbook 2019–2020. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 258–259. ISBN 978-1-4722-6111-3.
- ^ "Max Aarons, Jamal Lewis and Teemu Pukki named in EFL Team of the Season". Norwich City F.C. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Championship: Norwich and Leeds dominate PFA selection of team of 2018–19". BBC Sport. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
External links
edit- Profile at the Norwich City F.C. website
- Profile Archived 6 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine at the Irish Football Association website
- Jamal Lewis at World Athletics