Chelsea Career
A two-footed creative and technical
midfield player, Lewis Baker has been with Chelsea since the Under-10s
age group. He scored once in 19 appearances for our youth team while
still a schoolboy in 2010/11 and the following season was the joint-top
appearance maker with 22 games played. He was also the regular
penalty-taker, the source of four of his five goals.
Baker also made one start and three substitute appearances for the reserves in his debut campaign as a scholar, before signing a professional contract in the summer. The 2012/13 season was one to remember, with a host of appearances under his belt and captaincy responsibilities coming his way.
An ever-present in both the NextGen Series and FA Youth Cup campaigns, Baker chipped in with vital goals from midfield, including two in our 4-3 NextGen semi-final win over Arsenal in Italy, and though we ended up losing the final to Aston Villa, the European competition finished on a positive personal note for the midfielder as he was named player of the tournament.
Baker was rewarded for an impressive start to the 2013/14 campaign when he was named on the first team substitutes’ bench for our 2-0 Capital One Cup win over Swindon Town in September 2013 and, although he remained unused on that occasion, he did make his first team debut four months later in a 2-0 FA Cup victory at Derby County.
At Under-21 and Under-19 level he had a fine season, impressing to such an extent that he was named Chelsea Young Player of the Year 2013/14 and also won the club’s Goal of the Season, voted for by supporters, for a back-heel strike in an Under-21 match away against Arsenal at the Emirates. His campaign came to an end in fitting fashion on the field as well as he netted the winning goal to clinch the Barclays Under-21 Premier League title against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Baker signed a new five-year contract in August 2014 and was a member of Jose Mourinho's first team squad for the first half of the 2014/15 campaign. It was announced on 8 January 2015 that he was moving on loan to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday. He returned to Chelsea a month later and then to MK Dons on loan from 25 February until the end of the season.
Baker also made one start and three substitute appearances for the reserves in his debut campaign as a scholar, before signing a professional contract in the summer. The 2012/13 season was one to remember, with a host of appearances under his belt and captaincy responsibilities coming his way.
An ever-present in both the NextGen Series and FA Youth Cup campaigns, Baker chipped in with vital goals from midfield, including two in our 4-3 NextGen semi-final win over Arsenal in Italy, and though we ended up losing the final to Aston Villa, the European competition finished on a positive personal note for the midfielder as he was named player of the tournament.
Baker was rewarded for an impressive start to the 2013/14 campaign when he was named on the first team substitutes’ bench for our 2-0 Capital One Cup win over Swindon Town in September 2013 and, although he remained unused on that occasion, he did make his first team debut four months later in a 2-0 FA Cup victory at Derby County.
At Under-21 and Under-19 level he had a fine season, impressing to such an extent that he was named Chelsea Young Player of the Year 2013/14 and also won the club’s Goal of the Season, voted for by supporters, for a back-heel strike in an Under-21 match away against Arsenal at the Emirates. His campaign came to an end in fitting fashion on the field as well as he netted the winning goal to clinch the Barclays Under-21 Premier League title against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Baker signed a new five-year contract in August 2014 and was a member of Jose Mourinho's first team squad for the first half of the 2014/15 campaign. It was announced on 8 January 2015 that he was moving on loan to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday. He returned to Chelsea a month later and then to MK Dons on loan from 25 February until the end of the season.
International Career
In the Under-20s' recent 6-0 win against Romania Baker captained the side and scored the fourth goal from the penalty spot.
In October, he was called up to the England Under-21 squad for the first time for their European Championship qualifier play-off against Croatia.
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