| Lewis Montsma | |
| Fullname: | Lewis Lee Montsma[1] |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.91 m |
| Position: | Centre back |
| Currentclub: | Lincoln City |
| Clubnumber: | 4 |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | AFC |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | SC Heerenveen |
| Youthyears3: | 2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | SC Cambuur |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs1: | FC Dordrecht |
| Caps1: | 46 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2020– |
| Clubs2: | Lincoln City |
| Caps2: | 67 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Pcupdate: | 20:45, 13 August 2024 (UTC) |
Lewis Lee Montsma (born 25 April 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Lincoln City. He also works as a model.[2]
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.[3]
He made his Eerste Divisie debut for FC Dordrecht on 31 August 2018 in a game against NEC, as a starter.[4]
On 14 July 2020, Montsma joined English League One club Lincoln City on a three-year contract, on a free transfer.[5] [6] He made his Lincoln City debut and scored his first Lincoln goal in the EFL Cup on 5 September 2020 against Crewe Alexandra.[7] He would continue his goal scoring run, scoring in the second and third round of the EFL Cup against Bradford City and Liverpool.[8] [9] And his run of scoring would continue in the next game against Charlton Athletic, scoring his first goal in League One.[10] 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.[11] Following his surgery on his ACL, he would sign a new contract until the summer of 2024.[12] Just over a year from his injury, Montsma returned to the squad on 28 January 2023 against Cambridge United.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] Despite not playing during the 2023–24 season, the club confirmed they were negotiating a new contract with him.[16] On 9 July 2024, Lincoln City confirmed that Montsma had signed a short-term contract for 6 months.[17] He made his return from injury after 15months out in the 2–1 defeat in the EFL Cup to Harrogate Town on 13 August 2024.[18]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| FC Dordrecht | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |||
| Lincoln City | 2020–21 | League One | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 9 | |
| 2021–22 | League One | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 67 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 85 | 11 | |||
| Career total | 113 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 132 | 12 | |||
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