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Lewis Dunk

Lewis Dunk is a professional footballer. Lewis Dunk plays as a center-back for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Early Life

Lewis Dunk was born on 21 November 1991. As of now, he is 32 years old. He was born in Brighton, United Kingdom. Scorpio is Lewis Dunk’s zodiac sign. His father’s name is Mark Dunk and his mother’s details are not given.

The information about his Siblings is also not given. He completed his schooling at Varndean High School. He is formed English nationality and he follows the Christian religion.

Career

Dunk signed a two-year professional contract on 30 April 2010, with Brighton & Hove Albion after impressive performances captaining the club’s youth team. Likewise, Dunk made his first professional appearance starting in the 0–0 draw at Milton Keynes Dons the following day.

Dunk suffered a foot injury that kept him out for four weeks at the start of the 2010–11 season. He returned from injury and played 45 minutes on 14 September 2010, in a 0–0 draw against Wycombe Wanderers’ Reserves.

Starting the whole game, on 2 October 2010 in a 1–1 draw against Tranmere Rovers. Dunk made his first appearance of the season. Moreover, Dunk signed a one-year extension on 31 January 2011, on his contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2013.

In the 2010–11 season as League One champions Dunk made eight appearances as Brighton gained promotion to the Championship. Additionally, Dunk stated that he was aiming to fight for his place in the first team at Brighton & Hove Albion Ahead of the 2011–12 season.

Tommy Elphick and Adam El-Abd are sidelined by injury with fellow defenders. Appearing in the next two months before being sidelined for one match, since the start of the 2011–12 season due to suspension.

Moreover, Dunk’s playing opportunities became more restricted in the pecking order at Brighton as he fell behind the likes of Adam El-Abd and Matthew Upson.

More about his career

Dunk signed a new four-year contract with Brighton on 25 July 2014, until the end of the 2017–18 season which kept him at the club. In the club’s first match of the 2014–15 season, he scored his first goal for Brighton, a 2–0 win over Cheltenham Town in the EFL Cup.

Additionally, between 20 September 2014 and 27 September 2014, he helped Brighton keep three consecutive clean sheets. Furthermore, Dunk continued to be linked to a move away from Brighton Ahead of the 2015–16 season, but the club stated that they would not be selling him.

He was fined by Brighton and was placed on the substitute bench throughout August Amid the transfer speculation. Additionally, Dunk retained his place in the first team for the side and was able to regain his form in the defense.

Career highlights

Dunk was again linked with a move away from Brighton ahead of the 2016–17 seasons. Moreover, he started the 2016–17 season well by helping the club keep three consecutive clean sheets.

Dunk signed a five–year contract with Brighton on 6 September 2016, keeping him until 2021. Dunk scored his second goal of the season on 2 January 2017, in a 2–1 win against Fulham. He returned to the starting line–up as captain shortly after serving a two-match suspension.

On 6 November 2021, Dunk had to play in goal for the final few minutes of the 1–1 home draw against Newcastle in Brighton’s eleventh Premier League match of the 2021–22 season. Moreover, Dunk led the Seagulls to their first-ever win on 7 August 2022 at Old Trafford.

Lewis Dunk

Caption: Lewis Dunk playing football. Source: Bleacher Report.

Lewis Dunk – Net Worth 2024

The net worth of Lewis Dunk is 14 million. He has earned a large amount of money in his profession as an English professional footballer. Furthermore, he lives a Luxury, happy and lavish life with his family.

The information about his Brand endorsements has not been updated till now.

Personal Life

Lewis Dunk is in a relationship with Abi Yaxley. Later on, Dunk engaged his partner in the summer of 2019.  The information about his past elation is not available.

Lewis Dunk – Body Measurements

Lewis Dunk has a height of 6 feet 4 inches. His body weight is around 88 kg. Additionally, he has brown eyes and brown color hair. Similarly, other measurements like shoe size, dress size, etc. are not disclosed. He has body measurements of  36-24-32.

Social Media

Lewis has got 31.9k followers on his Instagram. On Twitter, he has got 10.3k followers. Similarly, he is not active on Facebook.