Luton Shelton

Luton Shelton Dey

Shelton during a match
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-11-11) 11 November 1985
Place of birth	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left winger / Striker
Club information
Current club	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2006	Harbour View	43	(44)
2006–2007	Helsingborgs IF	19	(9)
2007–2008	Sheffield United	19	(4)
2008–2011	Vålerenga	58	(17)
2009–2010	→ AaB (loan)	11	(1)
2011–2013	Karabükspor	47	(10)
2013–	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	13	(1)
National team‡
2004–	Jamaica	73	(35)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2012

Luton Shelton (born 11 November 1985 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a striker or winger for the Russian Premier League club Volga Nizhny Novgorod.

He made his international debut for Jamaica in 2004, and has earned 73 caps, scoring 35 goals. He has played at three CONCACAF Gold Cups.

Club career

Harbour View

Shelton started his career in the club youth system before becoming a first regular by the age of 18. While at Harbour View he won the CFU Club Championship and the National Premier League. He was also recognised as youth player of the year during his tenure.

Helsingborg

In August 2005 Shelton was due to move to Football League Championship club Burnley after a successful pre-season trial. They attempted to sign Shelton, but a work permit was rejected, and in August 2006 he joined Helsingborg for about £100,000. During the 2006 season, he scored nine goals in 19 games in the Swedish Allsvenskan, despite playing only irregularly due to repeated injuries. He scored a total of 17 goals in 28 competitive matches, including five goals in four Swedish Cup matches on the way to Helsingborg's victory in the competition. His 120th minute equaliser against to-be league champions Elfsborg in the quarter-final, which Helsingborg won 5–3 after a penalty shootout (4–4 after extra time), and the 1–0 goal in the final against Gefle, were two of his highlights at the club.

Sheffield United

Despite being signed amidst much fanfare, Shelton did not make his full début until April 2007 in a 2–0 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford.^[1][2] He made only three more appearances for the Blades in the Premiership that season as they unsuccessfully battled to avoid relegation.

With the arrival of James Beattie and Billy Sharp at Bramall Lane during the close season he found games no more easy to come by under new manager Bryan Robson. Initially limited to cup appearances, he scored his first competitive goals for the club, netting twice in a 5–0 League Cup win over Morecambe in September 2007.^[3]

As the team struggled he began to see more first team action, but was unable to turn appearances into goals, scoring only twice more that season, against Manchester City in the FA Cup^[4] and Colchester in the league.^[5] With the arrival of new manager Kevin Blackwell Shelton was sidelined once more.

Valerenga

On 24 July 2008, it was announced that Shelton had been sold to Norwegian side Vålerenga, playing in the Tippeligaen, for around £1m.^[6]

Karabükspor

On 4 August 2011, Shelton was transferred to Karabükspor.

International career

Shelton has been capped at U-17, U-20, U-23 and national level for Jamaica. He scored his 25th goal for Jamaica vs Guadeloupe. He is the only man on the planet to score 4 goals on his début. In June 2008 he scored five goals in two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying games for Jamaica against the Bahamas. Later the same month, he scored two goals as Jamaica won 7–0 and scored a hat-trick as Jamaica won 6–0.^[7] Shelton was also the top goal scorer in 2010 CONCACAF World Cup qualification matches with seven goals. On 31 January 2010, Shelton scored in a friendly match against Canada to equal Paul Young as Jamaica's all-time leading goalscorer with 28 goals. On 27 November 2010, Shelton became Jamaica's all-time leader scorer with 30 goals after scoring two goals versus Antigua. Jamaica shocked USA 2–1 on to seize the lead in their group in the semi-final round of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualifying in the CONCACAF Zone. Goals from Rodolph Austin and Luton Shelton overcame Clint Dempsey's first-minute strike for the Americans as Jamaica posted their first victory over the US in 19 matches.

