Lucas Akins
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| Lucas Akins | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas-Jordan Jeremiah Akins | |
| Date of birth | February 25, 1989 | |
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2005–2007 | Huddersfield Town | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2007–2008 2007–2008 |
Huddersfield Town → Northwich Victoria (loan) |
6 (0) 10 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Lucas-Jordan "LJ" Akins (born February 25, 1989 in Huddersfield) is a professional footballer currently without a club. He attended St. Patricks Junior and Infants School where he was very talented in many sports which, included athletics, rugby and basketball but was a prolific striker scoring many goals for the school. He also attended Newsome High School and Sports College where he also excelled in many sports.
Akins is quite a versatile character. He also was a talented dancer, and won many awards in Ballet, Tap, Modern and Jazz dancing. His 12 year dancing career came to an end when he had the difficult decision to make between football and dancing, he chose football.
Akins started his career with Huddersfield Town, and on April 20, 2007, then manager Andy Ritchie promoted him and 3 other members of Huddersfield's academy to the first team squad, following excellent performances for the academy and reserve teams.
Akins made his Huddersfield debut on April 27, 2007, when he replaced Luke Beckett in Huddersfield's match against Northampton Town at the Sixfields Stadium, where ironically he had scored a hat-trick for Huddersfield's youth team against Northampton in the F.A. Youth Cup in November, 2006.
Akins scored his first goal for the club in the last friendly before the 2007-08 season started against Mansfield Town and also hit the post in the same game. He was a regular in the squad at the beginning of the 2007-08 season, mainly featuring from the bench.
On November 22, then manager Andy Ritchie sent Akins on loan to Conference National side Northwich Victoria for match practice. He helped his new club to a first victory of the season in his first game, ending a 19 game streak for Northwich without a win. He scored his first goal for his new club in their 2-1 win over Altrincham on December 26, 2007. He returned to Huddersfield on February 15, 2008 He is currently in talks with Barnet.
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