Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lewis Martin | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Bonnybridge, [1] Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brechin City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012–2022 | Dunfermline Athletic | 122 | (4) |
2022-2023 | Kelty Hearts | 28 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Scotland U19 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:16, 14 March 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2015 |
Lewis Martin (born 8 April 1996) is a Scottish [1] footballer who plays as a defender for Kelty Hearts. Martin has previously played for Dunfermline Athletic and also represented Scotland at Under-19 level. [2]
Born in Bonnybridge [1] on the outskirts of Falkirk, Martin started his footballing career with Rangers youth squads from under-10s level, before moving to Dunfermline Athletic at the age of sixteen. [1] He made his first team debut during the 2012–13 season as a 90th-minute substitute against Scottish First Division opponents Greenock Morton, [3] after the club encountered financial problems [4] resulting in the redundancy of seven first team players. [5] Martin then made his first full start in December 2013 in a league match against Ayr United and was a semi-permanent starter for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. His first goal for the club came in a one-all draw with Rangers. [6]
During the 2014–15 season, Martin played in every league match for the Pars, bar those where he was called up to the Scotland under-19 squad. The 2015–16 season began in much the same way, with Martin starting the first thirteen competitive matches. However, after being involved in a car accident at the end of September, [7] Martin missed the matches against Albion Rovers and St Mirren [8] [9] before returning to the starting eleven in a 3–0 win against Stranraer. [10] [11]
After undergoing groin surgery in August 2018, which was expected to keep him out for six weeks, [12] Martin missed almost the entire 2018–19 season, returning for Dunfermline's penultimate league match of the season against Greenock Morton. [13]
Martin eventually returned during the 2021/22 season after overcoming numerous injury setbacks. Following Dunfermline's relegation to Scottish League One, Martin's contract was not renewed and he left the club after ten years. [14]
In August 2014, Martin was called up for the Scotland under-19 squad to face Belgium in a friendly match in Tubize, [15] making his debut as a second-half substitute, replacing Blackburn Rovers defender Sam Lavelle. [2] [16] His first full start for the side was against Norway in a qualification match for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in a one-all draw which saw the side miss out on automatic qualification to the elite round of qualification. [17] In total, Martin made four appearances for the under-19 side. [18]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dunfermline Athletic | 2012–13 [20] | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2013–14 [21] | Scottish League One | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [a] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
2014–15 [22] | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 [b] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
2015–16 [23] | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
2016–17 [24] | Scottish Championship | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [b] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
2017–18 [25] | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 [b] [c] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
2018–19 [26] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20 [27] | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
2020–21 [28] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 [29] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Career total | 129 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 164 | 5 |