Luke Matheson

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Luke Matheson
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Luke Matheson (2017)
Personnel
Surname Luke Alexander Matheson
birthday October 2, 2002
place of birth Rochdale ,  England
size 168 cm
position right side defense
Juniors
Years station
0000–2018 Rochdale AFC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2018-2020 Rochdale AFC 23 (1)
2020– Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2019– England U17 1 (0)
2019– England U18 5 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of July 17, 2020

2 As of July 17, 2020

Luke Alexander Matheson (born October 2, 2002 in Rochdale ) is an English football player who has been under contract with the first division club Wolverhampton Wanderers since January 2020 . The right full-back has been an English U18 international since October 2019 .

Career

society

Born and raised in Rochdale , Greater Manchester , Luke Matheson comes from the youth division of the local Rochdale AFC . He made his debut in the first team on September 4, 2018, when he started in the 2-1 home win against FC Bury in the group stage of the EFL Trophy . At 15 years and 336 days, he became the youngest player ever to play for Rochdale AFC and was voted Player of the Game following the game. In EFL League One , he played his first game on January 19, 2019 (29th matchday) in a 1-1 draw against Fleetwood Town , when he was exchanged for Matt Done at half-time . For the men's selection of Dale , he made seven competitive games this 2018/19 season .

In the following season 2019/20 , the young established full-back gradually in the starting lineup of head coach Brian Barry-Murphy . On September 25, 2019, at the age of 16, he first became known to a broad audience when he was able to equalize to 1-1 in the league cup match against Manchester United . The game ended in a 5-6 defeat on penalties . On October 31 of that year he signed his first professional contract with the Dale . His first league goal was on January 11, 2020 (27th matchday) in a 2-0 home win against Bolton Wanderers .

On January 31, 2020 changed Luke Matheson for a fee in the amount of one million pounds for first division side Wolverhampton Wanderers , but was up to the end of the season back awarded to the AFC Rochdale 2019/20. He played a total of 20 league games in the 2019/20 season and joined the Wolves for the first time in mid-July 2020 .

National team

Matheson played an international match for the England U17 national team in February 2019 .

The full-back has been in action for the U18s since October 2019 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who is Luke Matheson? The Rochdale 15-year-old reportedly interesting Manchester United and Liverpool In: Manchester Evening News, September 22, 2018 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  2. ↑ Luke Matheson: 15-year-old Rochdale defender named man of the match on debut In: BBC, September 5, 2018 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  3. ↑ Luke Matheson Becomes Rochdale's Youngest Ever Debutant In: Rochdale AFC, September 4, 2018 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  4. ↑ Report | Dale 1-1 Fleetwood Town In: Rochdale AFC on January 19, 2019 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  5. ↑ Luke Matheson - Performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 10, 2020)
  6. ↑ a b Luke Matheson - performance data 19/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 10, 2020)
  7. ↑ Manchester United escape on penalties against Rochdale despite 16-year-old Luke Matheson's heroics In: The Daily Telegraph, September 25, 2019 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  8. ^ Luke Matheson: Scoring against Man Utd but school in the morning In: BBC, September 26, 2019 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  9. ↑ Luke Matheson signs three-year Rochdale deal after Carabao Cup heroics In: BBC of October 31, 2019 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  10. ↑ Rochdale 2-0 Bolton Wanderers In: BBC January 11, 2020 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  11. ↑ Wolves seal Matheson signing In: Wolverhampton Wanderers of January 31, 2020 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  12. ↑ Luke Matheson joins Wolves from Rochdale in deal worth £ 1m In: BBC January 31, 2020 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  13. ↑ Rochdale AFC releases all out of contract players including captain Ian Henderson In: Rochdale Online from June 13, 2020 (accessed July 16, 2020)
  14. ↑ Luke Matheson Makes International Debut In: Rochdale AFC, February 7, 2019 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  15. ↑ Luke Matheson - England U17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 10, 2020)
  16. ↑ An impressive win on the road for Ian Foster's Young Lions, who beat Poland in Opole In: The FA of October 11, 2019 (accessed April 10, 2020)
  17. ↑ Luke Matheson - England U18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 10, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Matheson, Luke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matheson, Luke Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 2002
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochdale , England