Luke Williams (footballer, born 1993)

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Luke Williams
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Personal information
Full name Luke Anthony Williams[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Gateshead
Number 15
Youth career
2007–2009 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Middlesbrough 34 (2)
2014 → Hartlepool United (loan) 7 (2)
2014 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 6 (2)
2015 → Coventry City (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Peterborough United (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2018 Scunthorpe United 37 (5)
2017 → Northampton Town (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2021 Hartlepool United 11 (0)
2021– Gateshead 0 (0)
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 13:18, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Luke Anthony Williams (born 11 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Gateshead.

Career[]

Williams was born in Middlesbrough, England.[citation needed]

Middlesbrough[]

Williams made his league debut on 28 December 2009, coming on as a substitute.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He scored his second goal for Middlesbrough on 15 September, in a 2–0 win against Ipswich Town.[6]

Hartlepool United (loan)[]

On 23 January 2014, Williams joined Hartlepool United on a one-month loan deal,[7] playing a central-attacking midfield role.[citation needed] The loan was extended but Williams ended up being recalled by Middlesbrough due to his excellent form for the League Two club.

Scunthorpe United (loan)[]

On 23 October 2014 Williams signed for Scunthorpe United on a one-month loan deal. He made his debut against Notts County.[8]

Scunthorpe United[]

On 2 July 2015, Williams completed a permanent move to Scunthorpe for an undisclosed fee.[9]

Hartlepool United[]

Williams signed for National League side Hartlepool United in July 2018. Due to injury, Williams failed to make a single appearance in his first season with the club. On 30 October 2020, Williams signed a new deal at Hartlepool.[10] After an injury hit start to his career at Hartlepool, Williams made his first league start in almost four years in a 1–0 victory against Woking.[11] Williams made his first appearance of the 2020/21 against Eastleigh, however he went off with an injury. The game was abandoned at half-time due to poor weather conditions.[12]

Williams was released by Hartlepool at the end of the 2020/21 season. His time at Hartlepool was ravaged due to injuries and, as a result, Williams only made 11 league appearances for the club in his three years with the club - 10 of which were as a subsitute.

Gateshead[]

Williams signed for National League North side Gateshead in August 2021 on a short-term contract. Williams was sent off on his debut against Chester. Following this, Williams was dealt the blow days later of suffering another injury which would see him out for up to seven weeks.

International career[]

He made his England under-17 debut on 26 October 2009, in a 6–2 win against Kazakhstan.[13] He made his under-19 debut on 2 September 2010, in a 2–0 win against Slovakia.[14] He scored his first goal on 2 June 2011, in a 3–2 win against Switzerland during 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.[15] On 28 May 2013, he was named in manager Peter Taylor's 21-man squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[16] He scored on his debut on 16 June, in a 3–0 win in a warm-up game against Uruguay.[17] He also scored in the opening group-stage game on 23 June against Iraq.[18]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 23 May 2021
Appearance and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 2009–10[19] Championship 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2010–11[20] 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
2011–12[21] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13[22] 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 2
2013–14[23] 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
2014–15[24] 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1
Middlesbrough 34 2 3 0 5 1 0 0 42 3
Hartlepool United (loan) 2013–14[23] League Two 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2014–15[24] League One 6 2 0 0 — 0 0 6 2
Coventry City (loan) 2014–15[24] League One 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
Peterborough United (loan) 2014–15[24] League One 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Scunthorpe United 2015–16[25] League One 28 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 32 5
2016–17[26] 7 0 1 0 1 0 3[a] 2 12 2
2017–18[27] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scunthorpe 37 5 5 0 1 0 3 2 46 7
Northampton Town (loan) 2016–17[26] League One 8 0 — — 0 0 8 0
Hartlepool United 2019–20[28] National League 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2020–21[29] National League 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1
Hartlepool 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 1
Career total 110 11 9 0 6 1 4 3 129 15
  1. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

Honours[]

England U17

References[]

  1. ^ "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 62. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Luke Williams". Hartlepool United Football Club. Hartlepool United F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ Middlesbrough FC Official Website – Match Report[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Boro youngsters earn deals". Sky Sports. 13 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Middlesbrough 3–2 Burnley" BBC Sport. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Middlesbrough 2–0 Ipswich" BBC Sport. 15 September 1997. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Luke Williams Joins Pools On Loan". Hartlepool United FC. 23 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Iron sign Boro striker Williams". Scunthorpe United. 23 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Boro forward completes move away from the Riverside". Scunthorpe United. 2 July 2015.
  10. ^ "LUKE WILLIAMS SIGNS NEW CONTRACT". Hartlepool United Official Site. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  11. ^ Dominic Scurr (21 March 2021). "Former Middlesbrough and Scunthorpe United midfielder Luke Williams reflects on first league start in over 1,400 days as Hartlepool United beat Woking 1–0". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ "England 6–2 Kazakhstan" uefa.com. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  14. ^ "England 2–0 Slovakia" The FA.com. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Switzerland 2–3 England" 2 June 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  16. ^ "Final squad named" TheFA.com. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  17. ^ "Training win for Three Lions" TheFA.com. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  18. ^ "England v Iraq" TheFA.com. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013/
  19. ^ "Games played by Luke Williams in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  20. ^ "Games played by Luke Williams in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  21. ^ "Games played by Luke Williams in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Games played by Luke Williams in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b "Games played by Luke Williams in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  24. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Games played by Luke Williams in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Games played by Luke Williams in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  26. ^ Jump up to: a b "Games played by Luke Williams in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  27. ^ "Games played by Luke Williams in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  28. ^ "Games played by Luke Williams in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  29. ^ "Games played by Luke Williams in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

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