Luke Keith Wade-Slater (born 2 March 1998) is an Irish footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership club Warrenpoint Town.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke Keith Wade-Slater[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 24) | ||
| 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) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:39, 29 September 2021 (UTC) | |||
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]
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]
Wade-Slater signed for NIFL Premiership club Larne on 5 October 2020.[14]
It was announced on 23 June 2021, that Wade-Slater had signed a contract with NIFL Premiership side Warrenpoint Town.[citation needed]
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.
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[17] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 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 | ||
Larne