Luton Shelton

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Luton Shelton
Personal information
Full name Luton Shelton
Date of birth November 11, 1985 (1985-11-11) (age 22)
Place of birth    Jamaica
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Sheffield United
Number 7
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–		 Harbour View
Helsingborgs IF
Sheffield United
 0? 0(?)
19 0(9)
19 0(1)   
National team2
Jamaica 25 (15)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 09:09, 5 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Luton Shelton (born on November 11, 1985) is a football player from Jamaica and is currently playing as a striker for Sheffield United in the Coca Cola Championship.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Helsingborgs IF

Shelton is an extremely quick player with a great sense of finding the net. In August 2005 he was due to move to a then high flying Championship side Burnley FC after a very successful pre season trial They attempted to sign the player however a work permit was rejected, August 2006 he joined Helsingborgs IF from the Jamaican club Harbour View for approximately £100,000. During the 2006 season, he scored 9 goals in 19 games (1 goal more than Henrik Larsson who played 15 times) in the Swedish Allsvenskan despite playing only irregularly due to repeated injuries. Whilst at the club he has scored a total of 17 goals in 28 competitive matches, including 5 goals in 4 Swedish Cup matches on the way to Helsingborg's victory in the competition. His 120th minute equaliser versus to-be league champions IF Elfsborg in the quarterfinal (which Helsingborg won 9-7 after the penalty shootout) and the 1-0 goal in the final versus Gefle IF are memorable events for Helsingborg fans.

[edit] Sheffield United

Shelton transferred to Sheffield United on a three and a half year contract for a fee of £1.85 million on January 15, 2007 and was officially unveiled by club on 24 January 2007.[1]

Shelton did not make his full debut until April 2007 in a 2-0 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford.[2] He scored his first competitive goals for the Blades in a 5-0 league cup defeat of Morecambe in September 2007.[3]

[edit] Statistics

English Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Sheffield United 2007-081 15 1 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 21 4
2006-07 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 19 1 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 25 4

1 Last updated 5 May 2008

[edit] International career

Shelton has been capped twenty-three times for Jamaica, scoring fourteen goals.

Luton scored four goals for Jamaica on his debeut. It was a match vs St. Martin which they won 12-0. He is a very valuable player in Jamaica's starting 11.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Warnock wraps up double signing", BBC Sport, 2007-01-15. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. 
  2. ^ "Man Utd 2-0 Sheff Utd", BBC Sport, 2007-04-17. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. 
  3. ^ "Sheff Utd 5-0 Morecambe", BBC Sport, 2007-09-25. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. 

[edit] External links

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Sheffield United F.C. – current squad

1 Kenny • 3 Naysmith • 5 Morgan • 6 Beattie • 7 Shelton • 8 Stead • 9 Hulse • 10 Webber • 11 Hendrie • 13 Bennett • 14 Carney • 15 Speed • 16 Kilgallon • 17 Montgomery • 18 Tonge • -- Zeyn Alabidyn S-Latef • 19 Gillespie • 20 Armstrong • 22 Lucketti • 24 Sharp • 26 Geary • 28 Quinn • 31 Law • 33 Ehiogu • –– Seck • Manager: Blackwell


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NAME Shelton, Luton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shelton, Luton
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1985-11-11
PLACE OF BIRTH , Jamaica
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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