Luke Steele (footballer)

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Luke Steele
Personal information
Full name Luke Steele
Date of birth 24 September 1984 (1984-09-24) (age 23)
Place of birth    Peterborough, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Barnsley
Number 31
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2002
2002
2002–2006
2004–2005
2006
2006–2008
2006–2007
2008
2008–		 Peterborough United
→ Manchester United (loan)
Manchester United
→ Coventry City (loan)
→ Coventry City (loan)
West Bromwich Albion
→ Coventry City (loan)
→ Barnsley (loan)
Barnsley		 02 (0)
00 (0)
00 (0)
32 (0)
00 (0)
02 (0)
05 (0)
14 (0)
00 (0)   
National team
England under-18s

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12:12, 21 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Luke Steele (born 24 September 1984 in Peterborough) is an English football player. He is a goalkeeper currently playing for Barnsley.

[edit] Football career

Steele went to school at Arthur Mellows Village College, Glinton, Peterborough, where he is still involved in various charity events.[citation needed] He started his career at local side Peterborough United. On 8 June 2002 he signed for Manchester United for £500,000. He was loaned to Coventry City for part of the 2004–05 season.

For the 2005–06 season he returned to Old Trafford and, following the departures of Ricardo and Roy Carroll, was third choice keeper for the senior side behind Edwin van der Sar and Tim Howard.

In summer 2006 Steele joined West Bromwich Albion, as part of the deal that took Tomasz Kuszczak to Manchester. However, he was initially loaned to Coventry City for the season only to be recalled after less than a week and no appearances. On 23 December 2006 he once again joined Coventry on a seven day emergency loan.[1] This was subsequently extended to the remainder of the season.[2] Steele made his Albion debut in a 2–1 win away at Leicester City on 8 December 2007.[3]

In February 2008 he joined Barnsley on an emergency loan for one month. They required a goalkeeper for their fifth round FA Cup tie with Liverpool, as Heinz Müller was injured, whilst on loan Tony Warner was cup-tied.[4] Steele delivered a Man of the Match performance on his debut in a surprise victory over the Premier League side at Anfield, allowing Barnsley to progress to the quarter finals.[5] He also won the FA Cup Player of the Round award for his performance in the game.[6] He then helped Barnsley reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup by keeping a clean sheet against Chelsea in a game which they won 1–0.

On 17 March 2008 Steele returned from his loan, with talks deadlocked over who should pay his wages during a proposed extended loan period. He rejoined Barnsley three days later, after the two clubs agreed a further loan period until the end of the season, with a view to a permanent transfer.[7] Steele represented Barnsley in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, where they lost 1–0 against Cardiff City.[8] His permanent transfer to Barnsley was completed on 21 May 2008, with Steele signing a one-year contract.[9]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Coventry seal Steele loan switch", BBC Sport, 2006-12-23. Retrieved on 2008-05-21. 
  2. ^ "Coventry extend Steele loan deal", BBC Sport, 2007-01-05. Retrieved on 2007-05-07. 
  3. ^ "Leicester City vs WBA", West Bromwich Albion F.C., 2007-12-08. Retrieved on 2007-12-08. 
  4. ^ "Steele joins Tykes on loan", West Bromwich Albion F.C., 2008-02-14. Retrieved on 2008-02-15. 
  5. ^ Bevan, Chris. "Liverpool 1-2 Barnsley", BBC Sport, 2008-02-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-18. 
  6. ^ "Barnsley keeper wins FA Cup award", BBC Sport, 2008-02-27. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. 
  7. ^ "Cup hero Steele re-joins Barnsley", BBC Sport, 2008-03-20. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. 
  8. ^ McKenzie, Andrew. "Barnsley 0-1 Cardiff", BBC Sport, 2008-04-06. Retrieved on 2008-04-09. 
  9. ^ "Barnsley complete Steele signing", BBC Sport, 2008-05-21. Retrieved on 2008-05-21. 

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Persondata
NAME Luke Steele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 23 September 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Peterborough, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH