Luke Freeman

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Luke Freeman
Personal information
Full name	Luke Freeman
Date of birth	22 March 1992 (1992-03-22) (age 16)
Place of birth	Dartford, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Arsenal
Youth clubs
2003–2007	Gillingham
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007–2008 2008–	Gillingham Arsenal	1 (0) 0 (0)
National team
	England U-16	3 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:38, 3 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Luke Freeman (born Dartford, March 22, 1992) is an English football player currently playing for Arsenal F.C. Academy squad. He is primarily a forward and first played for local side White Oak Wanderers in Bexley before representing Gravesham and subsequently being signed by Charlton Athletic. He was released by Charlton and joined Gillingham at the age of 11.^[1]

Freeman made his first team debut for Gillingham in an FA Cup tie against Barnet on 10 November 2007 aged 15 years and 233 days, replacing Efe Sodje as an 80th minute substitute.^[2] His debut set two records; he simultaneously became Gillingham's youngest ever first team player,^[1] and the youngest player ever to appear in the FA Cup ,^[3] breaking records previously held by Billy Hughes and Lee Holmes respectively.

On January 26, 2008 Arsenal's official website stated that Freeman had signed for the club and had made his debut for the academy side. He made his debut for the England under 16 team in the Montaigu Tournament in France, scoring his first goal against the equivalent team from Japan.

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• Luke Freeman career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
NAME	Freeman, Luke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 22, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dartford, Kent, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH