Lewis Allan (born 25 October 1996) is a Scottish

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who plays as a

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for

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. Allan has previously played for Hibernian, Dunfermline Athletic,

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, Edinburgh City and Raith Rovers.

Club career

Allan made one appearance for Hibernian in the 2014–15 season, against

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on 6 December. In February 2015, Allan was loaned to Dunfermline Athletic, making eight appearances before returning from his loan at the end of March 2015. In August 2015, Allan was loaned to

until the end of the 2015–16 season, however his loan was cut short when he had to have a bone cyst removed from his thoracic spine. In August 2016, Allan once again returned to a

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club on loan, this time with

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side

. After making just three appearances as a substitute and with further appearances likely being restricted, Allan returned to Hibernian at the start of October 2016. On 31 January 2017, Allan moved out on loan, this time to

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side Edinburgh City. Allan subsequently re-joined Edinburgh City on a six-month development loan deal on 6 July 2017. Allan was released by Hibernian in May 2019. He then signed a contract with Raith Rovers on 2 July 2019.

announced the signing of Allan on 14 September 2020.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, Lewis 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Galashiels Footballers from the Scottish Borders Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Hibernian F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Livingston F.C. players Edinburgh City F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Raith Rovers F.C. players