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Full name | Luke Chambers | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 June 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Preston, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Wigan Athletic (on loan from Liverpool) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2022 | Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Liverpool | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | → Kilmarnock (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | England U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | England U16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | England U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | England U19 | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | England U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:35, 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:26, 27 March 2024 (UTC) |
Luke Chambers (born 24 June 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Wigan Athletic on loan from Premier League club Liverpool. He was part of the England national under-19 football team that won the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
From Chorley, Lancashire, Chambers joined the Liverpool Academy when he was six years old. After moving through the age group teams, when he was aged 18 years old Chambers travelled with the first team Liverpool squad on their pre-season tour of Asia where he played in matches against Manchester United and Crystal Palace. In July 2022, he signed a professional contract with Liverpool. [1] [2] During the 2022–23 season Chambers began to be involved in the first team squad for Premier League matches and being named among the match day substitutes. [3]
In September 2022, Chambers was name-checked by Liverpool's first team assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders, along with Bobby Clark and Stefan Bajcetic, as “stand out" players from the Liverpool Youth Team. [4] He also impressed Liverpool first team left-back Kostas Tsimikas who said “This kid [Chambers] impresses me a lot. He’s a very, very good player and always very focused in the training. For me, my personal advice for him is to never stop dreaming and never stop working hard, because in football that's the most important [thing]. I'm really sure the future is bright for him.” [5]
On 30 January 2023, Chambers joined Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on loan until the end of the season. [6] On 1 February, he made his senior debut against Dundee United and provided the assist for the only goal of the game. Afterwards, he received praise from manager Derek McInnes who said it was a “great debut” and added that Chambers “was making his senior debut at 18, there was a lot of nerves, but the level of performance was very mature”. [7] Chambers turned down the chance to represent England U-20s at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in order to finish the season with Kilmarnock as the tournament began on 20 May 2023, before Kilmarnock were safe from relegation. [8]
On 27 September 2023, Chambers made his senior Liverpool debut, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 EFL Cup victory over Leicester City at Anfield. [9] He made his first start for the Reds in a 5–1 UEFA Europa League victory over Toulouse on 26 October 2023. [10]
On 12 January 2024, Chambers signed for EFL League One club Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the season. [11] He was credited with his first senior league goal against Portsmouth on 20 April 2024. [12] Having participated in Liverpool's pre-season, he returned to Wigan on a season-long loan on 6 August 2024.https://wiganathletic.com/news/2024/august/06/Luke-Chambers-returns-to-Wigan-Athletic-on-loan--/%7Ctitle=Luke Chambers returns to Wigan Athletic on loan!|website=wiganathletic.com|date=6 August 2024|accessdate=6 August 2024}}</ref>
Chambers was part of the England under-19 squad that won the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship held in Slovakia in June and July 2022. [13] He was a second-half substitute in the final as England defeated Israel in extra time to win the tournament. [14] [15] He scored his first goal for England U19s in September 2022 against Montenegro U19. [16] [17] In October 2023, he was called up to the England U-20 side for matches against Portugal U-20 and Romania U-20. [18]
Chambers made his U20 debut during a 3-0 defeat to Italy at the Eco-Power Stadium on 16 November 2023. [19]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool U21 | 2021–22 [20] | — | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2022–23 [21] | — | — | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
2023–24 [22] | — | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Kilmarnock (loan) | 2022–23 [21] | Scottish Premiership | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Liverpool | 2023–24 [22] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Career total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
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