Warren Lewis (footballer)

Warren Lewis

Personal information
Full name	Warren Lewis
Date of birth	13 April 1971
Place of birth	Durban, South Africa
Playing position	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)
National team
2000	South Africa	2	(0)
Teams managed
2009	Maccabi South Africa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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

• Orlando Pirates (Official Tournaments)
  • Premier Soccer League: 2000/01
  • Top Eight Cup: 2000

Individual

• Southern New Hampshire University
  • NSCAA All-America: 1994
  • NSCAA All-New England: 1991, 1992, 1994

References

• Da Silva, Dominic (2007-10-27). "Warren Lewis". Durban City F.C. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

Footnotes

1. Talshir, Uri. "For religious former South Africa captain, there is life after soccer". Ha'aretz. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
2. "ALL INTERNATIONAL MATCHES (Bafana Bafana)" (PDF). South African Football Association. Retrieved 24 July 2009.