Lewis Strapp

{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lewis Strapp | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Dunoon, Scotland<ref name="dunoon"/> | fullname = Lewis John Strapp | height = | image = File:Greenock Morton v Arbroath (49631368391) (cropped).jpg | caption = Strapp about take a throw-in while playing for Greenock Morton | currentclub = Airdrieonians | clubnumber = 3 | position = Defender | youthyears1 = 2012–2015 | youthclubs1 = Greenock Morton | years1 = 2015–2023 | clubs1 = Greenock Morton | caps1 = 104 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = → Elgin City (loan) | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = → Annan Athletic (loan) | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2023–2024 | clubs4 = Greenock Morton | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2024 | clubs5 = SJK | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2024 | clubs6 = SJK II | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = Airdrieonians | caps7 = 43 | goals7 = 2 | club-update = 4 May 2026 }}

'''Lewis John Strapp''' (born 26 November 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-sided defender for {{Scottish football updater|Airdrieo}} club Airdrieonians.

==Club career== Strapp joined the Greenock Morton youth academy on its inception in 2012, before signing professional forms shortly after his 16th birthday.<ref name="dunoon">{{cite news|url=https://gmfc.net/player/lewis-strapp/|title=16. Lewis Strapp|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|accessdate=16 July 2018}}</ref>

Strapp made his debut for Morton in a Scottish League Cup tie against Albion Rovers in July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gmfc.net/player/lewis-strapp/|title=Lewis Strapp|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|accessdate=30 April 2017}}</ref> He joined Elgin City on loan in August 2017 until January 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gmfc.net/2017/08/18/strapp-joins-elgin-city-on-loan-until-january/|title=Strapp joins Elgin City on loan until January|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|date=18 August 2017|accessdate=18 August 2017|first=Jonathan|last=Mitchell|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620124831/https://gmfc.net/2017/08/18/strapp-joins-elgin-city-on-loan-until-january/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2018, Strapp signed with Morton for another season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gmfc.net/2018/06/19/lewis-strapp-signs-one-year-contract-extension/|title=Lewis Strapp signs one-year contract extension|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|date=19 June 2018|accessdate=20 June 2018|first=Jonathan|last=Mitchell}}</ref>

In late September 2018, Strapp and team-mate Ruaridh Langan joined Annan Athletic on a short-term development loan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gmfc.net/2018/09/27/strapp-and-langan-join-annan-athletic-on-loan/|title=Strapp and Langan join Annan Athletic on loan|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|website=gmfc.net|author=Jonathan Mitchell|date=27 September 2018|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref>

Strapp scored his first league goal for Morton with the late winner against Ayr United on Halloween 2020;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54671437|title=Morton 3-2 Ayr United|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Football|date=31 October 2020|accessdate=1 November 2020|first=Chick|last=Young}}</ref> he also opened the scoring with an own goal in the 32nd minute.

Strapp would go on to regularly feature for Morton, making his 100th appearance for the club in a 5–0 home win against Dunfermline Athletic. Strapp also scored his second career goal in a 0–1 away win against Inverness a few weeks later.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Inverness stay third as Morton win |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60179026 |access-date=2023-02-26}}</ref> Following much speculation about a potential move away from Morton, Strapp signed a one-year contract extension, expiring in summer 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-15 |title=Lewis Strapp Signs Extension Until 2023 |url=https://www.gmfc.net/lewis-strapp-signs-extension-until-2023/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Greenock Morton FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> In April 2023, it was revealed that Strapp would be leaving the club at the end of the season,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morton star Lewis Strapp set to leave club |url=https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/23442707.lewis-strapp-set-leave-morton-12-year-stay/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Greenock Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> and due to injury, Strapp's last appearance for Morton would be in a 5–0 away defeat to Celtic in the Scottish Cup in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kyogo reaches 20 goals as Celtic sail past Morton |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64272753 |access-date=2023-06-02}}</ref>

