Joe Lewis (footballer)
Joseph Peter "Joe" Lewis ( born October 6, 1987 in Broome ) is an English football goalkeeper.
Club career
Starts at Norwich City
Joe Lewis was discovered at the age of eight years at a tournament of Norwich City. On 27 September 2003 he was the first time the pro squad of the Canaries when he held the position of Substitute goalkeeper in the home game against Crystal Palace and put the youngest ever player in the senior squad at Norwich City at the age of 15 years and 356 days. As a younger player who ever graduated from a competitive match for Norwich, his former teammate Ryan Jarvis holds the record. The attacking players made his league debut at the age of 16 years and 282 days. The mainly active at that time still in the club's youth academy Lewis remained a use in a professional league initially denied. In summer 2004, he completed his education at Bungay High School. In November 2004, he signed his first professional contract for a maximum time limited until the end of June 2007 it had validity.
In the seasons 2004/ 05 and 2005/ 06, where Norwich now took in the second division after relegation from the Premier League, Lewis was regularly nominated as substitute goalkeeper, but not used in a competitive match. In June 2006, the then- head coach Nigel Worthington announced that he would give the goalkeeper for the following season to allow him regular playing time with a professional team. In November 2006, he completed a trial with Bury FC. Head Coach Chris Casper tried to find a replacement at the goalkeeper position to replace the borrowed from Manchester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel after his return to the Citizens. After Lewis had completed a game for the reserve team of FC Bury, the loan agreement, however, did not materialize.
Lending transactions with Stockport County and the Morecambe FC
On 22 March 2007 came a lending transaction with Stockport County, at its club and the Welsh Wayne Hennessey played simultaneously on loan. On April 9, 2007 Lewis made his professional debut in the fourth-highest division, the Football League Two, when he was the complete playing time in goal for the Hatters in the home game against Chester City and finished the game without conceding a goal. With a total of five missions of the goalkeeper suffered four goals, three games he survived without conceding a goal.
In May 2007 he signed a new, limited to three years contract with Norwich City. On 8 August 2007, he agreed with the Morecambe FC on a change on loan. The goalkeeper signed a loan contract valid until the end of December in the shrimp. Three days later the goalkeeper completed in the home game against Barnet FC his first league match for Morecambe and assured the team goalless draw a point. In December, shortly before the end of the loan period, the head coach of FC Morecambe Sammy McIlroy sought an extension of the lending agreement until the end of the season. Since Norwich struggled with injury problems, Lewis was ordered back to the deadline set.
Signature and transfer record for Peterborough United
Shortly after his return to his old club, the goalkeeper decided to leave the second division and sign a fixed-term to four and a half year contract with Peterborough United. Thus at fourth division Lewis attended by its commitment that the club could be cost around £ 400,000, for a new transfer record. The most expensive acquisition in club history counted according to head coach Darren Ferguson to the " most promising goalkeepers in the country."
After the 2007/ 08 season he succeeded with the Posh in second place behind the Milton Keynes Dons direct promotion to the Football League One. The season 2008/ 09 was successfully coined when Lewis was able to defend its position in the goal, and realized at Peterborough the second rise in a row. As in second behind Leicester City the team reached the summit in the Football League Championship. After just one season in the second division, however, was followed by another setback and the descent into League One. As Table with 34 points and 80 goals against the team clearly fell behind the non- relegation places, the shore -saving Crystal Palace finished with 49 points.
National
For the English U- 21 team Lewis completed a total of five internationals. His first game he completed on 15 May 2008 against Wales, his fifth deployment denied the keeper on 22 June 2009 against Germany. Overall, he posted three wins in the U -21 and finished two games with a draw. On 24 May 2008, he was surprisingly appointed by England manager Fabio Capello in the national team for a friendly match against the United States after the substitute goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was failed due to an injury.
In addition, he was also active in the U-15, U -16 and U- 17 team in his home country.