International goals

As of 15 August 2012^[8]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competitions
1	24 November 2004	Independence Park, Kingston	Saint-Martin	4–0	12–0	2005 Caribbean Cup qualifier
2				8–0		2005 Caribbean Cup qualifier
3				9–0		2005 Caribbean Cup qualifier
4				10–0		2005 Caribbean Cup qualifier
5	26 November 2004	Jarrett Park, Montego Bay	U.S. Virgin Islands	1–0	11–0	2005 Caribbean Cup qualifier
6	28 November 2004	Independence Park, Kingston	Haiti	3–0	3–1	2005 Caribbean Cup qualifier
7	8 January 2005	Independence Park, Kingston	French Guiana	3–0	5–0	2005 Caribbean Cup qualifier
8	20 February 2005	Barbados National Stadium, Waterford	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	2–1	2005 Caribbean Cup
9	24 February 2005	Barbados National Stadium, Waterford	Cuba	1–0	1–0	2005 Caribbean Cup
10	20 April 2005	Herndon Stadium, Atlanta	Guatemala	1–0	1–0	Friendly
11	7 July 2005	The Home Depot Center, Carson	Guatemala	1–0	4–3	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
12	1 October 2005	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale	Guatemala	1–0	2–1	Friendly
13	8 October 2006	Independence Park, Kingston	Canada	1–1	2–1	Friendly
14	26 March 2007	Independence Park, Kingston	Panama	1–1	1–1	Friendly
15	7 June 2008	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya	Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	1–1	Friendly
16	15 June 2008	Independence Park, Kingston	Bahamas	4–0	7–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
17				5–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
18	18 June 2008	Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny	Bahamas	2–0	6–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
19				3–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
20				5–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
21	15 October 2008	Independence Park, Kingston	Honduras	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
22	18 October 2008	Independence Park, Kingston	Canada	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
23	3 December 2008	Independence Park, Kingston	Barbados	2–1	2–1	2008 Caribbean Championship
24	5 December 2008	Jarrett Park, Montego Bay	Grenada	2–0	4–0	2008 Caribbean Championship
25	11 December 2008	Independence Park, Kingston	Guadeloupe	2–0	2–0	2008 Caribbean Championship
26	14 December 2008	Independence Park, Kingston	Grenada	1–0	2–0	2008 Caribbean Championship
27				2–0		2008 Caribbean Championship
28	31 January 2010	Independence Park, Kingston	Canada	1–0	1–0	Friendly
29	27 November 2010	Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote	Antigua and Barbuda	2–0	3–1	2010 Caribbean Championship
30				3–0		2010 Caribbean Championship
31	6 June 2011	The Home Depot Center, Carson	Grenada	1–0	4–0	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
32	15 August 2012	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.	El Salvador	1–0	2–0	Friendly
33				2–0		Friendly
34	7 September 2012	Independence Park, Kingston	United States	2–1	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
35	12 October 2012	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City	Guatemala	1–1	1–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Club statistics

• During the 2007–08 season he also played 3 games (2 goals) in the English League Cup.
• Goals in for Harbour View in statistics are sourced from RSSSF, but contradicting to total statistics (which is taken from infobox).

Honours

Club

International

Jamaica

• Caribbean Cup:
  • Winner (3): 2005, 2008, 2010

Personal life

Luton Shelton has a younger brother, Shamar Shelton, who played college soccer for the 2009 NAIA National Champions Lindsey Wilson College then transferred to the University of Cincinnati to compete in the Big East Conference. Shamar, who have been successful at every level of school-boy football from high school to college also played for Harbour View F.C. and the Jamaica national U20 youth teams. Luton is also a close friend with senior national teammate Adrian Reid, who shared an Oslo apartment with Shelton, while on loan to Lillestrom in Norway.

Luton Shelton has two children, Lutasha Shelton (born 2009) and Luton Shelton, Jr (born 2010).

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luton Shelton.

• Luton Shelton career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at SUFC.premiumtv.co.uk
• AaB profile
• Luton Shelton at National-Football-Teams.com

Jamaica squads v t e Jamaica squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 S. Sawyers 3 Stewart 4 Taylor 5 T. Sawyers 6 Scarlett 8 Palmer 9 Williams 10 Fuller 11 Dean 12 Johnson 13 Murray 14 Marshall 16 Daley 17 Hue 18 Stephenson 19 Reid 20 Ralph 21 Shelton 22 Finlayson 23 Bennett 25 Davis 30 Ricketts Coach: Downswell v t e Jamaica squad – 2008 Caribbean Cup winners Ricketts Miller Marshall Thomas Reid Stewart Vernan Woodbine Moodie Austin Fraser Williams W. Wolfe Thompson Morrison R. Wolfe Dean Cummings Shelton Richards Coach: Barnes v t e Jamaica squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Ricketts 2 Vernon 3 Stewart 4 Davis 5 Goodison 7 Morrison 8 Campbell-Ryce 10 Fuller 11 Shelton 12 Phillips 13 Kerr 14 Marshall 15 Gardner 16 Johnson 17 Austin 18 Wolfe 19 Addlery 20 Thompson 21 Miller 22 Cummings 23 Richards 24 Thomas Coach: Whitmore v t e Jamaica squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Ricketts 2 Edwards 3 Di. Williams 4 Thomas (c) 5 Goodison 6 Taylor 7 Morrison 8 Vernan 9 Johnson 10 Cummings 11 Richards 12 Phillips 13 Miller 14 Marshall 15 Watson 16 O. Daley 17 Austin 18 K. Daley 19 Reid 20 Boyd 21 Shelton 22 Da. Williams 23 Kerr Coach: Whitmore