However, after months without a club, and having a trial at Kilmarnock,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meikle |first=Blair |date=2023-12-01 |title=Gary Mackay-Steven and Lewis Strapp Kilmarnock latest as duo train with side |url=https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/gary-mackay-steven-lewis-strapp-28208664 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Football Scotland |language=en}}</ref> Strapp returned to Greenock Morton on 8 December 2023, signing a short-term deal until the end of January.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Fan favourite Lewis Strapp returns to Morton in short-term deal |url=https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/23977171.fan-favourite-lewis-strapp-returns-greenock-morton/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Greenock Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> On 19 January 2024, Strapp signed a contract extension with the ''Ton'' until the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-19 |title=Lewis Strapp Signs Contract Extension - Greenock Morton FC |url=https://gmfc.net/lewis-strapp-signs-contract-extension/,%20https://gmfc.net/lewis-strapp-signs-contract-extension/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 26 June 2024, Strapp moved to Finland and signed with SJK in the country's top-tier Veikkausliiga. The transfer will be effective from 2 July 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sjk.fi/uutiset/lewis-strapp-vahvistamaan-seinajoen-jalkapallokerhoa/ |title=Lewis Strapp vahvistamaan Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerhoa |publisher=SJK |date=26 June 2024 |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref> On 19 December, SJK announced that Strapp would leave the club.<ref>[https://sjk.fi/uutiset/lewis-strapp-ei-jatka-kerhossa-kaudella-2025/ Lewis Strapp ei jatka Kerhossa kaudella 2025], sjk.fi, 19 December 2024</ref>

In January 2025, he signed with Airdrieonians.

==Career statistics== {{updated|2 November 2024}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Scottish Cup and Suomen Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Scottish League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=8|Greenock Morton |2016–17<ref>{{soccerbase season|89655|2016|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |2||0||0||0||2||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC">Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup</ref>||0||5||0 |- |2017–18<ref>{{soccerbase season|89655|2017|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |3||0||0||0||2||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC/>||0||6||0 |- |2018–19<ref name=LS1819>{{soccerbase season|89655|2018|accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |0||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||3||0 |- |2019–20<ref>{{soccerbase season|89655|2017|accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |23||0||3||0||5||1||0||0||31||1 |- |2020–21<ref>{{soccerbase season|89655|2020|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |27||1||3||0||3||0||0||0||33||1 |- |2021–22 |Scottish Championship |29||1||3||0||2||0||3||0||37||1 |- |2022–23 |Scottish Championship |20||0||2||0||4||0||1||0||27||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !104!!2!!11!!0!!21!!1!!6!!0!!142!!3 |- |Elgin City (loan) |2017–18 |Scottish League Two |13||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||13||1 |- |Annan Athletic (loan) |2018–19<ref name=LS1819/> |Scottish League Two |20||0||0||0||0||0||4<ref group=lower-alpha>Appearances in the Scottish League One play-offs</ref>||0||24||0 |- |Greenock Morton |2023–24 |Scottish Championship |17||0||3||0||0||0||0||0||20||0 |- |SJK |2024 |Veikkausliiga |12||1||1||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||13||1 |- |SJK Akatemia |2024 |Ykkösliiga |2||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2||0 |- |Airdrieonians |2024–25 |Scottish Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !167!!4!!15!!0!!21!!1!!10!!0!!214!!5 |}

==Honours== *SPFL Development League West: Winners (2) 2015–16,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/14388949.Morton_Under_20s_crowned_champions/|title=Morton Under-20s crowned champions|publisher=Greenock Telegraph|date=29 March 2016|accessdate=30 March 2016|first=Jonathan|last=Mitchell}}</ref> 2017-18<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gmfc.net/2018/04/26/match-report-morton-u-20s-1-0-ayr-united-u-20s/|title=Match Report: Morton U-20s 1-0 Ayr United U-20s|first=Jonathan|last=Mitchell|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|date=26 April 2018|accessdate=26 April 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141620/https://gmfc.net/2018/04/26/match-report-morton-u-20s-1-0-ayr-united-u-20s/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Soccerbase|89655}}

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