Lewis Buxton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lewis Edward Buxton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Newport, Isle of Wight, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2004 | Portsmouth | 30 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Exeter City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2004–2009 | Stoke City | 53 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2009– | Sheffield Wednesday | 100 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:07, 26 February 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Lewis Edward Buxton (born December 10 1983) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Sheffield Wednesday after signing on a permanent deal from Stoke City. Buxton is a defender; he plays predominantly as a right-back or as a centre-half, however he has also featured as a left-back during his time at Stoke.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Portsmouth
A promising young defender, after working his way up through the Portsmouth youth ranks, Buxton made his first team debut at the beginning of the 2001/02 season, aged 17, in a 1–0 win at Stockport County. He was soon a regular in Graham Rix's squad.
However, following Harry Redknapp's appointment as manager at the club, and the subsequent influx of new players, Buxton found games harder to come by. He was loaned out to Exeter City for October 2002, but upon his return to Fratton Park still found the competition too great. In January he was loaned to A.F.C. Bournemouth for the remainder of the season. He played 18 games whilst at Bournemouth, and helped them achieve promotion.
He returned to Portsmouth for the 2003/04 season, but by October he was again not in the first team picture, and so returned to Bournemouth for the season, this time playing 28 games for the Cherries. It was a similar story during the 2004/05 season when Buxton failed to break into the team on a regular basis.
[edit] Stoke City
After turning down several loan offers he decided to call time on his Portsmouth career and transferred to Football League Championship club Stoke City in January 2005.[2] Buxton has made over 50 appearances for The Potters to date, during his two seasons at the Championship side. He scored his first senior goal in Stoke's 3–1 defeat to Wolves in September 2005.[3]
He was sidelined for the first 2 months of the season due to a back injury, but he made his first start of the season in Stoke City's 1–0 win at Ipswich Town as a centre-half. However, he required an operation on his back, which kept him out for the remainder of the 2006–07 season. He since recovered and was ready for pre-season training, prior to the start of the 2007–08 season.[4] He made his comeback as a substitute for Stephen Wright in the 33rd minute of Stoke's 2–1 win over Charlton Athletic F.C. on 18 August 2007.[5] Buxton only appeared fleetingly in the 2007–08 season, however he impressed when called upon putting in a man of the match performance against Queens Park Rangers.
[edit] Sheffield Wednesday
On 17 October 2008 Buxton moved to Sheffield Wednesday on an initial one month loan deal.[6] This was made a full deal on 26/01/09 after Buxton expressed his desire to leave Stoke and move to Wednesday. He signed a 2 and a half year contract. On 31 January 2009, Buxton scored his first goal for Wednesday against Birmingham City.He has played in many different positions at Hillsborough. These are Right Back, Left Back, Centre Back, Right Wing and Centre Midfield
[edit] Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Portsmouth | 2001–02 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Exeter City (loan) | 2002–03 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bournemouth (loan) | 2002–03 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2003–04 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Stoke City | 2004–05 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 53 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2008–09 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 | 1 | |
| 2009–10 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| Total | 109 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 3 | |
| Career Total | 239 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 255 | 4 | |
[edit] Footnotes
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs and Football League Trophy.
[edit] References
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2011 and 31/07/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/2011/July%202011.ashx/July%202011.pdf. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ "Stoke swoop for young Pompey duo". BBC Sport. 2004-12-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/4123345.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ "Stoke 1–3 Wolves". BBC Sport. 24 September 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4255426.stm.
- ^ "Buxton back from injury nightmare". BBC Sport. 2007-06-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/6763465.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ "Stoke 2–1 Charlton". BBC Sport. 2007-08-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/6941751.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ "Owls land Stoke defender on loan". BBC Sport. 2008-10-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/7675720.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
[edit] External links
- Lewis Buxton player profile at stokecityfc.com
- Lewis Buxton career stats at Soccerbase
- Lewis Buxton career stats at Soccerbase(Note: the soccerbase records are shared over two different pages)
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