Luke Coulson

Luke Coulson (born 6 March 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a Winger for Bromley.

Luke Coulson
Coulson playing for Cardiff City's development team in 2014
Personal information
Full name Luke Coulson[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994[2]
Place of birth St Helens, England
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Bromley
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2012 Manchester City
2012 Michigan Wolverines
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Cardiff City 0 (0)
2015–2016 Oxford City 40 (8)
2016–2017 Eastleigh 36 (8)
2017 Barnet 11 (0)
2017–2018 Ebbsfleet United 61 (9)
2018– Bromley 61 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:31, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Career

Coulson was in the academy at Manchester City for ten years while attending school at The Sutton Academy, before enrolling as a student at the University of Michigan, playing for the Michigan Wolverines team.[3] He left after a month reportedly to sign for an English Premier League club – he played a reserve game for Stoke City in October 2012[4] – before signing for Cardiff City of the Championship in November 2012.[5][6]

He made his debut for Cardiff as a substitute in an FA Cup defeat against Macclesfield Town on 5 January 2013.[7] His contract was extended to the end of the 2013–14 season. Despite making no further first-team appearances, he was offered a new deal to keep him at the club beyond 2013–14, but rejected the offer to find first-team football elsewhere.[8]

Later that year Coulson had trials at Hibernian and Ipswich Town[9] before signing for Oxford City in January 2015. His performances attracted the attention of professional clubs, going on trial at Crewe Alexandra in October 2015,[10] before joining Eastleigh in January 2016 – a new record signing for the Spitfires.[11] Coulson was called up to the England C squad in October 2016, but turned down the call up so he could play in Eastleigh's televised FA Cup first round tie against Swindon Town, a tie which the Spitfires won after a replay.[12]

After six goals in the first half of the 2016–17 season, Coulson joined Barnet in January 2017 for a club record fee – this time a record sale for Eastleigh.[13]

He made his Football League debut for the Bees as a substitute against Newport County on 21 January 2017.[14]

After only 11 appearances, Coulson joined Ebbsfleet United for an undisclosed fee on 13 July 2017.[15] On his competitive debut for Ebbsfleet, Coulson assisted both goals in a 2-2 draw with Guiseley. In the following game he opened the scoring in a 2-0 win against Maidstone United.

Coulson joined Bromley in December 2018.[16]

Personal life

Coulson has a degree in sports writing and broadcasting from Staffordshire University.

Coulson's brother Sam (born 1995) was also in the academy at Manchester City before joining Stoke City. He retired in May 2015 due to a recurring knee injury.[17]

Career statistics
As of 27 April 2019
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Cardiff City 2012–13[18] Championship 001000—10
2013–14 Premier League 000000—00
Cardiff City total 001000—10
Oxford City 2014–15[19] Conference North 17200—00172
2015–16[19] National League South 23600—31267
Oxford City total 408000031439
Eastleigh 2015–16[20] National League 16200—00162
2016–17[21] 20660—00266
Eastleigh total 36860—00428
Barnet 2016–17[21] League Two 110000000110
Ebbsfleet United 2017–18 National League 46931—515411
2018–19 15032—00182
Ebbsfleet total 61963—517213
Bromley 2018–19 National League 24500—10255
Career total 17231133009219336

    References
    1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. p. 69. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
    2. "Luke Coulson". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
    3. "Luke Coulson Bio - Michigan Men's Soccer - MGoBlue.com".
    4. MacKenzie, Niall. "Newcastle United Football Club – Match reports – Stoke City Res (h)".
    5. "- The Michigan Daily".
    6. Cardiff_City_Football_Club_user. "TWO NEW ADDITIONS AT 'CITY".
    7. "Macclesfield 2–1 Cardiff". BBC. 5 January 2013.
    8. Spotlight on: Luke Coulson
    9. "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club".
    10. "FOOTBALL: Oxford City's Luke Coulson on trial at Crewe Alexandra".
    11. "Coulson signs from Oxford City – Eastleigh FC". Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
    12. "Eastleigh star sacrifices England call-up to play for the Spitfires in the FA Cup".
    13. "Luke Coulson departs Eastleigh – Eastleigh News".
    14. "Barnet 0–0 Newport County". BBC. 21 January 2017.
    15. Transfer: Luke Coulson departs for Ebbsfleet
    16. Luke leaves for Bromley
    17. Coulson, Luke. "Coulson Forced To Retire". Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
    18. "Games played by Luke Coulson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
    19. Luke Coulson – Soccerway
    20. "Games played by Luke Coulson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
    21. "Games played by Luke Coulson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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