Aaron Lewis (footballer)

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Aaron Lewis
Personal information
Full name Aaron James Lewis[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-26) 26 June 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Newport County
Number 14
Youth career
2007–2018 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Swansea City 0 (0)
2019 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2021 Lincoln City 2 (1)
2020–2021 → Newport County (loan) 1 (0)
2021– Newport County 32 (1)
National team‡
Wales U19
2017 Wales U20 2 (0)
2018–2020 Wales U21 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:45, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Aaron James Lewis (born 26 June 1998) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Newport County as a right back. He is a Wales Under-21 international.

Early and personal life[]

Born in Swansea,[2] Lewis is the nephew of former footballer Kenny Morgans.[3]

Club career[]

Swansea City[]

Lewis began his career with Swansea City at the age of 9,[3] making three appearances for their under-23 team in the EFL Trophy during the 2016–17 season,[4] four appearances (with one goal) for the under-21 team in the EFL Trophy during the 2017–18 season,[5] and three appearances (with one goal) for the under-21 team in the EFL Trophy during the 2018–19 season.[6]

He moved on loan to Doncaster Rovers in January 2019.[7] He made his professional debut on 2 February 2019, in a 1–1 League draw away at Portsmouth.[6] He was praised by Grant McCann for his performance in that match.[8] He was released by Swansea in July 2019.[9]

Lincoln City[]

On 10 August 2019 Lewis signed a short-term contract with Lincoln City,[10][11] making his debut on 13 August in Lincoln's 1–0 EFL Cup win at Huddersfield.[12] On 13 January 2020, Lewis signed a new 18-month contract with Lincoln, lasting until summer 2021.[13]

On 16 October 2020, Lewis joined Newport County on loan until 2 January 2021.[14][15] He made his debut for Newport on 12 December 2020 in the starting line-up for the 2–1 League Two defeat against Leyton Orient.[16]

On 1 February 2021 it was announced he had left Lincoln by mutual consent.[17]

Newport County[]

A day later Lewis returned to Newport County, signing a contract until the end of the 2020–21 season.[18][19] He scored his first goal for Newport on 20 April 2021 in the 2-0 League 2 win against Crawley Town.[20] Lewis played for Newport in the League Two playoff final at Wembley Stadium on 31 May 2021 which Newport lost to Morecambe, 1-0 after a 107th-minute penalty.[21] In June 2021 Lewis extended his Newport contract by a further two years.[22]

International career[]

In May 2017, Lewis was named in the Wales under-20 squad for the 2017 Toulon Tournament. He featured in two of Wales' three group matches, against the Ivory Coast and Bahrain as Wales were eliminated in the group stage.[23][24][25]

Lewis has represented Wales at under-21 level,[7] winning 13 caps.[19]

Career statistics[]

As of 15 January 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swansea City U21/U23 2016–17[4] — — — 3[a] 0 3 0
2017–18[5] — — — 4[a] 1 4 1
2018–19[6] — — — 3[a] 1 3 1
Total — — 10 2 10 2
Swansea City 2018–19[6] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2018–19[6] League One 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Lincoln City 2019–20[26] League One 2 1 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 5 1
2020–21[27] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 1
Newport County (loan) 2020–21[27] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Newport County 2020–21[27] League Two 19 1 0 0 0 0 3[b] 0 22 1
2021–22 League Two 13 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 18 0
Total 32 1 1 0 2 0 5 0 40 1
Career total 42 2 1 0 4 0 16 2 63 4
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  2. ^ Appearances in the Play-Offs.

References[]

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2018: Swansea City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 101. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b Aaron Lewis at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b "Getting to know. . . Aaron Lewis | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com.
  4. ^ a b "Games played by Aaron Lewis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Games played by Aaron Lewis in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Games played by Aaron Lewis in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Aaron Lewis: Swansea defender joins Doncaster Rovers on loan". BBC Sport. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  8. ^ Liam Hoden (3 February 2019). "Doncaster Rovers: Praise for 'calm' debutant Aaron Lewis from boss Grant McCann". Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Swans reveal retained list | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Wales Under 21 International signs for The Imps". weareimps.com. Lincoln City FC. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Aaron Lewis: Lincoln City sign Wales Under-21 defender on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 10 August 2019.
  12. ^ "MATCH REPORT: Huddersfield Town V The Imps". weareimps.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Welsh International Pens New Deal". www.redimps.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Jamie Proctor and Aaron Lewis join Exiles on loan". Newport County F.C. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Newport sign Devitt, Lewis & Proctor on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ^ "Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport County" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. ^ "Aaron Lewis leaves the Imps". Lincoln City F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  18. ^ "DONE DEAL | Aaron Lewis returns to Exiles". www.newport-county.co.uk.
  19. ^ a b "County boost promotion bid by signing summer loanee on permanent deal". South Wales Argus.
  20. ^ "Newport County 2-0 Crawley Town" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  21. ^ "Shrimps go up with extra-time penalty" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  22. ^ "Lewis and Haynes sign new Newport deals" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  23. ^ "Wales U20 2–2 Cote D'Ivoire". Foot Espoirs. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  24. ^ "Toulon Tournament: France U20 0–0 Wales U20". BBC Sport. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  25. ^ "Toulon Tournament: Wales U20 1–0 Bahrain U20". BBC Sport. 2 June 2017.
  26. ^ "Games played by Aaron Lewis in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  27. ^ a b c "Games played by Aaron Lewis in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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