| Lewis Budinauckas |
 Lewis Kevin Budinauckas was born on Wednesday, 19th June, 2002, in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire. The 6' 1 (11st 7lbs) goalkeeper temporarily transferred to Brian Graham & Mark Wilson's Thistle on Thursday, 20th February, 2025, from his parent club, Rangers. Aged 22, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 22nd February, 2025, in a 1-1 draw at home to Airdrieonians in the SPFL Championship. He kept his first clean-sheet on Tuesday, 11th March, 2025, in a 2-0 win away to Queen's Park in the SPFL Championship. He registered the last of his 4 clean-sheets on Saturday, 29th March, 2025, in a 1-0 win away to Greenock Morton in the SPFL Championship. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 12th April, 2025, in a 2-1 defeat at home to Hamilton Academical in the SPFL Championship, having appeared as a Jag on 8 occasions. At June, 2025, his club-list included Rangers, Civil Service Strollers, Stranraer, Greenock Morton and Partick Thistle. |
 The son of ex-Jags ‘keeper Kevin Budinauckas, Lewis is a former Scotland Under 21s international and, in October 2024, featured in the European Championship qualifiers against Belgium and Kazakhstan. He joined the Rangers Academy in his school days and became part of the Rangers B set up in the close season of 2020. He had loan spells at Civil Service Strollers and Raith Rovers before he started featuring regularly for the Rangers B team in 2022/23. In September 2023, he took the opportunity to go out on loan to Stranraer where he played 33 times and kept 9 clean-sheets as the Stair Park side maintained their SPFL status. In the autumn of 2024 he got some championship experience as an emergency loanee for Greenock Morton, featuring on 4 occasions. In February 2025, Brian Graham brought the 22-year-old Lewis to Firhill on a 3 month loan deal. Two days later, Lewis showed up well when he made his debut in a 1-1 league draw at home to Airdrie and, in the process, Kevin and Lewis Budinauckas became the 13th father and son pairing in Partick Thistle's first team story. |
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