Luke Harris (born 4 March 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL League One club Birmingham City, on loan from Premier League club Fulham. He previously spent time on loan at Exeter City. He has represented Wales from under-17 to under-21 level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke Bernard Harris[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 2005[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Jersey[2] | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Birmingham City (on loan from Fulham) | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Fulham | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022− | Fulham | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Exeter City (loan) | 21 | (4) |
| 2024– | → Birmingham City (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021−2022 | Wales U17 | 5 | (3) |
| 2021− | Wales U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2021− | Wales U19 | 2 | (1) |
| 2023– | Wales U21 | 6 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:46, 26 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024 | |||
Personal life
editBorn in Jersey, Harris attended St. Clement School on the island. He also attended Le Rocquier School as well as Coombe Boys' school.[3]
Club career
editHarris received headlines when he scored a hat-trick in eleven minutes for Fulham's under-23 side against Newcastle United under-23's in February 2022.[4] In the summer of 2022 he attended summer training camps and played friendlies with the Fulham first team.[5] Harris was named in the starting eleven for the Fulham first team for the first time on 23 August 2022 for an EFL Cup match away against Crawley Town.[6] In September 2022 Harris was rewarded with a new professional contract with Fulham lasting until 2025, and began training daily with the first team squad. First team manager Marco Silva described him as "an offensive midfielder. He has one thing that is really important in football today — the ability to arrive in the box and score goals. It is something that is not easy to find in a midfielder, to be in the right spots. He has it. It's up to us to keep working with him and to make him grow in the other aspects. That will be important for him."[7] Harris made his Premier League debut on 20 October 2022 appearing as a substitute in a 3–0 home win over Aston Villa.[8]
In February 2023, Harris was awarded the 'Rising Star Award' at the 2022 Channel Islands Sports Awards.[9]
On 3 January 2024, Harris joined League One side Exeter City on loan until the end of the season.[10]
Harris joined League One club Birmingham City on 4 August 2024 on loan for the 2024–25 season.[11] He made his debut in the opening fixture of the season, replacing Willum Þór Willumsson soon after half-time with Birmingham 1–0 down at home to Reading; he "injected some urgency into Blues' play and found himself in some good positions" as his team drew the match via a late penalty.[12]
International career
editHarris was born in Jersey to a Welsh father and Irish mother.[13] He captained the Wales under-17 international age group side, and was called up for the Wales under-19's for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group 10 qualifying matches in Norway against Georgia, Norway and Kosovo on 6, 9 and 12 October 2021.[14][15][16]
In September 2022 Harris was called up to the senior Wales squad for the UEFA Nations League matches against Belgium and Poland on 22 and 25 September 2022.[17]
In August 2023 Harris was called up to the Wales under-21 squad for the first time.[18]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 26 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 2022–23[19] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023–24[20] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fulham U21 | 2023–24[20] | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Exeter City (loan) | 2023–24[20] | League One | 21 | 4 | — | — | — | 21 | 4 | |||
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2024–25[21] | League One | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Career total | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 5 | ||
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
References
edit- ^ a b c "L. Harris: Summary". soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Wales call up Fulham teenager Harris". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Former England coach backs 'high performer' Harris". Jersey Evening Post. 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Jersey-born teenager Luke Harris scores three goals in just 11 minutes". ITV.com. 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Harris makes his mark". Jersey Evening Post. 20 July 2022.
- ^ "CRAWLEY TOWN VS FULHAM". Soccerway.
- ^ "Luke Harris is following in Fabio Carvalho's footsteps as Fulham's next big thing". The Athletic.
- ^ "Fulham 3-0 Aston Villa: Craven Cottage defeat increases pressure on Villa manager Steven Gerrard". BBC Sport.
- ^ "CI Sports Awards 2022: Two winners chosen for this year's Rising Star award". itv.com. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Luke Harris: Exeter City sign Fulham's Wales Under-21 attacker on loan". BBC. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Martin, Laurie (4 August 2024). "Harris joins Birmingham on loan". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Dicken, Alex (10 August 2024). "Birmingham City player ratings after Alfie May prevents Reading defeat". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Anderson, Steven (22 September 2022). "A 'surreal' Wales intro for Harris".
- ^ "Wales Football - dragonsoccer - Welsh International Football". dragonsoccer.co.uk.
- ^ "LUKE HARRIS: THE STORY SO FAR". FulhamFC.com.
- ^ "Who is Luke Harris? Fulham's Welsh wonderkid ready to enter the frame". Jobsforfootball.com.
- ^ "Harris senior Wales call up". BBC Sport.
- ^ Harris Wales under-21s
- ^ "Games played by Luke Harris in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Luke Harris in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Luke Harris in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
External links
edit- Luke Harris at Soccerway
- Luke Harris at Soccerbase