Lewis Martin
Personal information
Full name Lewis Martin
Date of birth (1996-04-08) 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]

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

As of 27 May 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dunfermline Athletic 2012–13[20] Scottish First Division 1000000010
2013–14[21] Scottish League One 13110004[lower-alpha 1]0181
2014–15[22] 28110212[lower-alpha 2]0332
2015–16[23] 18010302[lower-alpha 2]0240
2016–17[24] Scottish Championship 18040203[lower-alpha 2]0270
2017–18[25] 16010504[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]0260
2018–19[26] 2000000020
2019–20[27] 26210501[lower-alpha 2]0332
2020–21[28] 0000000000
2021–22[29] 6000001[lower-alpha 4]070
Career total 1294901711601645

Honours

Club

Dunfermline Athletic

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "First team squad - Lewis Martin". dafc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Dunfermline Athletic's Lewis Martin makes Scotland debut". Dunfermline Press. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Morton 0 Dunfermline 1". BBC Sport. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dunfermline's move into full administration unopposed". BBC Sport. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dunfermline: McMillan & Cardle among players made redundant". BBC Sport. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dunfermline 1 Rangers 1". BBC Sport. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dunfermline 3 Albion Rovers 0". dafc.co.uk. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dunfermline 3 Albion Rovers 0". BBC Sport. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "St Mirren 4 Dunfermline 0". BBC Sport. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Stranraer 0 Dunfermline 3". BBC Sport. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Stranraer 0 Dunfermline 3". dafc.co.uk. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "MANAGER ON THURSDAY". Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Martin feels magic being back". The Courier and Advertiser via Pressreader. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Playing Squad Update | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club".
  15. ↑ "Scotland Under-19 squad named for Belgium friendly". BBC Sport. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Belgium v Scotland". Scottish FA. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Scotland v Norway". Scottish FA. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Lewis Martin". Scottish FA. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  19. ↑ Lewis Martin at Soccerbase
  20. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Martin in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  30. ↑ McLaughlin, Brian (26 March 2016). "Dunfermline 3 – 1 Brechin City". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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