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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luke Boden | ||
Date of birth | 26 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Position(s) | Left Back / Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2007 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2011 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | (0) |
2008 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2008 | → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2009 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2011–2014 | Orlando City | 87 | (4) |
2015–2016 | Orlando City | 45 | (1) |
2016 | Orlando City B | 1 | (0) |
2017 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 12 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Orlando SeaWolves (indoor) | 7 | (4) |
Total | 179 | (9) | |
Managerial career | |||
2018– | Rollins Tars (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luke Boden (born 26 November 1988) is an English retired professional footballer who is an assistant coach for the Rollins College men's soccer team.
Boden made his breakthrough when still a Sheffield Wednesday academy player. [1] [2] He was called up to the senior squad at the start of the 2006–07 season to ease the club's injury problems. He made his debut when he came on as a substitute in the Championship game at Plymouth Argyle on 19 August 2006.
On 18 September 2008 he was loaned out to League Two side Chesterfield for a month. Boden made his debut in the Spireites' 1–2 defeat at Rochdale on 20 September 2008. He played four games for the Spireites before a short loan spell with Rushden & Diamonds.
On 27 August 2009, Boden joined League Two side Northampton Town on a one-month loan deal. [3]
Boden was released from his contract with Sheffield Wednesday by mutual consent on 26 January 2011, [4] and subsequently moved to play in the United States. He signed a two-year contract with Orlando City of the USL Pro league on 23 February 2011, [5] and made his debut for his new team on 16 April as a second-half substitute in a game against the Charlotte Eagles. [6]
Boden was released by Orlando at the end of the 2016 season, and subsequently signed with USL side Tampa Bay Rowdies on 6 January 2017. [7]
Boden joined the Rollins Tars coaching staff ahead of the 2018 season. He is an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator. [8]
Boden holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. [9]