Rico Mark Lewis (born 21 November 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back, left-back and defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rico Mark Lewis[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 2004[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.69 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back, left-back, defensive midfielder[3][4] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
| Number | 82 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2022 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Manchester City | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | England U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | England U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2022 | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 28 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:28, 29 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Early lifeEdit
Lewis was born in Bury, Greater Manchester.[5] When he was young, Lewis was inspired by the boxer Muhammad Ali.[6]
Club careerEdit
Lewis joined Manchester City at the age of eight and captained the club's under-18 team for the 2021–22 season.[7] He was named on City's bench for the first time for Manchester City's first game of the 2022–23 season, and made his Premier League debut a week later, on 13 August 2022, against AFC Bournemouth, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Kyle Walker.[8][9]
On 5 October 2022, Lewis made his Champions League debut for Manchester City in a 5–0 win against Copenhagen, entering as a substitute for João Cancelo,[10] a player he has been compared to.[11] On 2 November 2022, Lewis scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–1 win against Sevilla;[12] hence, he became the all-time youngest scorer on a first start in a Champions League match and City's youngest ever Champions League scorer, aged 17 years and 346 days.[13][14] Lewis received racist abuse during the match from Sevilla fans.[15]
In 2022, he was shortlisted for that year's BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.[16] In 2023, he won a Premier League winner's medal with Manchester City.[17]
International careerEdit
In September 2021, Lewis scored for the England national under-18 team in a draw against Wales.[18]
On 21 September 2022, Lewis made his under-19 debut in a 2–0 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification win over Montenegro in Denmark.[19]
Lewis made his debut for the under-21son 28 March 2023 in a 2–1 defeat to Croatia at Craven Cottage.[20]
Career statisticsEdit
- As of match played 28 May 2023[2]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester City U21 | 2021–22[21] | — | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23[22] | — | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Manchester City | 2022–23[22] | Premier League | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance in EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
HonoursEdit
Manchester City
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Updated Premier League squad lists for 2022/23". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "R. Lewis: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Rico Lewis: Profile". worldfootball.net. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ https://www.whoscored.com/Players/444791/Show/Rico-Lewis
- ^ "Rico Lewis: Academy to First Team". Manchester City F.C. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ Mumford, Jack (15 October 2022). "RICO LEWIS' INSPIRATIONS: HIS DAD, MUHAMMAD ALI AND KYLE WALKER". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Rico Lewis player profile". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ Edwards, John. "Slick City cruise to victory over Bournemouth". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Manchester City 4–0 AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Relentless Haaland at the double as Man City crush Copenhagen". ESPN FC. Reuters. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Rico Lewis: Man City's academy star could become the next Cancelo | Goal.com". Goal (website).
- ^ "Man City 3–1 Sevilla: Rico Lewis makes Champions League history as City end Group G with victory". Sky Sports. 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Manchester City 3–1 Sevilla". BBC Sport. 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Teenager Lewis a dream for Man City – Guardiola". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Man City condemn racist abuse of 17-year-old Lewis". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Young Sports Personality 2022: Sky Brown, Jessica Gadirova & Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix on shortlist". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Jackson, Jamie (20 May 2023). "How Rico Lewis helped harden up Manchester City's treble surge". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Wales U18 1–1 England U18: Rico Lewis cancels out Luke Harris opener". BBC Sport. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Report: England MU19s 2–0 Montenegro". England Football. Frank Smith. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Report: England MU21s 1-2 Croatia". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Rico Lewis in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Games played by Rico Lewis in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Rico Lewis: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ McNulty, Phil (3 June 2023). "Manchester City 2–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
External linksEdit
- Profile at the Manchester City F.C. website
- Rico Lewis – UEFA competition record (archive)
