Dean Lewington

Dean Lewington
Lewington in 2011
Personal information
Full name Dean Scott Lewington[1]
Date of birth (1984-05-18) 18 May 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth Kingston upon Thames, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Position(s) Left-back / Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Milton Keynes Dons
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2003 Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Wimbledon 29 (1)
2004– Milton Keynes Dons 785 (21)
Managerial career
2021 Milton Keynes Dons (caretaker)
2022 Milton Keynes Dons (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:10, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Dean Scott Lewington (born 18 May 1984) is an English professional footballer and coach who plays as a left-back, as well as a centre-back for EFL League Two club Milton Keynes Dons, where he is club captain. He has held coaching roles at the club, and briefly became interim head coach of the club in August 2021.[4]

Lewington is Milton Keynes Dons' longest-serving player and, as of 26 December 2023, holds the record for the most career league appearances by any player for a single club in the history of the English Football League. On that date, Lewington achieved his 771st career League appearance against Colchester United, overtaking John Trollope who held the previous record of 770 appearances for Swindon Town.[5]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Milton Keynes" (PDF). English Football League. p. 43. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Dean Lewington". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Dean Lewington". Milton Keynes Dons F.C. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Dean Lewington: MK Dons captain to take interim charge of side". BBC. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Colchester United". BBC. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

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