Lewis Baker

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Lewis Baker
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Lewis Baker in Düsseldorf (2019)
Personnel
Surname Lewis Renard Baker
birthday April 25, 1995
place of birth Luton ,  England
size 183 cm
position Central midfield
Juniors
Years station
2004-2005 Luton Town
2005-2014 Chelsea FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2011-2014 Chelsea FC Reserves / U21 / U23 46 (18)
2014– Chelsea FC 0 0(0)
2015 →  Sheffield Wednesday  (loan) 4 0(0)
2015 →  Milton Keynes Dons  (loan) 12 0(3)
2015-2017 →  Vitesse Arnhem  (loan) 64 (15)
2015-2016 → Jong Vitesse (loan) 2 0(1)
2017-2018 →  Middlesbrough FC  (loan) 12 0(1)
2018 → Middlesbrough FC U23 (loan) 1 0(0)
2018-2019 →  Leeds United  (loan) 11 0(0)
2019 →  Reading FC  (loan) 19 0(1)
2019-2020 →  Fortuna Düsseldorf  (loan) 8 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2011 England U17 7 0(1)
2013-2014 England U19 14 0(9)
2014-2015 England U20 7 0(1)
2015-2017 England U21 17 0(8)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 25, 2020

Lewis Baker (born April 25, 1995 in Luton ) is an English football player who is under contract with Chelsea . He is also a former England international.

Career

Lewis Baker began his career at Luton Town before moving to Chelsea FC's youth department in 2005 . He made his Academy debut as a schoolboy during the 2010-11 season. He scored his first goal against the Milton Keynes Dons in March 2011. In the 2011/12 season Baker played on the central midfield position or outside and often acted as a playmaker . He scored seven goals in the second half of the year and was a driving force behind the 2011/12 FA Youth Cup win . The coach of the reserves team , Dermot Drummy , noticed the midfielder and Baker brought him to the U21s for the 2012/13 season; here too, Baker was the team captain. Chelsea reached the final in both the FA Youth Cup and the NextGen Series . Overall, Baker scored twice as many goals as the previous season.

The Englishman started the 2013/14 season just as well with several hits and assists . After impressing in the first half of the season, he made his first-team debut on January 5, 2014 against Derby County in the FA Cup . Baker played the last ten minutes of the game. He got stronger in the second half of the season and led the Chelsea U21 team to the U21 Premier League title. He scored 13 goals (18 in all competitions). In addition, his goal against Arsenal was voted Chelsea FC Goal of the Season in April .

Despite being promoted to the first-team squad, Baker hardly got any working hours before Christmas. This led to a loan to Sheffield Wednesday , from which he was recalled after just four games to play for the Milton Keynes Dons for the remainder of the season. He scored three goals and helped the club stay in the Football League Championship .

The 2015/16 season spent Lewis Baker together with some other young players in Chelsea on loan in the Dutch Eredivisie at Vitesse Arnhem on loan; the loan contract was extended for the following season . He came for Vitesse as a regular player on 73 compulsory games, in which he was able to score 20 goals and prepare eleven more. He failed with the club at the beginning of his loan at Southampton FC in qualifying for the Europa League , but was able to win the Dutch Cup with him before returning home . In addition, he was the top scorer of the competition with five goals.

He spent the following two years again in the English second division and was active as a loan player for Middlesbrough FC as well as Leeds United and Reading FC . Baker just kept the class with Reading.

For the 2019/20 season , the midfielder was loaned to the German Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf . The Fortuna also secured a purchase option. Baker was on the field eight times in the Bundesliga and once in the DFB Cup and returned to England early after matchday 18.

National team

Lewis Baker played for England in all ages up to the U21. He finished the 2016 Toulon tournament as the top scorer with four goals in four games. England won the title for the first time in 22 years.

successes

Chelsea FC

  • Premier League champions 2: 2014

Vitesse Arnhem

Personally

  • Top scorer of the KNVB Cup: 2017 (5 goals)

Web links

Commons : Lewis Baker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barclays Premier League Squad Lists 2013/14 are revealed . Premier League. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  2. ^ A b Lewis Baker player profile . Chelsea FC. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  3. ^ Striker, 9, joins league leaders . March 2, 2005. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Fortuna borrows Lewis Baker from Chelsea FC , f95.de, July 24, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ Fortuna reaches an agreement with Chelsea on early end of Lewis Baker's loan , f95.de, accessed on January 22, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Baker, Lewis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Luton , England