Luke Southwood
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luke Kevin Southwood[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 6 December 1997||
Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
Reading | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Reading | 22 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Bath City (loan) | 42 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Eastleigh (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Hamilton Academical (loan) | 15 | (0) |
National team | |||
2016 | England U19 | 1 | |
2016–2017 | England U20 | 5 | (0) |
2021- | Northern Ireland | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:40, 25 January 2022 (UTC) |
Luke Kevin Southwood (born 6 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Reading. He is a member of the Northern Ireland international squad, having previously represented his birth country, England, at youth level.
Career[]
Club[]
On 11 May 2018, Reading announced that they had offered a new contract to Luke Southwood,[3] with a new two-year contract being confirmed as signed on 2 July 2018.[4]
On 7 May 2021, Reading announced that Southwood had signed a new two-year contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2023.[5]
Loans[]
On 4 August 2017, Southwood joined Bath City on a six-month loan deal,[6] which was extended until the end of the season on 3 January 2018.[7] He was awarded player of the season after an outstanding year.
On 24 December 2018, Southwood joined Eastleigh on an initial one-month loan deal, with the loan being extended until the end of the season on 24 January 2019.[8] Eastleigh managed to get to the semi finals of the National League play-offs with Southwood playing a key part in that, also getting player of the month in April.
On 1 August 2019, Southwood joined Hamilton Academical on loan until 5 January 2020.[9] On 21 January 2020, Southwood signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2021, and then returned to Hamilton Academical on loan until the end of the season.[10]
International[]
Southwood made his debut for the England under-19 team, play the first 45minutes in a 1–0 defeat to Mexico in June 2016.[11]
Southwood was selected for the England under-20 team in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup and was an unused substitute in the final where England beat Venezuela 1–0.[12]
In November 2021, Southwood was called up to the Northern Ireland national team for the first time, for whom he qualified for through his Grandmother.[13]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 22 January 2022[2]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reading | 2015–16 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
2021–22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Bath City (loan) | 2017–18 | National League South | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
Eastleigh (loan) | 2018–19 | National League | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
Hamilton Academical (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Career total | 97 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 0 |
- ^ Appearances in the FA Trophy
- ^ Appearances for Hamilton under-21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs
Honours[]
England U20
References[]
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Reading" (PDF). English Football League. p. 58. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ a b Luke Southwood at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Anssi set to stay and contracts offered to young blood". Readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Seven players sign first pro deals with Reading". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Southwood signs new contract to remain a Royal until 2023". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Owers adds final pieces on season eve". bathcityfc.com. Bath City. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Bath City secure World Cup winner and Reading goalkeeper Luke Southwood until the end of the season". thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/. The Non League Football Paper. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Eastleigh Football Club is delighted to announce that Luke Southwood has had his loan extended until the end of the season". twitter.com/EastleighFC/. Eastleigh F.C. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Southwood seals loan switch to Scotland". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Southwood signs until 2021 and rejoins Hamilton on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Southwood makes Young Lions bow in Mexico". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Under-20 World Cup: England beat Venezuela in final". BBC Sport. 11 June 2017.
- ^ ""IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND!" – SOUTHWOOD ON NORTHERN IRELAND CALL-UP". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Oxford
- English footballers
- England youth international footballers
- English people of Northern Ireland descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- Reading F.C. players
- Bath City F.C. players
- Eastleigh F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Professional Football League players