1. Lewis Dunk is uncapped at youth international level, despite being called up to the England under-21 squad in 2011.
28 Facts About Lewis Dunk
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Lewis Carl Dunk was born on 21 November 1991 in Brighton, East Sussex and educated at Varndean School.
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Lewis Dunk is the son of former Sussex non-league player Mark Dunk.
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Lewis Dunk is engaged to his partner, to whom he proposed in 2019.
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Lewis Dunk started his career at Wimbledon before he was released following the club's liquidation and relocation to Milton Keynes.
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Lewis Dunk was promoted to the club's under-18 squad in November 2007.
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On 30 April 2010, Lewis Dunk signed a two-year professional contract with Brighton after impressive performances captaining the club's youth team.
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Lewis Dunk was involved as Brighton kept four clean sheets in the first four months of the season.
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On 4 October 2013, Lewis Dunk joined League One club Bristol City on a one-month loan deal, to gain some first-team football.
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On 25 July 2014, Lewis Dunk signed a new four-year contract with Brighton, which contracted him to the club until June 2018.
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Lewis Dunk then helped Brighton keep three consecutive clean sheets between 20 September and 27 September 2014.
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Lewis Dunk then captained the side for the next five matches for the rest of 2014.
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Lewis Dunk again helped Brighton keep three consecutive clean sheets between 29 December 2014 and 10 January 2015, against Fulham, Brentford and Charlton Athletic.
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Lewis Dunk retained his place in the team and was able to regain his form in the defence.
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Lewis Dunk then helped to keep five consecutive clean sheets between 23 February 2016 and 15 March 2016 against Bristol City, Leeds United, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday and Reading.
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Lewis Dunk then scored two consecutive goals in two matches between 5 April 2016 and 11 April 2016 against Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest.
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On 6 September 2016, Lewis Dunk signed a new five-year contract with Brighton, contracting him to the club until June 2021.
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Lewis Dunk again helped Brighton keep four consecutive clean sheets between 13 September 2016 and 27 September 2016 against Huddersfield Town, Burton Albion, Barnsley and Ipswich Town.
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Lewis Dunk finished third place for the club's Player of the Year award behind Stockdale and Knockaert.
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Since returning from injury, Lewis Dunk retained his place in the team, partnering Shane Duffy at centre-back as well as resuming his captain duty in the absence of Bruno.
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Lewis Dunk finished second place for the club's Player of the Year behind Duffy.
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Lewis Dunk scored in consecutive Premier League matches for Brighton in November 2019, finding the net in defeats to both Manchester United and Liverpool.
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Lewis Dunk signed a new five-year contract with Brighton in August 2020.
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Lewis Dunk was originally shown a yellow card by referee Peter Bankes, before Bankes went to the VAR and deemed Dunk to have denied Anthony Elanga a run on goal.
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On 25 November 2023, Lewis Dunk was shown a straight red card after having a disagreement with the referee Anthony Taylor over awarding the home side a penalty as his teammate Jack Hinshelwood committed a foul on Callum Hudson-Odoi.
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On 24 February 2024, Lewis Dunk made in his 400th league appearance for Brighton, in which he scored a header in stoppage time to equalise against Everton.
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Lewis Dunk is uncapped for England at youth level; his call-up to the England national under-21 team for their 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Iceland and Belgium in November 2011 marks his only youth international call-up.
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Lewis Dunk was named in England's 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2024.