Luis Binks

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Luis Binks
Personal information
Full name Luis Thomas Binks [1]
Date of birth (2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Gillingham, Kent, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Coventry City
Number 2
Youth career
2007–2020 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 Montreal Impact 8 (0)
2020–2024 Bologna 15 (0)
2020 → Montreal Impact (loan) 18 (0)
2022–2023 → Como (loan) 34 (0)
2023–2024 → Coventry City (loan) 23 (0)
2024– Coventry City 17 (0)
International career‡
2017 England U16 2 (0)
2017–2018 England U17 8 (0)
2018 Scotland U18 3 (0)
2018–2019 England U18 9 (1)
2019 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:17, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2020

Luis Thomas Binks (born 2 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Coventry City. Born in England, he has represented both England and Scotland internationally at age group level.

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Club career

Born in Gillingham, he attended The Howard School in Rainham, Kent. [3] Binks is a childhood Gillingham-fan and his mother Jo has worked at the club for 30 years. [4] Binks joined the Tottenham Hotspur academy at the age of six in 2007. [5]

Montreal Impact / CF Montréal

On 18 February 2020, Binks left Tottenham Hotspur and signed a professional contract with Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer. [5] He made his debut for the club on 26 February 2020 against Deportivo Saprissa during a CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 tie. He started and played the whole match as Montreal drew 0–0 but advanced on a 2–0 aggregate. [6] Binks made his MLS debut on the 29th of that month, playing the whole game in a 2–1 victory over the New England Revolution.

Bologna

On 13 August 2020, Binks was transferred to Serie A club Bologna, with him staying on loan with the Impact until the end of the 2020 MLS season. [7] Binks made his debut on 26 September 2021 in a Serie A away match to Empoli which Bologna lost 4–2. [8]

On 18 July 2022, Binks was loaned to Como for a season. [9]

On 28 July 2023, he was loaned to EFL Championship side Coventry City. [10]

Coventry City

On 19 June 2024, Binks made his loan transfer to Coventry City permanent for an undisclosed fee. [11] [12]

International career

Binks is eligible for England through birth and Scotland through his maternal grandfather being from Dunbar. [13] He represented Scotland at under-16 in the Victory Shield between 2016 and 2017. [3]

Career statistics

As of match played on 21 January 2025 [14]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur U21 2019–20 Professional Development League ———2 [c] 020
Bologna 2020–21 Serie A 0000——00
2021–22 15000——150
2022–23 0000——00
Totals150000000150
Montreal Impact (loan) 2020 Major League Soccer 19000—7 [d] 0260
Como 1907 (loan) 2022–23 Serie B 33010——340
Coventry City (loan) 2023–24 Championship 230401000280
Coventry City 2024–25 170101000190
Career totals10706020901240
  1. ↑ Includes Coppa Italia, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  4. ↑ Four appearances in MLS is Back Tournament, three appearances in CONCACAF Champions League

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References

  1. ↑ "Updated squad lists for 2019/20 Premier League". Premier League. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Luis Binks" (in Italian). Como 1907. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Binks realises boyhood dream". Kent Sports News. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Cawdell, Luke (7 November 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur's young defender Luis Binks could face hometown club Gillingham next week in the EFL Trophy". Kent Online. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Impact acquires England youth international centre-back Luis Binks". Ottawa Citizen. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Montreal Impact 0-0 Saprissa". Soccerway.
  7. ↑ "Defender Luis Binks transferred to Bologna FC". Impact Montreal. 13 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Empoli 4 – 2 Bologna". legaseriea.it. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "LUIS BINKS AL COMO" (in Italian). Como. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Coventry City agree season-long loan for Bologna defender". BBC. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Hornby, Mark (19 June 2024). "TRANSFER: Luis Binks joins Coventry City". CCFC. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Coventry City sign Bologna defender Luis Binks on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 20 June 2024.
  13. ↑ McDermott, Scott (4 June 2023). "Luis Binks is Serie A's forgotten Scot following Bologna blueprint". Daily Record.
  14. ↑ Luis Binks at Soccerway
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