Luke Jonathan Thomas (born 10 June 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Leicester City.
![]() Thomas playing for Leicester City in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Luke Jonathan Thomas[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 (age 21) | ||
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 | 43 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2018–2019 | England U18 | 4 | (0) |
2019 | England U19 | 4 | (0) |
2020 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | England U21 | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:56, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:58, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City U23 | 2018–19 | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2019–20 | — | — | — | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
2020–21 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Leicester City | 2019–20 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Premier League | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Premier League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 2 | ||
Career total | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 73 | 2 |
Leicester City
Leicester City F.C. – current squad | |
---|---|
![]() ![]() | This biographical article related to association football in England, about a defender born in the 2000s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |