Luke Conlan

Luke Conlan
Personal information
Full name Luke Vincent Conlan[1]
Date of birth (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994[2]
Place of birth Portaferry, Northern Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Morecambe
Number 14
Youth career
2011–2012 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Burnley 0 (0)
2015–2016 → St Mirren (loan) 3 (0)
2016 → Morecambe (loan) 16 (0)
2016– Morecambe 6 (0)
National team
2010 Northern Ireland U16 5 (0)
2010 Northern Ireland U17 2 (0)
2012 Northern Ireland U19 2 (0)
2013–2016 Northern Ireland U21 11 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:22, 19 September 2016 (UTC).


Luke Vincent "Luke" Conlan (born 31 October 1994) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Morecambe.

Club career

Born in Portaferry, County Down, Conlan attended St Columba's School in the town and played for junior clubs Grosvenor Youth and Portaferry.[3] He was recruited by Championship side Burnley in the summer of 2011, signing a two-year scholarship with the club.[4] He was a key member of the youth side that reached the 2011–12 FA Youth Cup semi-finals, eventually losing 3–1 to Blackburn Rovers on aggregate.[3]

In March 2012, whilst still a first-year apprentice, Conlan signed his first professional contract in a two-year deal.[5] He remained a regular in the youth and reserve sides until he suffered a knee injury, and in April 2014 it was announced by Burnley that he would not be retained at the end of the season when his contract expired.[3] However, he continued to train with the club during pre-season and in September 2014, after recovering from injury, he signed a one-year contract extension with the club.[6] In April 2015, it was announced that Conlan had signed another one-year contract extension until the summer of 2016.[7]

In July 2015 he signed for Scottish Championship side St Mirren on a season-long loan deal.[8] He made his debut for the club in the 3–1 Scottish Challenge Cup victory over Berwick Rangers.[9] Conlan received his first senior red card in the Renfrewshire derby against Greenock Morton on 21 August 2015. The match ended 0–0.[10] Conlan returned to Burnley in January 2016, having failed to break into the St Mirren first team.[11][12] In January 2016, he was sent on a one-month youth loan to Football League Two side Morecambe.[13]

International career

Conlan has been capped at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level for Northern Ireland.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 September 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren (loan) 2015–16[9] Scottish Championship 30—001[lower-alpha 1]040
Morecambe (loan) 2015–16[9] League Two 160———160
Morecambe 2016–17[14] League Two 6000200080
Total 220002000240
Career total 250002010280
  1. ↑ Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/03/2012 and 31/03/2012". TheFA.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Burnley FootballSquads". Football Squads. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Luke Conlan - NIFG". Northern Ireland Football Greats. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Conlon signs for Burnley". Northern Ireland School's Football Association. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Burnley FC youth team pair sign professional deals at Turf Moor". The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Conlan Rejoins The Clarets". Burnley F.C. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "New deals for six young players". Claretsmad. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Burnley defender Luke Conlan completes St Mirren loan move". Sky Sports. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Morton 0-0 St Mirren". Scottish Professional Football League. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Post Match Quotes – Alex Rae (02/01/2016)". St Mirren Official website. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Luke Conlan and Craig Reid". St Mirren Official website. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Conlan Loan". Morecambe F.C. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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