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Stuart Lewis
Personal information
Full name	Stuart Allan Lewis
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Gillingham
Number	4
Youth career
1997–1998	Norwich City
1998–2004	Arsenal
2004–2005	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Tottenham Hotspur
2007	Barnet
2007–2008	Stevenage Borough
2008–	Gillingham
International career
	England Youth
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2010 (UTC)

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Stuart Lewis (born 15 October 1987 in Welwyn Garden City) is an English footballer who currently plays for Gillingham.

Early life

Lewis has lived in Turnford, Hertfordshire since birth. He played youth football for Wormley youth U'8-U'10s. While playing U'10s he captained the league representative team, winning the interleague cup.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Arsenal

Lewis signed for Norwich City Academy 1995 until he moved to the Arsenal Academy in 1998. During his time at Arsenal he captained the U'10s to U'16s also representing the England Youth team. He played six games for the U16's 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 U'17s.

Tottenham Career

Lewis was a product of the Tottenham Hotspur youth system having signed for them in 2004. In the same year he signed a scholarship contract with the club.

In 2005, he signed a two year professional contract. After signing his contract Lewis went on to regularly captain the Tottenham U'18s 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 to Tottenham to join Barnet on 31 January 2007,^[2] 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, enjoing a successful spell at the club. Whilst playing here, he starred in the England C team against Finland U'21s, winning 2–0 in Helsinki.^[3]

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.

In January 2009, Lewis replaced Barry Fuller in the FA Cup against Aston Vila, moving from his usual position of centre midfield to right back.

In May 2009, back in centre midfield, he played a key role in the end of season play-off semi's (against Rochdale) and the final against Shrewsbury where Gillingham gained promotion to League One.

Honours

Football League Two Playoff Winners 2009

References

^ "Flown from the nest: Stuart Lewis". Flown from the Nest. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
^ BBC (1 February 2007). "Barnet snap up Tottenham's Lewis". Retrieved 6 January 2010.
^ Finnish success for Cs

External links

Stuart Lewis player profile at gillinghamfootballclub.com
Stuart Lewis at Soccerbase
Sky Sports profile

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[Flown_from_the_nest:_Stuart_Lewis-1] "Flown from the nest: Stuart Lewis". Flown from the Nest. Retrieved 2010-03-03.

[transfer-2] BBC (1 February 2007). "Barnet snap up Tottenham's Lewis". Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[3] Finnish success for Cs

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 In 2005, he signed a two year professional contract. After signing his contract Lewis went on to regularly captain the Tottenham U'18s youth team. Notably playing in the [[FA Youth Cup]] semi-final team, whilst playing alongside players who were a year older.{{cn}}
-He progressed to the Tottenham reserve team, where he played regularly. In 2006, team won the [[Premier Reserve League]] South.
+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 to Tottenham to join [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] on 31 January 2007,<ref name="transfer">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnet/6319369.stm|title=Barnet snap up Tottenham's Lewis|author=BBC | date=1 February 2007 | accessdate=6 January 2010}}</ref> where he made his Bees debut against [[Torquay United F.C.|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 F.C.|Stevenage Borough]], enjoing a successful spell at the club. Whilst playing here, he starred in the [[England C national football team|England C]] team against [[Finland national under-21 football team|Finland U'21s]], winning 2&ndash;0 in [[Helsinki]].<ref>[http://www.thefa.com/England/england-c/News/2009/EngC_Finland_vEngland Finnish success for Cs]</ref>
-On 22 March, he was released by Barnet and he subsequently signed for Stevenage Borough.
 ===Gillingham===