Rico Mark Lewis (born 22 November 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Manchester City. He has represented England at youth level.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rico Mark Lewis[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2004-11-21) 21 November 2004 (age 17)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
Number | 82 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2022 | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Manchester City | 3 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019–2020 | England U16 | 4 | (0) |
2021– | England U18 | 7 | (1) |
2022– | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:38, 8 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:50, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
Lewis joined Manchester City at the age of eight and captained the club's under-18 side for the 2021–22 season.[3] 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 Bournemouth, coming on as an 82nd minute substitute for Kyle Walker.[4][5]
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,[6] a player he has been compared to.[7] On 2 November 2022, Lewis scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–1 win against Sevilla;[8] 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.[9][10] Lewis suffered racist abuse during the match from Sevilla fans.[11]
In September 2021, Lewis scored for the England under-18 team in a draw against Wales.[12]
On 21 September 2022, Lewis made his England U19 debut during a 2–0 2023 U19 EURO qualifying win over Montenegro in Denmark.[13]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City U21 | 2021–22 | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Manchester City | 2022–23 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Manchester City F.C. – current squad | |
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