Lewis Montsma
Personal information
Full name Lewis Lee Montsma[1]
Date of birth (1998-04-25) 25 April 1998
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Lincoln City
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2013 AFC
2013–2017 SC Heerenveen
2018 SC Cambuur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 FC Dordrecht 46 (1)
2020– Lincoln City 67 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:59, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Lewis Lee Montsma (born 25 April 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Lincoln City.[2] He also works as a model.[3]

Early life

Montsma’s mother is Swedish, making him eligible to play for Sweden internationally. He attended St Nicolaaslyceum alongside Matthijs de Ligt, where he regularly played football with him.[4]

Career

He made his Eerste Divisie debut for FC Dordrecht on 31 August 2018 in a game against NEC, as a starter.[5]

Lincoln City

On the 14 July 2020, Montsma joined English League One club Lincoln City on a three year contract, on a free transfer.[6][7] He made his Lincoln City debut and scored his first Lincoln goal in the EFL Cup on 5 September 2020 against Crewe Alexandra.[8] He would continue his goal scoring run, scoring in the second and third round of the EFL Cup against Bradford City and Liverpool.[9][10] And his run of scoring would continue in the next game against Charlton Athletic, scoring his first goal in League One.[11] On 8 January 2022, Lewis Montsma was injured against Oxford United, which was later confirmed as an ACL injury which would rule him out of action for up to 9 months.[12] Following his surgery on his ACL, he would sign a new contract until the summer of 2024.[13] Just over a year from his injury, Montsma returned to the squad on 28 January 2023 against Cambridge United.[14] He would pick up a similar knee injury a few months later against Fleetwood Town which would see him miss the remainder of the season.[15] It was later confirmed that he had ruptured his ACL as well as other knee damage and he would have a further 12 months of rehabilitation.[16]

Career statistics

As of 25 March 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Dordrecht 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 231000010241
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 230000010240
Total 461000020481
Lincoln City 2020–21 League One 40600336[lower-alpha 1]0509
2021–22 League One 19120104[lower-alpha 2]1262
2022–23 League One 8000000080
Total 67720431018411
Career total 1138204312113112

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Lincoln City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 38. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Lewis Montsma at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ Hoe voetballer Lewis Montsma ook Burberry-model werd vice.com
  4. ↑ "Lincoln's Lewis Montsma: 'It's not easy to do modelling and football'". The Guardian. 24 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 31 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Lincoln sign Dutch defender Montsma". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  7. ↑ "Dutch Defender Joins The Imps". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: Crewe v The Imps - Carabao Cup 1st Round". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "REPORT: Bradford City V The Imps". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Report: The Imps V Liverpool". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Report: The Imps v Charlton Athletic". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Lewis Montsma: Lincoln City defender out for up to nine months with ACL injury". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "Montsma recovering after surgery". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Lincoln City vs Cambridge United team news confirmed as January signing makes first start". LincolnshireLive. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Update on Montsma injury". Lincoln City FC. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "Lewis Montsma injury update". Lincoln City FC. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Norwich City dominate with six players in PFA Championship team of the year". BBC Sport. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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