Luke Jephcott
Personal information
Full name Luke Owen Jephcott[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000[2]
Place of birth Aberystwyth, Wales[3]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[4]
Position(s) Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 St Johnstone
Number 16
Youth career
2007–2013 Wendron United
2013–2014 Helston Athletic
2014–2019 Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 Plymouth Argyle 106 (33)
2019–2020 → Truro City (loan) 18 (8)
2022–2023 → Swindon Town (loan) 32 (7)
2023– St Johnstone 7 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Wales U19[5] 7 (4)
2020– Wales U21 12 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:12, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:13, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Luke Owen Jephcott (born 26 January 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone. He is a former Wales under-21 international.

Club career

On 9 September 2018 Jephcott made his Wales U19 debut in a friendly against Ireland U19s at the City Calling Stadium. Wales won the game 1–0.

Whilst still an apprentice, Jephcott made his professional debut in the EFL League One on 20 October 2018. He featured against Burton Albion in a 3–2 defeat, replacing Stuart O'Keefe in the 86th minute. Jephcott's full debut came ten days later, when he started in a 5-0 EFL Trophy defeat to Chelsea U21s.[6]

In August 2019, Jephcott joined Truro City on loan.[7] He was recalled by his parent club, Plymouth Argyle, in January 2020.[8] Jephcott won both the EFL League Two Player of the Month and EFL Young Player of the Month awards for January 2020, after scoring 5 goals in 4 starts in January 2020.[9][10] Jephcott finished the season with 7 goals in 14 games as Plymouth won promotion to League One.[11]

Jepchott started the 20/21 season strongly by scoring the winner on the opening day against Blackpool.[12] He scored 1 in the next 7 games before starting a sensational run of form, scoring 14 goals in the next 18 league games, which attracted interest from a clutch of Championship clubs including Stoke City and Cardiff City.[13]

On 1 September 2022, Jephcott signed for EFL League Two club Swindon Town on an initial loan deal with the option to join the club permanently.[14]

He was released by Plymouth following their promotion to the EFL Championship at the end of the 2022–23 season.[15]

On 21 July 2023, Jephcott signed a two-year deal with Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.[16]

International career

Jephcott was born in Aberystwyth, Wales. He was first called up to the Wales U19 team in 2018. He made his debut for Wales Under 21s in a 3–0 win against Moldova.[17]

Career statistics

As of end of 2022–23 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Plymouth Argyle 2018–19[18] League One 9000001[lower-alpha 1]0100
2019–20[19] League Two 147000000147
2020–21[20] League One 411642001[lower-alpha 1]04618
2021–22[21] League One 401010210[lower-alpha 1]04311
2022–23[22] League One 2000100[lower-alpha 1]030
Total 1063352312011837
Truro City (loan) 2019–20[23] Southern Football League Premier South 18 5 2 0 — 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 21 5
Swindon Town (loan) 2022–23[22] League Two 327100000337
St Johnstone 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0
Career total 1634572213017849
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Purrington" (PDF). English Football League. p. 54. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Luke Jephcott - Striker". Plymouth Argyle. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Cowdery, Rick (12 March 2018). "Luke Jephcott Interview". The Pilgrim Matchday Programme, Plymouth Argyle vs Shrewsbury Town.
  4. ↑ "Luke Jephcott - Forward - First Team - Plymouth Argyle". Plymouth Argyle F.C. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Luke Jephcott at Soccerway
  6. ↑ "Luke Jephcott making the most of busy schedule of matches". The Herald (Plymouth). 9 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Errington, Chris (2 August 2019). "Luke Jephcott set goals target by Ryan Lowe after Truro loan move". plymouthherald. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Jephcott Recalled". www.pafc.co.uk. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Sky Bet League Two: Manager and Player of the Month January winners". www.efl.com. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Luke Jephcott: Plymouth Argyle forward named EFL Young Player of Month for January". BBC Sport. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "League Two clubs vote to end season". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Blackpool". BBC Sport.
  13. ↑ "Stoke City and Luke Jephcott: What do we know so far? Is it likely to happen?". 15 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Luke Jephcott is a Red". www.swindontownfc.co.uk. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Retained List". www.pafc.co.uk. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Luke Jephcott Signs for Saints!". St Johnstone Football Club. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  17. ↑ "Argyle striker Luke Jephcott makes first start for Wales under-21s". 13 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Luke Jephcott in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Luke Jephcott in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Luke Jephcott in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Luke Jephcott in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Luke Jephcott in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  23. ↑ "Luke Jephcott Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  24. ↑ "Sky Bet League Two: Manager and Player of the Month January winners". www.efl.com. English Football League. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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