Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lewis Kieran Hall | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Slough, Berkshire, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, midfielder[2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Newcastle United | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Binfield | ||
2012–2022 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Chelsea | 9 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2024– | Newcastle United | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England U15 | 3 | (0) |
2019–2020 | England U16 | 6 | (1) |
2021–2022 | England U18 | 9 | (1) |
2022–2023 | England U19 | 6 | (0) |
2023–2024 | England U20 | 6 | (0) |
2023– | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:17, 1 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:05, 9 September 2024 (UTC) |
Lewis Kieran Hall (born 8 September 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United.
Lewis Kieran Hall was born on 8 September 2004 in Slough, Berkshire.[3][4] He attended Licensed Victuallers' School in Ascot.[5]
Hall started playing football at Binfield Soccer School.[6] Joining at under-eight level, Hall signed his first scholarship with Chelsea in the summer of 2021.[2][7] A regular at both under-18 and under-23 level, Hall received his maiden call-up to the first-team in December 2021, featuring as an unused substitute in Chelsea's 2–0 away EFL Cup quarter-final tie against Brentford.[8] Just over two weeks later, on 8 January 2022, he made his professional career debut during an FA Cup third round win against Chesterfield at Stamford Bridge providing an assist for the third goal.[9] By starting against Chesterfield, Hall became the youngest player to start an FA Cup tie for Chelsea.[10]
He made his Premier League debut on 12 November 2022, starting in a 1–0 defeat to Newcastle United.[11] Hall made 10 further first team appearances that season, and won Chelsea Academy Player of the Year for 2023.[12]
On 22 August 2023, Hall joined Newcastle United on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy for £28 million, plus £7 million in add-ons.[13] He made his debut in an 8–0 away win against Sheffield United on 24 September.[14] On 1 November 2023, he scored his first goal for Newcastle in a 3–0 EFL Cup win against Manchester United at Old Trafford.[15] On 15 May 2024, he scored his first Premier League goal in a 3–2 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford.[16] Later that year, on 1 July, he signed a permanent contract with Newcastle after activating his obligation to buy clause.[17][18]
Hall has represented England from under-15 to under-21 level.[4]
On 21 September 2022, Hall made his England U19 debut during a 2–0 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying win over Montenegro in Denmark.[19]
On 24 May 2023, he was named in a preparation camp for England U21 players ahead of 2023 European Championship.[20] On 10 June 2023, he made his debut for England U21 during a behind-closed-doors friendly match against Japan at St. George's Park.[21]
On 12 October 2023, Hall made his England U20 debut during a 2–0 away defeat to Romania.[22]
Lewis is the younger brother of Brackley Town player, Connor Hall.[23] He is also a talented cricketer, and in the summer of 2021, could still be found turning out for his local cricket club in Binfield in Berkshire. He grew up a Newcastle fan as his father and uncle are from the North East.[24][25]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea U23 | 2021–22[26] | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2022–23[27] | — | — | — | — | 3[a] | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Total | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
Chelsea | 2021–22[26] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022–23[27] | Premier League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Newcastle United (loan) | 2023–24[28] | Premier League | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |
Newcastle United | 2024–25[29] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | |||
Career total | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 3 |
Individual
Lewis Hall reflects on his first goal for his boyhood club