Luke Rodgers
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| Luke Rodgers | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke John Rodgers | |
| Date of birth | January 1, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Port Vale | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-2005 2005-2007 2007- |
Shrewsbury Town Crewe Alexandra Port Vale |
176 (65) 37 (9) 15 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Luke John Rodgers (born 1 January 1982 in Birmingham, England) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Port Vale as a striker in Football League One.
[edit] Career
Rodgers initially played for Shrewsbury Town, rising through the ranks to break into the first team as a youth player. He became a firm fan favourite at Gay Meadow as he scored 73 goals in just under 200 appearances for the Shropshire side in all competitions, including 20+ in each of two consecutive seasons (2001-02, 2002-03) and four club hat-tricks. After helping Shrewsbury back into the Football League in 2003-04 with 14 goals his last season at the club wasn't quite as good with Rodgers suffering a few injuries and netting just 7 goals.
Rodgers turned down Shrewsbury's offer of a one-year contract, and moved to Crewe Alexandra for a tribunal-decided fee during the 2005 summer. Shrewsbury received £100,000 from the tribunal with two add-ons of £20,000 based on appearances; however, due to his brief spell at Crewe, Shrewsbury only received the first of these.
Despite a good goals-starts ratio at Crewe in their 2005/06 relegation season, he was never a favourite of Dario Gradi and was third choice behind free-scoring Luke Varney and Nicky Maynard at the start of the 2006/07 season. This resulted in him asking for a transfer after reportedly falling out with Gradi and in January 2007 after just 39 appearances and 9 goals, he moved to local rivals Port Vale for £30,000. After Just Three appearances he got injured and only played a total of 10 games before the end of the season however in that time he still scored 3 goals. Ironically his first came against Crewe in a 3-0 win for at Vale Park. He almost became the first Port Vale player for many years to score in all the pre season friendly matches. Before the 2007/08 season in the 6 friendlies he played he scored in 5 of the games but was denied in the sixth by former club Shrewsbury Town as Vale lost 1-0.
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