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Warren Lewis (soccer, born 1971)

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Warren Lewis
Personal information
Full name Warren Lewis
Date of birth (1971-04-13) 13 April 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Durban, South Africa
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
Durban City
Wits University
1991-1994 Southern New Hampshire University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994-1999 AmaZulu 114 (12)
1999-2002 Orlando Pirates 68 (3)
2002-2006 Moroka Swallows 0 (0)
International career
2000 South Africa 2 (0)
Managerial career
2009 Maccabi South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Warren Lewis (born 13 April 1971) is a former South African professional association football player.

Biography

After a few seasons at Moroka Swallows, Lewis decided to become more religious. He chose to refrain from playing matches on the Jewish Sabbath.[1] In 2009, Lewis coached the Maccabi South Africa side at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[1]

International

Lewis earned his first cap for the South Africa national football team in a 2000 COSAFA Cup semi-final match against Zimbabwe on 29 July 2000. His only other appearance for South Africa came in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier versus Congo in Pointe Noire in September of that same year.[2]


Relocated

In 2015 Lewis relocated to Israel


Honours

Club

Individual

References

  • Da Silva, Dominic (2007-10-27). "Warren Lewis". Durban City F.C. Retrieved 2009-07-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Talshir, Uri. "For religious former South Africa captain, there is life after soccer". Ha'aretz. Retrieved 21 July 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "ALL INTERNATIONAL MATCHES (Bafana Bafana)" (PDF). South African Football Association. Retrieved 24 July 2009.