Lewis Collins (footballer)

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Lewis Collins
Personal information
Full name Lewis Rhys Collins[1]
Date of birth (2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Newport, Wales
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Torquay United
Number 31
Youth career
Newport County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Newport County 57 (2)
2023 → Torquay United (loan) 15 (3)
2023– Torquay United 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Wales U17 2 (0)
2018– Wales U19 1 (1)
2020– Wales U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:30, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:12, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Lewis Rhys Collins (born 9 May 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League club Torquay United.

Playing career

Collins came through the Newport County youth team to make his first team debut on 7 November 2017, in a 2–1 defeat to Cheltenham Town in an EFL Trophy group stage match at Rodney Parade.[2]

He signed a two-year professional contract with Newport in May 2019.[3]

On 24 August 2019, Collins made his Football League debut for Newport in a 1–0 win against Crewe Alexandra as a second-half substitute.[4] On 4 September 2019, he scored his first goal for Newport in the 5–4 defeat to West Ham United Under-21s in the EFL Trophy Southern Group E.[5] Collins played for Newport in the League Two playoff final at Wembley Stadium on 31 May 2021 which Newport lost to Morecambe, 1-0 after a 107th minute penalty.[6] On 11 June 2021 Collins signed a two year contract extension with Newport County.[7]

On 31 January 2023 Collins joined Torquay United on loan for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.[8]

He was released by Newport at the end of the 2022-23 season [9] and joined Torquay United in June 2023 on a one year contract.[10]

International

In March 2018 Collins was called up to the Wales Under 19 Squad for the European Championship match versus Croatia in Zagreb.[11] On 9 October 2020 Collins made his debut for the Wales Under 21 team in the Euro 2021 qualification defeat to Belgium.[12]

Personal life

Lewis is the younger brother of professional footballer Aaron Collins.[13] The brothers were on opposing sides for the first time on 18 May 2021 for the EFL League Two play off first leg match at Rodney Parade in their home city of Newport, Wales. Aaron as a striker for Forest Green Rovers and Lewis as a striker for Newport County.[14] Newport won the match 2–0 with Lewis scoring the second goal.[15] Aaron scored in the second leg, a 4-3 win for Forest Green.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newport County 2017–18[17] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
2018–19[18] 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
2019–20[19] 6 0 1 0 1 0 5[lower-alpha 1] 1 13 1
2020–21[20] 6 0 1 0 3 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 11 0
Career total 12 0 2 0 4 0 8 1 26 1
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy

References

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  4. ↑ Collins football league debut
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Morecambe beat Newport
  7. ↑ Collins extends at Newport
  8. ↑ Collins Torquay loan
  9. ↑ Newport County retained list
  10. ↑ Collins joins Torquay
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Collins Wales Under 21 debut
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Collins brothers face each other
  15. ↑ Newport beat Forest Green
  16. ↑ League 2 playoff second leg
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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