Lewis John Strapp (born 26 November 1999) is a Scottish professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a left-sided
defender for
SJK in Finnish
Veikkausliiga.
Club career
Strapp joined the
Greenock Morton
Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...
youth academy on its inception in 2012, before signing professional forms shortly after his 16th birthday.
Strapp made his debut for Morton in a
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...
tie against
Albion Rovers
Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scotti ...
in July 2016. He joined
Elgin City on loan in August 2017 until January 2018.
In June 2018, Strapp signed with Morton for another season.
In late September 2018, Strapp and team-mate
Ruaridh Langan
Ruaridh Langan (born 15 June 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for club Auchinleck Talbot.
Club career
Langan came through the Greenock Morton youth academy, to rise to become the captain of the successful under-20 side and spent time on ...
joined
Annan Athletic on a short-term development loan.
Strapp scored his first league goal for Morton with the late winner against
Ayr United on Halloween 2020; 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
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
a few weeks later. Following much speculation about a potential move away from Morton, Strapp signed a one-year contract extension, expiring in summer 2023. In April 2023, it was revealed that Strapp would be leaving the club at the end of the season, and due to injury, Strapp's last appearance for Morton would be in a 5-0 away defeat to
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
in the Scottish Cup in January 2023.
However, after months without a club, and having a trial at Kilmarnock, Strapp returned to Greenock Morton on 8 December 2023, signing a short term deal until the end of January. On 19 January 2024, Strapp signed a contract extension with the ''Ton'' until the end of the season.
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.
Career statistics
Honours
*SPFL Development League West: Winners (2) 2015-16, 2017-18
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Strapp, Lewis
1999 births
Annan Athletic F.C. players
Men's association football defenders
Elgin City F.C. players
Greenock Morton F.C. players
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
SJK Akatemia players
Living people
Sportspeople from Dunoon
Scottish men's footballers
Scottish Professional Football League players
Footballers from Argyll and Bute
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Veikkausliiga players
Ykkösliiga players