Luke Williams (footballer, born 1993)

Luke Williams
Personal information
Full name Luke Anthony Williams
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Scunthorpe United
Number 7
Youth career
2007–2009 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Middlesbrough 23 (2)
2014Hartlepool United (loan) 7 (2)
2014Scunthorpe United (loan) 5 (2)
2015Coventry City (loan) 1 (0)
2015Peterborough United (loan) 2 (0)
2015– Scunthorpe United 27 (5)
National team
2009–2010 England U17 5 (0)
2010–2012 England U19 8 (1)
2013 England U20 4 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:22, 4 January 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:00, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Luke Anthony Williams (born 11 June 1993) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Scunthorpe United as a striker.

Career

He was born in Middlesbrough, England. He made his league debut on 28 December 2009, coming on as a substitute.[1] In doing so, Williams became the youngest Middlesbrough player in over a century, aged just 16 years and 200 days. Williams made his first Middlesbrough start against Coventry City. On 13 May 2010, it was announced that Williams had secured a professional four-year contract with Middlesbrough.[2] He scored his first goal for Middlesbrough on 21 August 2012, a long range goal in the 88th minute in a 3–2 win against Burnley.[3] He scored his second goal for Middlesbrough on 15 September, in a 2–0 win against Ipswich Town.[4]

On 23 January 2014, Williams joined Hartlepool United on a one-month loan deal,[5] playing a central-attacking midfield role.

On 23 October 2014, despite interest from Chelsea manager, José Mourinho, who was reported to have said "sometimes it's as if the ball is glued to his feet", Williams signed for Scunthorpe United on a one-month loan deal. He made his debut against Notts County.[6]

On 2 July 2015, Williams completed a permanent move to Scunthorpe for an undisclosed fee.[7]

International career

He made his England under-17 debut on 26 October 2009, in a 6–2 win against Kazakhstan.[8] He made his under-19 debut on 2 September 2010, in a 2–0 win against Slovakia.[9] He scored his first goal on 2 June 2011, in a 3–2 win against Switzerland during 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification.[10] On 28 May 2013, he was named in manager Peter Taylor's 21-man squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[11] He scored on his debut on 16 June, in a 3–0 win in a warm-up game against Uruguay.[12] He also scored in the opening group-stage game on 23 June against Iraq.[13]

Career statistics

As of 8 February.[14]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Middlesbrough 2009–10 4010000050
2010–11 6000100070
2011–12 0000000000
2012–13 112102000142
2013–14 2010100040
Hartlepool United (loan) 2013–14 7200000072
Career total 304304000374

Honours

England U17

References

  1. Middlesbrough FC Official Website – Match Report
  2. "Boro youngsters earn deals". Sky Sports. 13 May 2010.
  3. "Middlesbrough 3–2 Burnley" BBC Sport. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  4. "Middlesbrough 2–0 Ipswich" BBC Sport. 15 September 1997. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  5. "Luke Williams Joins Pools On Loan". Hartlepool United FC. 23 January 2014.
  6. "Iron sign Boro striker Williams". Scunthorpe United. 23 October 2014.
  7. "Boro forward completes move away from the Riverside". Scunthorpe United. 2 July 2015.
  8. "England 6–2 Kazakhstan" uefa.com. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  9. "England 2–0 Slovakia" The FA.com. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  10. "Switzerland 2–3 England" 2 June 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  11. "Final squad named" TheFA.com. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  12. "Training win for Three Lions" TheFA.com. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  13. "England v Iraq" TheFA.com. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013/
  14. Luke Williams career statistics at Soccerbase
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