Luke Adams | |
Fullname: | Luke Anthony Adams[1] |
Birth Date: | 1994 5, df=y |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
Height: | 1.85 m |
Position: | Centre back |
Currentclub: | Green Gully |
Clubnumber: | 5 |
Youthyears1: | –2009 |
Youthclubs1: | Waitakere United |
Youthyears2: | 2012–2013 |
Youthclubs2: | Derby County |
Years1: | 2009–2012 |
Clubs1: | Waitakere United |
Caps1: | 12 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs2: | Wellington Phoenix |
Caps2: | 3 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs3: | Waitakere United |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs4: | South Melbourne |
Caps4: | 43 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs5: | Eastern Suburbs |
Caps5: | 8 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2017 |
Clubs6: | South Melbourne |
Caps6: | 27 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2018 |
Clubs7: | Ljungskile SK |
Caps7: | 0 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs8: | South Melbourne |
Caps8: | 42 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Years9: | 2022– |
Clubs9: | Green Gully |
Caps9: | 25 |
Goals9: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalteam1: | New Zealand U17 |
Nationalyears2: | 2013–2014 |
Nationalteam2: | New Zealand U20 |
Nationalyears3: | 2015 |
Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalteam3: | New Zealand U23 |
Nationalyears4: | 2016 |
Nationalcaps4: | 5 |
Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
Nationalteam4: | New Zealand |
Club-Update: | 3 November 2022 |
Ntupdate: | 4 June 2016 |
Luke Anthony Adams (born 8 May 1994) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays as a defender.[2]
In 2012, Adams joined the English club Derby County F.C. on a one-year contract.[3] In 2013, Adams signed a one-year contract with Wellington Phoenix.[4] In May 2014, Adams was called into the All Whites squad for a 30 May friendly in Auckland against South Africa by interim coach Neil Emblen.[5] In September 2014, Adams returned to Waitakere United.[6] In January 2015, Adams signed with Australian football club South Melbourne FC.
In December 2017, Adams signed with Ljungskile SK in Division 1 Södra, the Swedish third tier. He left the club after only a few months, for personal reasons, failing to make a single league appearance.[7]
After representing various New Zealand youth teams, including at the 2011 U-17 World Cup and the 2013 U-20 World Cup, Adams was a member of the New Zealand U-23s squad at the 2015 Pacific Games.[8]
He made his debut for the senior New Zealand national football team in a 2016 OFC Nations Cup 3–1 win over Fiji.[9]
In June 2016, Adams scored the winner in a 1–0 win over the Solomon Islands. The match was a World Cup qualifier.[10]
As of match played 4 June 2016. New Zealand score listed first, score column indicates score after each Adams goal.
scope=col | No. | scope=col data-sort-type=date | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Cap | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition |
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scope=row | 1 | 4 June 2016 | Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2016 OFC Nations Cup |