Luke Wade-Slater

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Luke Wade-Slater
Personal information
Full name Luke Keith Wade-Slater[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Warrenpoint Town
Youth career
2012–2015 St Kevin's Boys[2]
2015–2017 Stevenage
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Stevenage 2 (0)
2018 → Kings Langley (loan) 6 (5)
2019–2020 Bohemians 31 (3)
2020–2021 Larne 13 (0)
2021– Warrenpoint Town 5 (0)
National team
2015 Republic of Ireland U17 5 (0)
2016 Republic of Ireland U18 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:39, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Luke Keith Wade-Slater (born 2 March 1998) is an Irish footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership club Warrenpoint Town.

Club career[]

Stevenage[]

Wade-Slater joined Stevenage as an academy scholar in the summer of 2015, having previously played at Irish academy team St Kevin's Boys.[3] He played regularly for Stevenage's under-18 team for two seasons,[4] also playing in the club's FA Youth Cup run during the 2015–16 season.[5] He made his first-team debut for Stevenage on 8 November 2016, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in a 4–0 EFL Trophy victory over Southend United at Broadhall Way.[6] He subsequently signed his first professional contract with the club on 23 May 2017.[4] Wade-Slater made his Football League debut as a second-half substitute in Stevenage's 1–0 away defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 7 October 2017.[7] He signed a "new and improved" contract with the Hertfordshire club on 6 December 2017.[8]

Having made no first-team appearances three months into the 2018–19 season,[9] Wade-Slater joined Kings Langley of the Southern League Premier Division South on loan on 6 November 2018, with the agreement running until January 2019.[10] He made his debut for Kings Langley on 10 November 2018, scoring the only goal of the game in a 1–0 away victory at Farnborough.[11] He went on to score in each of his first five appearances for Kings Langley, making six appearances during the loan spell, before being recalled by Stevenage in December 2018.[12][13]

Bohemians[]

Following his recall from Kings Langley in December 2018, Wade-Slater signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians, officially joining on 1 January 2019.[13]

Larne[]

Wade-Slater signed for NIFL Premiership club Larne on 5 October 2020.[14]

Warrenpoint Town[]

It was announced on 23rd June 2021, that Wade-Slater had signed a contract with NIFL Premiership side Warrenpoint Town.

International career[]

Wade-Slater appeared regularly for Republic of Ireland at under-17 level, making his debut in February 2015 and earning five caps throughout 2015.[9][15] He was then called up to play for the under-18 team in May 2016, playing three times within the space of a month.

Career statistics[]

As of match played 25 September 2021
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stevenage 2016–17[16] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 1 0
2017–18[17] League Two 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 4 0
2018–19[18] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0 5 0
Kings Langley (loan) 2018–19[12] SFL Premier Division South 6 5 0 0 — — 0 0 6 5
Bohemians 2019 League of Ireland Premier Division 28 1 3 0 2 0 — 1[b] 1 34 2
2020 League of Ireland Premier Division 3 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 4 0
Total 31 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 38 2
Larne 2020–21 NIFL Premiership 13 0 0 0 — — 0 0 13 0
Warrenpoint Town F.C. 2021-22 NIFL Premiership 5 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 5 0
Career total 57 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 67 7
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours[]

Larne

References[]

  1. ^ "EFL Released and Retained List 2015–16". English Football League. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Luke Wade-Slater signs professional terms with Stevenage FC". St Kevin's Boys F.C. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Stevenage sign 4 SKB Boys". St Kevin's Boys F.C. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Luke Slater signs professional terms". Stevenage F.C. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Boroguide – Luke Wade-Slater". Boroguide. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Match Report: Stevenage 4 Southend United 0". Stevenage F.C. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Luke Wade-Slater pens new deal". Stevenage F.C. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Soccerway – Luke Wade-Slater". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Wade-Slater joins Kings Langley on loan". Stevenage F.C. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Farnborough 0–1 Kings Langley". Kings Langley F.C. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Kings Langley – Fixtures & Results – 2018–19". Kings Langley F.C. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Luke Wade-Slater joins Bohemian FC". Stevenage F.C. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Wade-Slater joins Larne from Bohemians". BBC Sport.
  15. ^ "UEFA – Luke Wade-Slater". UEFA. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Luke Wade-Slater in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Games played by Luke Wade-Slater in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Games played by Luke Wade-Slater in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  19. ^ "County Antrim Shield final: Larne defeat Glens in Seaview shootout". BBC Sport. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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