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/left wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 33
Youth career
2008–2020 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Leicester City 56 (1)
2023 → Sheffield United (loan) 12 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 England U18 4 (0)
2019 England U19 4 (0)
2020 England U20 1 (0)
2021–2023 England U21 15 (0)
Medal record
Representing  England
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2023 Georgia–Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:34, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:43, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

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

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 2020, 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, Thomas scored his first Premier League goal for Leicester City in a 2–1 away victory over Manchester United, their first win at Old Trafford since 1998.[6] Four days later he started in the 2021 FA Cup final which saw Leicester beat Chelsea to win the trophy for the first time in their history.[7] On 7 August 2021 Thomas came off the bench as a second-half substitute as Leicester defeated Manchester City in the 2021 FA Community Shield.[8]

On 31 August 2023, Thomas joined Premier League club Sheffield United on a season long loan.[9] On 12 January 2024, his loan was mutually terminated and he returned to Leicester.[10]

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.[11]

On 27 August 2021, Thomas received his first call up for the England U21s.[12] 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.[13]

On 14 June 2023, Thomas was included in the England squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[14][15] He started in the semi-final victory over Israel.[16] Thomas was an unused substitute in the final as England beat Spain to win the tournament.[17][18]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 December 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL 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
Total ————6060
Leicester City 2019–20 Premier League 300000——30
2020–21 Premier League 14130107[lower-alpha 2]1—252
2021–22 Premier League 22010306[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0330
2022–23 Premier League 1703040——240
Total 561708013110852
Sheffield United (loan) 2023–24 Premier League 12000———120
Career total 6817080131701032
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances 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

England U21

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 Blackwell, Jordan; Leach, Tom (16 July 2020). "Leicester City 2-0 Sheffield United: Match report and 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". Syston Town News. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Begley, Emlyn (26 November 2020). "Sporting Braga 3-3 Leicester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Stone, Simon (11 May 2021). "Manchester United 1–2 Leicester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. 1 2 McNulty, Phil (15 May 2021). "Chelsea 0–1 Leicester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. 1 2 Hafez, Shamoon (7 August 2021). "Leicester City 1–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Luke Thomas Heads To Sheffield United On Loan". Leicester City F.C. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Returns to Leicester". Sheffield United F.C. 12 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (13 October 2020). "Two quickfire goals in the first half seal win for Lee Carsley's young Lions at SGP". The Football Association. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  12. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (27 August 2021). "Carsley names first MU21s squad". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "England U21 2-0 Kosovo U21". BBC Sport. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  14. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (14 June 2023). "England MU21s squad named for EURO Finals". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "England Under-21s: Gibbs-White, Smith Rowe & Gordon in but Lewis left out". BBC Sport. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  16. ↑ Howell, Alex (5 July 2023). "Israel U21 0-3 England U21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  17. 1 2 Howell, Alex (8 July 2023). "England beat Spain to win Euro U21 Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  18. ↑ Reid, James (8 July 2023). "England win U21 EURO title after 1-0 win over Spain". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "Luke Thomas". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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