Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luke Elliot Plange [1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 November 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Kingston upon Thames, England | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | HJK (on loan from Crystal Palace) | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2021 | Arsenal | ||
2021 | Derby County | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Derby County | 8 | (3) |
2022– | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → Derby County (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2022–2023 | → RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 13 | (2) |
2023 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 22 | (2) |
2024– | → HJK (loan) | 18 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | England U20 | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:51, 30 March 2022 (UTC) |
Luke Elliot Plange (born 4 November 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga side HJK on loan from Premier League club Crystal Palace.
A youth product of Arsenal since the age of six, [3] Plange moved to Derby County on 21 March 2021. [4] He made his professional debut with Derby County on 4 December 2021, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 1–0 EFL Championship defeat against Bristol City. [5]
On 31 January 2022, Plange signed for Crystal Palace and was loaned back to Derby for the remainder of the season. [6] In August 2022 he was loaned to Belgian club RWD Molenbeek, along with teammate Jake O'Brien, for the 2022–23 season. [7] On 30 January 2023, Crystal Palace recalled him from his loan at RWD Molenbeek and sent on loan to Lincoln City for the remainder of the season. [8]
On 1 August 2023, Plange joined Carlisle United on a half-season long loan. [9] He returned to his parent club at the end of the loan deal in January 2024. [10]
On 15 March 2024, Plange joined Finnish Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki on loan until 1 January 2025. [11] On 27 April 2024, Plange scored his first goal in the league, in a 1–1 away draw against Haka. [12] On 7 June 2024, Plange scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 home win against SJK, after coming on as the 71st minute substitute to Anthony Olusanya. [13]
On 25 March 2022, Plange made his England U20 debut in a 2–0 defeat to Poland in Bielsko-Biała. [14]
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Derby County | 2021–22 [15] | Championship | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 3 | ||
Crystal Palace | 2021–22 [15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23 [16] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2024–25 [17] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
Derby County (loan) | 2021–22 [15] | Championship | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 2022–23 [16] | Challenger Pro League | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
Lincoln City (loan) | 2022–23 [16] | League One | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
Carlisle United (loan) | 2023–24 [18] | League One | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
HJK Helsinki (loan) | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 21 | 7 | |
Career total | 97 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 15 |
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