Luke Wade-Slater

Luke Keith Wade-Slater (born 2 March 1998) is an Irish footballer who plays for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians.

Luke Wade-Slater
Personal information
Full name Luke Keith Wade-Slater[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Playing position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bohemians
Number 27
Youth career
2012–2015 St Kevin's Boys[2]
2015–2017 Stevenage
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Stevenage 2 (0)
2018 → Kings Langley (loan) 6 (5)
2019– Bohemians 35 (3)
National team
2015 Republic of Ireland U17 5 (0)
2016 Republic of Ireland U18 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Stevenage

Wade-Slater joined Stevenage as an academy scholar in the summer of 2015, having previously been on schoolboy terms at Irish academy side St Kevin's Boys.[3] He featured regularly for Stevenage's U18 side for two seasons,[4] also playing in the club's FA Youth Cup run during the 2015–16 season.[5]

Wade-Slater made his first-team debut in November 2016, coming on as a 77th minute substitute in a 4–0 EFL Trophy victory over Southend United at Broadhall Way.[6] He subsequently signed his first professional contract with the club in May 2017.[4] Wade-Slater made his Football League debut in October 2017, appearing as a second-half substitute as Stevenage fell to a 1–0 away defeat to Crewe Alexandra.[7] He signed a "new and improved" contract with the Hertfordshire side on 6 December 2017.[8]

Having made no first-team appearances three months into the 2018–19 season,[9] Wade-Slater joined Kings Langley of the Southern League Premier Division South on loan until January 2019.[10] He made his debut for Kings Langley on 10 November 2018, scoring the only goal of the game in a 1–0 away victory at Farnborough.[11] He went on to score in each of his first five appearances for Kings Langley, making six appearances in total, before being recalled by Stevenage in December 2018.[12][13]

Bohemians

Following his recall from Kings Langley in December 2018, Wade-Slater signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians, officially joining on 1 January 2019.[13]

International career

Wade-Slater appeared regularly for Republic of Ireland at U17 level, making his debut in February 2015 and proceeding to earn five caps throughout 2015.[9][14] He was then called up to play for the U18 side in May 2016, playing three times within the space of a month for the U18s.

Career statistics
As of matches played as of 17 August 2020
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stevenage 2016–17[15] EFL League Two 000000—1[lower-alpha 1]010
2017–18[16] 200000—2[lower-alpha 1]040
2018–19[17] 000000—0000
Stevenage Total 200000—3050
Kings Langley (loan) 2018–19[12] SFL Premier Division South 6500——0065
Bohemians 2019[18] League of Ireland Premier Division 3214020—1[lower-alpha 2]1392
2020 3000000[lower-alpha 3]00030
Bohemians Total 35140200011422
Career total 42640200041447
  1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
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References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2015–16". English Football League. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "Luke Wade-Slater signs professional terms with Stevenage FC". St Kevin's Boys F.C. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. "Stevenage sign 4 SKB Boys". St Kevin's Boys F.C. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. "Luke Slater signs professional terms". Stevenage F.C. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. "Boroguide – Luke Wade-Slater". Boroguide. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. "Match Report: Stevenage 4 Southend United 0". Stevenage F.C. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. "Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. "Luke Wade-Slater pens new deal". Stevenage F.C. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. "Soccerway – Luke Wade-Slater". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  10. "Wade-Slater joins Kings Langley on loan". Stevenage F.C. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  11. "Farnborough 0–1 Kings Langley". Kings Langley F.C. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  12. "Kings Langley – Fixtures & Results – 2018–19". Kings Langley F.C. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  13. "Luke Wade-Slater joins Bohemian FC". Stevenage F.C. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  14. "UEFA – Luke Wade-Slater". UEFA. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  15. "Games played by Luke Wade-Slater in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  16. "Games played by Luke Wade-Slater in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  17. "Games played by Luke Wade-Slater in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  18. https://ie.soccerway.com/players/andre-wright/413068/
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