Lewis Travis (born 16 October 1997) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for EFL Championship club

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, on loan from EFL Championship club

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...

Youth career

Having come through the ranks at

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as a defender, Travis was released and soon joined

where

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transitioned the

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born player into a

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. Lewis Travis earned a professional contract at aged 19.

Club career

In January 2017, Travis signed a new professional contract at

penning a one-year deal. In August 2017, Travis made his first team debut, starting the match for Blackburn in the 2017–18 EFL Trophy game against Stoke City U21s. In December 2018, Travis broke into the starting eleven for Blackburn Rovers and had an extended run of games in the centre of midfield in which he impressed both supporters and the manager,

, who said he had saved him money because he would not have to make a new signing in his position. In September 2021, Travis captained his side as

Darragh Lenihan Darragh Patrick Lenihan (born 16 March 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Middlesbrough. Career Blackburn Rovers In the summer of 2011 Lenihan signed for Blackburn Rovers from Belvedere. Two years later, he ...

missed out through injury. Blackburn lost 3–2 to

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at the

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. In March 2022, Lewis Travis signed a long term deal with

keeping him at the club until 2026. In July 2022, he was appointed club captain following the departure of Darragh Lenihan. In June 2023, Blackburn rejected a bid from

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for Travis.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Travis, Lewis 1997 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Blackburn Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Sportspeople from Whiston, Merseyside Footballers from Merseyside