Luke Thomas (footballer, born 2001)

Luke Jonathan Thomas (born 10 June 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Leicester City.

For other people with similar names, see Luke Thomas.

Luke Thomas
Thomas playing for Leicester City in 2021
Personal information
Full name Luke Jonathan Thomas[1]
Date of birth (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001
Place of birth Syston, England[2]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 33
Youth career
2008–2020 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Leicester City 38 (1)
National team‡
2018–2019 England U18 4 (0)
2019 England U19 4 (0)
2020 England U20 1 (0)
2021– England U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:01, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:31, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Thomas was born in Syston, Leicestershire and joined the Leicester City Academy in 2008 from local club Riverside FC.[3] He made his professional debut in a 2–0 Premier League win against Sheffield United on 16 July 2020. He came on as a result of an injury to first team left back Ben Chilwell, providing an assist for the first goal, which was scored by Ayoze Pérez.[4] On the 25th August, it was announced that he had signed a new long term deal with the club.[2] On 29 October, Thomas made his European debut in the UEFA Europa League during a 2–1 win over AEK Athens replacing Christian Fuchs in 46th minute. On 26 November, Thomas scored his first Leicester goal in a 3–3 away draw against Braga in the group stage of the Europa League.[5] On 11 May 2021, he scored his first Premier League goal for Leicester City in a 2–1 away victory over Manchester United, to be their first win at Old Trafford since 1998.[6]

International career

Having represented England at U18 and U19 level, Thomas made his England U20 debut during a 2–0 victory over Wales at St. George's Park on 13 October 2020.[7]

On 27 August 2021, Thomas received his first call up for the England U21s. [8] On 7 September 2021, he made his England U21 debut during the 2-0 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Kosovo U21s at Stadium MK.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 May 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City U23 2018–19 ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
2019–20 ————5[lower-alpha 1]050
2020–21 ————0000
Leicester City 2019–20 Premier League 300000——30
2020–21 Premier League 14130107[lower-alpha 2]1—252
2021–22 Premier League 21010306[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0320
Total 381404013110602
Career total 381404013170662
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. Appearance in FA Community Shield

Honours

Leicester City

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. Blackwell, Jordan; Leach, Tom (16 July 2020). "Leicester City 2-0 Sheffield United: Match report; Brendan Rodgers joins us for post-match reaction". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. "Luke Thomas". Leicester City. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. "Syston Footballer Makes His Debut for Leicester City in Style". 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. "Sporting Braga 3-3 Leicester City". BBC Sport. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. "Manchester United 1–2 Leicester City". BBC Sport. 11 May 2021.
  7. Veevers, Nicholas (13 October 2020). "TWO QUICKFIRE GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF SEAL WIN FOR LEE CARSLEY'S YOUNG LIONS AT SGP". TheFA.com. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  8. "Carsley names first MU21s squad". 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. "England U21 2-0 Kosovo U21". 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  10. Luke Thomas at Soccerway
  11. McNulty, Phil (15 May 2021). "Chelsea 0–1 Leicester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  12. Hafez, Shamoon (7 August 2021). "Leicester City 1–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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