Lachlan Ricky Brook (born 8 February 2001) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League Two club Crewe Alexandra, on loan from Premier League club Brentford. He is a product of the Adelaide United youth system and made his professional debut for the club in 2017. Brook has been capped by Australia at youth level.
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Full name | Lachlan Ricky Brook[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gawler, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder, forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Crewe Alexandra (on loan from Brentford) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gawler Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Para Hills Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adelaide Raiders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
FFSA NTC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
FFA CoE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Adelaide United | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Adelaide United NPL | 39 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Adelaide United | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | Brentford | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | → Adelaide United (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Australia U17 | 16 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Australia U20 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Australia U23 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:14, 11 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:39, 18 June 2022 (UTC) |
Able to play across the forward line,[3][4] Brook began his youth career with spells at Gawler Eagles, Para Hills Knights, FFSA NTC, FFA Centre of Excellence, Adelaide Raiders SC and he joined the youth system at A-League club Adelaide United in November 2016.[5] His progression was such that he was included in the first team squad for the Reds' final 2017 AFC Champions League group stage match versus Jiangsu Suning on 9 May 2017.[3][6] Brook made his professional debut as a substitute for Riley McGree in the dying minutes of the 1–0 defeat.[6]
Brook spent much of the 2017–18, 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons playing for the Adelaide United youth teams, but he made 9 first team appearances during the period,[7] which included a substitute cameo late in the 4–0 2019 FFA Cup Final victory over Melbourne City.[6] His only senior goal for the club came in a 5–3 A-League win over Perth Glory on 30 July 2020.[6] For his performances during the 2019–20 season, Brook shared the Adelaide United Youth Player of the Year award with Taras Gomulka.[8] Despite having signed a new two-year contract in June 2020,[8] Brook departed the Hindmarsh Stadium in October 2020.[3]
On 5 October 2020, Brook moved to England to join the B team at Championship club Brentford on a three year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee.[3] He played exclusively B team football until January 2022, when he rejoined Adelaide United on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[9] He made 19 appearances during the second half of a 2021–22 season which concluded with defeat at the semi-final stage of the 2022 A-League Men Finals.[6][10]
On 22 July 2022, Brook joined League Two club Crewe Alexandra on a half-season loan.[11] On the opening day of Crewe Alexandra's season, Brook scored what proved to be the winner on his competitive debut in English football, in a 2–1 victory over Rochdale at Spotland.[12] His run in the team was ended by an ankle injury suffered during a 2–2 draw with Northampton Town on 20 August 2022 and he returned to match play one month later.[12][13]
Brook has been capped by Australia at youth level.[1] He was a part of the 2019 AFF U18 Youth Championship-winning squad and scored the only goal of the Final versus Malaysia.[14] Brook made his debut for the U23 team as a half time substitute during a 1–1 friendly draw with New Zealand on 6 September 2019.[15] More than two years later, he won his second call-up for two 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers versus Indonesia, both of which he appeared in.[16] In May 2022, Brook was named in the squad for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup finals and started in all but one match of the team's run to a fourth-place finish.[6][17][18]
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 | ||
Adelaide United Youth | 2017[19] | NPL SA | 13 | 3 | ― | ― | ― | ― | 13 | 3 | ||||
2018[19] | 14 | 9 | ― | ― | ― | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 9 | |||||
2019[19] | 6 | 1 | ― | ― | ― | ― | 6 | 1 | ||||||
2020[19] | 4 | 2 | ― | ― | ― | ― | 4 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 37 | 15 | ― | ― | ― | 2 | 0 | 39 | 15 | |||||
Adelaide United | 2016–17[6] | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | ||
2017–18[6] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | ― | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2019–20[6] | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ― | ― | ― | 8 | 1 | |||||
Total | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
Adelaide United (loan) | 2021–22[6] | A-League Men | 16 | 0 | ― | ― | ― | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
Total | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 2022–23[12] | League Two | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
Career total | 71 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 17 |
Adelaide United
Australia U20
Australia U17
Individual
Crewe Alexandra F.C. – current squad | |
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