Lewis Neilson

Biography

Previously with DUSC, Lewis joined United's youth academy at age ten. Graduating from the Scottish FA Performance programme at St John's High School in 2019, he signed his first professional contract with the club that same year, having also been played for and captained the Scotland U16s side against Australia. Having played with the reserves and been involved as an unused substitute with first team squads during the 2019-20 campaign, Lewis also went on to play for Scotland at U17 level, before he signed a contract extension on 10th March 2020, keeping him at United until the summer of 2022.…Read moreRead less
Previously with DUSC, Lewis joined United's youth academy at age ten. Graduating from the Scottish FA Performance programme at St John's High School in 2019, he signed his first professional contract with the club that same year, having also been played for and captained the Scotland U16s side against Australia.

Having played with the reserves and been involved as an unused substitute with first team squads during the 2019-20 campaign, Lewis also went on to play for Scotland at U17 level, before he signed a contract extension on 10th March 2020, keeping him at United until the summer of 2022.

He went on to make his first team debut under manager Micky Mellon at the beginning of the 2020-21 season.

In March 2020, Lewis signed a new contract to stay at United until the summer of 2022, but was featured only sparingly during the following season. At the end of his contract he left the club having turned down an offer of renewal. He then joined Hearts.

Statistics

Apps
14 (5)
Goals
-
Yellow cards
1
Red cards
-
Goals/game
-
Minutes
1176
Seasons
3
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
2021-226 (3)000
2020-218 (2)010
2019-200000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 10 May 2019 · Left: 7 Jun 2022

Graduating from the Scottish FA Performance programme at St John's High School in 2019, he signed his first professional contract with the club that same yearAt the end of his contract, Lewis left the club to join Hearts.

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Micky Mellon1 Aug 202016 Jan 20218 (2)
Tam Courts9 Jul 20218 May 20226 (3)

Squad numbers by season

  1. 2019-20
  2. 2020-21
  3. 2021-22

Timeline

  1. Born

    Dundee

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Dundee United 1–1 St Johnstone

    · Premiership · Tannadice Park

    The 2020/21 season started like no other. United, back in the Premiership after four seasons also had new manager Micky Mellon taking charge of his first league game. The Covid Pandemic made for a uniquely unusual opening game preceded by closed doors title celebrations. Captain…

  5. Recorded contract end

Appearances (19)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
8 May 2022 Rangers 2–0 Dundee Utd Premiership2021-22 L
30 Apr 2022 Dundee Utd 1–0 Motherwell Premiership2021-22 W
5 Mar 2022 Dundee Utd 2–2 Hearts Premiership2021-22 D
29 Jan 2022 Celtic 1–0 Dundee Utd Premiership2021-22 L
18 Jan 2022 Dundee Utd 1–2 St Mirren Premiership2021-22 L
26 Dec 2021 Dundee Utd 1–3 Hibernian Premiership2021-22 L
17 Jul 2021 Dundee Utd 1–0 Arbroath League Cup2021-22 W
14 Jul 2021 Dundee Utd 6–1 Elgin City League Cup2021-22 W
9 Jul 2021 Kelty Hearts 0–1 Dundee Utd League Cup2021-22 W
16 Jan 2021 Hamilton 0–0 Dundee Utd Premiership2020-21 D
12 Jan 2021 Dundee Utd 2–2 St Johnstone Premiership2020-21 D
2 Jan 2021 Aberdeen 0–0 Dundee Utd Premiership2020-21 D
7 Oct 2020 Brechin City 2–6 Dundee Utd League Cup2020-21 W
12 Sep 2020 Rangers 4–0 Dundee Utd Premiership2020-21 L
29 Aug 2020 Kilmarnock 4–0 Dundee Utd Premiership2020-21 L
22 Aug 2020 Dundee Utd 0–1 Celtic Premiership2020-21 L
15 Aug 2020 Ross County 1–2 Dundee Utd Premiership2020-21 W
11 Aug 2020 Dundee Utd 0–1 Hibernian Premiership2020-21 L
1 Aug 2020 Dundee Utd 1–1 St Johnstone Premiership2020-21 D

Goals scored (0)

No goals recorded for these filters.