Luke Conlan

Luke Vincent Conlan (born 31 October 1994) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Morecambe.

Luke Conlan
Personal information
Full name Luke Vincent Conlan[1]
Date of birth (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994[2]
Place of birth Portaferry, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Morecambe
Number 14
Youth career
2011–2012 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Burnley 0 (0)
2015–2016 → St Mirren (loan) 3 (0)
2016 → Morecambe (loan) 16 (0)
2016– Morecambe 108 (0)
National team
2010 Northern Ireland U16 5 (0)
2010 Northern Ireland U17 2 (0)
2012 Northern Ireland U19 2 (0)
2013–2016 Northern Ireland U21 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Portaferry, County Down, Conlan attended St Columba's School in the town and played for junior clubs Grosvenor Youth and Portaferry.[3] He was recruited by Championship side Burnley in the summer of 2011, signing a two-year scholarship with the club.[4] He was a key member of the youth side that reached the 2011–12 FA Youth Cup semi-finals, eventually losing 3–1 to Blackburn Rovers on aggregate.[3]

In March 2012, whilst still a first-year apprentice, Conlan signed his first professional contract in a two-year deal.[5] He remained a regular in the youth and reserve sides until he suffered a knee injury, and in April 2014 it was announced by Burnley that he would not be retained at the end of the season when his contract expired.[3] However, he continued to train with the club during pre-season and in September 2014, after recovering from injury, he signed a one-year contract extension with the club.[6] In April 2015, it was announced that Conlan had signed another one-year contract extension until the summer of 2016.[7]

In July 2015 he signed for Scottish Championship side St Mirren on a season-long loan deal.[8] He made his debut for the club in the 3–1 Scottish Challenge Cup victory over Berwick Rangers.[9] Conlan received his first senior red card in the Renfrewshire derby against Greenock Morton on 21 August 2015. The match ended 0–0.[10] Conlan returned to Burnley in January 2016, having failed to break into the St Mirren first team.[11][12] In January 2016, he was sent on a one-month youth loan to Football League Two side Morecambe.[13]

In June 2019 he signed a new contract with Morecambe.[14] He scored his first professional goal for Morecambe when he scored in an EFL Trophy tie against Carlisle United on 12 November 2019.[15]

International career

Conlan has been capped at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level for Northern Ireland.[3]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burnley 2013–14[16] Championship 000000—00
2014–15[16] Premier League 000000—00
2015–16[16] Championship 000000—00
Total 0000000000
St Mirren (loan) 2015–16[9] Scottish Championship 30—001[lower-alpha 1]040
Morecambe (loan) 2015–16[9] League Two 160———160
Morecambe 2016–17[17] League Two 21000202[lower-alpha 2]0250
2017–18[18] League Two 27000003[lower-alpha 2]0300
2018–19[19] League Two 40020102[lower-alpha 2]0450
2019–20[20] League Two 20010202[lower-alpha 2]1251
Total 12403050911411
Career total 127030501011451
  1. Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2018 and 31/07/2018". The Football Association. p. 8. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. "Burnley FootballSquads". Football Squads. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. "Luke Conlan - NIFG". Northern Ireland Football Greats. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. "Conlon signs for Burnley". Northern Ireland School's Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. "Burnley FC youth team pair sign professional deals at Turf Moor". The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. "Conlan Rejoins The Clarets". Burnley F.C. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. "New deals for six young players". Claretsmad. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. "Burnley defender Luke Conlan completes St Mirren loan move". Sky Sports. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  9. "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  10. "Morton 0-0 St Mirren". Scottish Professional Football League. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  11. "Post Match Quotes – Alex Rae (02/01/2016)". St Mirren Official website. 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  12. "Luke Conlan and Craig Reid". St Mirren Official website. 5 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  13. "Conlan Loan". Morecambe F.C. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  14. "Luke Conlan: Morecambe defender signs new contract". BBC Sport. 19 June 2019.
  15. "Morecambe 3 Carlisle United 1: Derek Adams' joy at recording a first victory as Shrimps boss". lancasterguardian.co.uk. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  16. "L. Conlan". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  17. "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  18. "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  19. "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  20. "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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