Lewis Emanuel
Personal information
Full name	Lewis Emanuel
Date of birth	4 October 1983 (1983-10-04) (age 26)
Place of birth	Bradford, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Luton Town
Number	3
Youth career
1999–2001	Bradford City
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2006 2006– 2007	Bradford City Luton Town → Brentford (loan)	139 (4) 078 (5) 003 (0)
National team2
2006	Republic of Ireland B	001 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00 11 August 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 16:51, 22 October 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Lewis Emanuel (born 4 October 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays for Luton Town. He is a left back who can also play left midfield.

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Emanuel went to the city's Hanson School,^[1] and started his career as a youngster with Bradford City. He made his debut for them on 21 August 2001 in a League Cup victory over Macclesfield Town. He played five seasons at Bradford, making a total of 139 league games, during which he scored four goals, before his contract expired.

He signed for Luton Town on a free transfer on 21 July 2006. He scored his first goal for Luton in their 1–0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday in August 2006. In November 2006, he was named in the Republic of Ireland B international squad for a friendly tie with Scotland B.

On 25 October 2007, he joined Brentford in a one month loan deal, which was then extended for a second month.^[2] He was named man-of-the-match on his Brentford debut against Lincoln City.^{[citation needed]} During his loan spell he missed a League Two game on 4 December 2007 against Morecambe after claiming that he got lost on the M25.^[3]

Later that season it was widely reported that Emanuel had joined Lincoln City on loan, but the deal was cancelled as Luton entered administration. This led to the release of several Luton players, and a resultant lack of players meant that Luton required Emanuel's services.

In July and August 2008, Emanuel played in pre-season friendlies on trial with clubs including Birmingham City^[4] and Southend United.^[5] However, Emanuel remained at Luton for the start of the 2008–09, for which Luton had been deducted 30 points.^[6] Emanuel helped Luton to wipe out their deduction when he scored in a 2–2 draw with Chester City in January, although he was substituted in the first half due to injury following a five-minute delay.^[7] The injury was diagnosed as a ruptured medial ligament, which was expected to rule him out for the rest of the season. Emanuel had been limited to just 14 games for Luton during the season because of injury problems.^[8] However, he returned to training earlier than expected and featured for Luton's reserves in March and back into the first team as a second half substitute against Aldershot Town later the same week.^[9][10] A month after his return, Emanuel was part of Luton's Football League Trophy-winning team; they defeated Scunthorpe United 3–2 after extra time in the final at Wembley Stadium.^[11]

[edit] Honours

Luton Town

• Football League Trophy winner: 2008–09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Lewis Emanuel career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Emanuel, Lewis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1983-10-04
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH