Carl Junior Lewis (born 9 October 1973) is a former

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who was most recently assistant head coach at

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. During his playing career he played as a

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. He is currently assistant manager at National League South side Welling United.

Playing career

Lewis started his career at Fulham as a youngster, making his Football League debut as a substitute against

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on 17 October 1992. He went on to make five further league appearances for Fulham starting four matches and playing in one

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game before dropping out of the league in 1993 for spells with

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and Hendon. During his first spell with Hendon from 1996 to 1999, he made a total of 146 appearances scoring 68 goals, famously scoring the winner in an FA Cup 1st round replay at

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. Lewis returned to league football in 1999 signing for Gillingham. After a season and a half at Priestfield, Lewis transferred to

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of the

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with subsequent spells at

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(on loan),

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, Brentford,

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and

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Coaching career

On 20 June 2008, Lewis was reunited with

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, his manager at six previous clubs (Dover, Gillingham, Leicester, Brighton, Hull and Stevenage), joining the backroom staff at

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. When Taylor parted company with Wycombe by mutual consent in October 2009, Lewis also left the club with the pair subsequently reunited once again at

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, the eighth club at which Lewis had worked with Taylor either as a player or as part of Taylor's coaching staff. Between his roles at Wycombe and Bradford, Lewis joined

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of the

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Premier Division. In 2011 Lewis rejoined Hendon as player-coach, having been unemployed since leaving Bradford City towards the end of 2010–11. On 19 June 2014, it was announced that Lewis would join the coaching staff at

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, working as assistant coach under the newly appointed head coach

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. The appointment was met largely with surprise by the fans of Leeds United, as Lewis had previously been with eighth tier Hendon. On 28 August 2014, Lewis and head coach Hockaday were sacked by owner

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, having been in the job for only 70 days. He returned to coaching for the 2015–16 season with

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. In September 2015, he joined

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as first team coach. Lewis was appointed joint assistant manager alongside

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for the 2017–18 season. Lewis joined

as first team coach for the 2018–19 season, following manager

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and assistant Currie to the Bees. Following the resignation of Still and the promotion of Currie to head coach, Lewis took over Currie's former role as assistant head coach. Lewis, and Currie, left Barnet at the end of the 2019–20 season.Club Statement: Darren Currie
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References

External links

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Junior Lewis and Peter Taylor (BBC Sport 19 February 2016)
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