Luke Maxwell

Luke Maxwell
Personal information
Full name Luke Stephen Maxwell[1]
Date of birth (1997-07-06) 6 July 1997[2]
Place of birth Kidderminster, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Youth career
2012–2014 Kidderminster Harriers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Kidderminster Harriers 30 (0)
2016– Birmingham City 0 (0)
2016 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 15 (2)
2017 → Grimsby Town (loan) 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:26, 9 April 2017 (UTC).

Luke Stephen Maxwell (born 6 July 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championship club Birmingham City. He began his career with Kidderminster Harriers, and was loaned back to that club after signing for Birmingham in January 2016; he also went on loan in January 2017 to League Two side Grimsby Town.

Club career

Early life and career

Maxwell was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire,[4] where he attended Baxter College. He scored in the final as his under-15 school team won the 2012 Worcestershire Schools County Cup final, a performance that earned them the District Council's award for school team of the year.[5] He began his football career in the academy system at his local club, Kidderminster Harriers, as part of which he completed a BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport at Stourbridge College.[6] He was a member of the Kidderminster under-18 team that reached the third round of the 2014–15 FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 2–1 to Championship club Blackpool's youngsters,[7] and signed his first contract with the club in December 2014.[8] Maxwell made his first-team debut later that month, aged 17 years, 5 months, in the starting eleven for a 1–0 defeat at home to Southport in the Conference.[9] He went on to make a further seven league appearances that season,[2] and also scored in the final of the Worcestershire Senior Cup to help Kidderminster beat Worcester City 2–1.[10]

He became a regular in Kidderminster's first team in 2015–16, and made 22 league appearances in the first half of the season. In January 2016, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Championship club Birmingham City for a fee of £75,000,[11] to be paid in two instalments. As part of the deal, he returned to Kidderminster on a youth loan for the remainder of the season,[12] and made a further 15 appearances, scoring twice – for his first senior goal, "he curled a finely-struck effort" to open the scoring in a 3–2 win against Eastleigh[13] – as his team were unable to avoid relegation. Maxwell's performances for Kidderminster over the season earned him the Players' Player of the Season award.[14] Maxwell returned to Birmingham City in time to be part of the Birmingham reserve team that lost the 2016 Birmingham Senior Cup final to National League North champions Solihull Moors.[15]

Football League debut

Maxwell appeared for Birmingham's first team in 2016 pre-season, and by the new year was the under-23 team's joint-highest appearance maker, but had not played a competitive first-team match.[16] On 27 January 2017, he joined League Two club Grimsby Town on loan to the end of the season.[17] At the time, he was receiving treatment for a groin injury at his parent club,[18] so did not make his Football League debut until 18 February, as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 3–0 wn against Mansfield Town.[2] On 4 May 2017, Maxwell returned to Birmingham prior to the final game of the season from his loan spell at Grimsby.[19]

Club statistics

As of match played on 8 April 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kidderminster Harriers 2014–15[2] Conference Premier8000—0080
2015–16[2] National League22010—1[lower-alpha 1]0240
Total 30010—10320
Birmingham City 2015–16[20] Championship00———00
2016–17[21] Championship000000—00
Total 000000—00
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2015–16[2] National League152—— 152
Grimsby Town (loan) 2016–17[2] League Two40———40
Career total 49210—10512
  1. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/12/2014 and 31/12/2014" (PDF). The Football Association. January 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "L. Maxwell". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Luke Maxwell". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Kendrick, Mat (10 February 2016). "Birmingham City: I'm glad Blues allowed me to return to Kiddy – I've unfinished business". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "District salutes sporting heroes of 2012". Kidderminster Shuttle. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kidderminster Harriers FC Football and Education" (PDF). Stourbridge College. 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Harriers' fine FA Youth Cup run ended by Blackpool". Kidderminster Shuttle. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Success stories". Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Report: Harriers 0–1 Southport". Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  10. ↑ Carley, Steve (21 April 2015). "Worcester City lose 2–1 to Kidderminster Harriers in Worcestershire FA Senior Cup final". Worcester News. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Luke Maxwell signs for Birmingham". BBC Sport. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Maxwell cash to ease Harriers' financial woes". Kidderminster Shuttle. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Kendrick, Mat (10 February 2016). "Birmingham City scouting report: This boy Luke Maxwell is getting better and better". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Colin Gordon hails new management set-up as Kidderminster Harriers close in on Gardiner". Kidderminster Shuttle. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  15. ↑ Dick, Brian (5 May 2016). "Birmingham Senior Cup final: Birmingham City U21s 1 Solihull Moors 2". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "Luke Maxwell makes Grimsby Town loan move". Birmingham City F.C. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  17. ↑ McCartney, Aidan (27 January 2017). "Birmingham City transfers: Grimsby Town set to sign young midfielder Luke Maxwell on loan". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  18. ↑ Findlater, James (2 February 2017). "'Grimsby Town midfielder Luke Maxwell won't be rushed back from injury' – Marcus Bignot". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "Plymouth Team News". Grimsby Town F.C. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Luke Maxwell in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Luke Maxwell in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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