page_title: Lewis Dunk
section_title: Playing in the Premier League
hierarchical_section_title: Lewis Dunk / Club career / Brighton & Hove Albion / Playing in the Premier League
caption_attribution_description: English: Tammy Abraham Chelsea v Brighton Oct 2019
context_page_description: Lewis Carl Dunk is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, whom he captains, and the England national team.
  Aside from a brief loan spell at Bristol City in 2013, Dunk has spent the entirety of his career at Brighton & Hove Albion. He achieved promotion to the Premier League with the club in the 2016–17 season, and became the club's captain from the 2019–20 season.
  Despite failing to be capped at youth level, Dunk made his senior England debut on 15 November 2018 against the United States.
context_section_description: Dunk played the full 90 minutes, and scored an own goal, in Brighton's first ever Premier League match, a 0–2 home defeat to Manchester City. Five days later, on 17 August 2017, he signed a five-year contract extension, keeping him until 2022. In the absence of Bruno, Dunk took over the captaincy. On 24 February 2018, Dunk scored his fourth own goal of the season in a 4–1 home win over Swansea City, which brought him level with Martin Škrtel at the top of the list of most own goals in a season in the Premier League. He scored his first Premier League goal in a 2–1 victory over Arsenal on 4 March 2018. Dunk played in every match in Brighton's debut season in the Premier League, as the club finished in 15th place and amassed 40 points. He finished second place for the club’s Player of the Year behind Pascal Groß.
  At the start of the 2018–19 season, Dunk suffered ankle injury and was substituted in the 20th minute, as Brighton won 3–2 against Manchester United on 19 August 2018, resulting in him being sidelined for one match. On 1 September 2018, he returned to the starting line–up, and conceded a goal in a 2–2 draw against Fulham. Since returning to the first team from injury, Dunk retained his first team place for the side, partnering Shane Duffy in the centre–back position as well as resuming his captain duty in the absence of Bruno. On 5 October 2018, Dunk, alongside centre-back partner Duffy, signed a new contract with Brighton, with the pair signing five-year contracts that extended their stays at the club until June 2023. He then helped the side kept three consecutive clean sheets between 5 October 2018 and 27 October 2018 against West Ham United, Newcastle United and Wolves. Dunk's only goals in the 2018–19 season came in consecutive games in November 2018: a 3–1 loss to Everton and a 2–1 defeat to Cardiff City. He was sent off for a second bookable offence in a 2–0 loss against Bournemouth on 22 December 2018. After serving a one-match suspension, Dunk returned to the starting line–up against Everton on 29 December 2018, where he kept a clean sheet, in a 1–0 win. On the 17 March 2019, Dunk played the entirety of Brighton's 2–2 draw against Millwall in the FA Cup sixth-round. Dunk scored in the resulting penalty shoot-out, which Brighton won 5–4 to qualify for the FA Cup semi-finals for only the second time in the club's history. He also played in the subsequent semi-final, a 1–0 defeat to Manchester City – courtesy of a Gabriel Jesus goal. Since returning from suspension, he retained his first team place as well as his captaincy, for the rest of the 2018–19 season and helped Brighton finished 17th in the table as they secured their Premier League status. By the end of the 2018–19 season, Dunk had made 38 appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. He finished second place for the club’s Player of the Year behind Duffy.
  Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Dunk was given the Brighton captaincy by new head coach Graham Potter. He subsequently captained the club in their first match of the season, a 3–0 win over Watford, whilst also putting in a man of the match performance. Dunk scored in consecutive Premier League matches for Brighton in November 2019, finding the net in defeats to both Manchester United and Liverpool. In April 2020, he was in talks with the club over a temporary pay cut. Dunk scored his third goal of the season, and was named man of the match, in Brighton's first game back following the Premier League's hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2–1 win over Arsenal on 20 June 2020; Dunk equalised for Brighton before Neal Maupay scored the decisive goal. He made his 300th appearance for The Seagulls in a 3–0 home defeat against Manchester United on 30 June. Throughout the 2019–20 season, Dunk retained his first team place for the side, continuously to partner with Duffy in the centre–back position, as he helped the club survive relegation once again.  Despite missing two matches during the 2019–20 season, Dunk made 36 appearances and scoring three times in all competitions. For his performance, D
caption: Dunk marking Tammy Abraham during a match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea on 28 September 2019.
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