Luke Steele (footballer)

Luke Steele
Luke Steele playing for Panathinaikos
Personal information
Full name Luke David Steele[1]
Date of birth (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper, Forward
Team information
Current team
Peterborough Sports
(Joint Manager)
Youth career
1993–1999 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Peterborough United 2 (0)
2002–2006 Manchester United 0 (0)
2004–2005Coventry City (loan) 32 (0)
2006Coventry City (loan) 0 (0)
2006–2008 West Bromwich Albion 2 (0)
2006–2007Coventry City (loan) 5 (0)
2008Barnsley (loan) 14 (0)
2008–2014 Barnsley 195 (0)
2014–2017 Panathinaikos 66 (0)
2017–2018 Bristol City 5 (0)
2018–2020 Nottingham Forest 2 (0)
2019–2020Millwall (loan) 1 (0)
2020Millwall (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 Stamford 2 (0)
2021 Notts County 3 (0)
2021–2022 Deeping Rangers 9 (2)
Total 337 (2)
International career
2002 England U18 3 (0)
2002–2003 England U19 9 (0)
2004–2005 England U20 2 (0)
Managerial career
2023– Peterborough Sports
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:17, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8:08, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Luke David Steele (born 24 September 1984) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. He is joint-manager of National League North side Peterborough Sports.

As a player he played professionally as a goalkeeper but spent his final season in the game playing as a forward. He came through the youth academy at Peterborough United before signing for Premier League side Manchester United. Whilst with United he had an extensive loan spell with Coventry City which lead to a permanent, though short-lived, move to West Bromwich Albion. He also played in the Football League with Barnsley, Bristol City, Nottingham Forest and Millwall, as well as stints with Greek side Panathinaikos. He ended his career with a stint at non-league Stamford before a spell with Notts County in the National League. Between 2021 and 2022 he played for non-league side Deeping Rangers as an outfield player.

He was capped internationally at England U18, U19 and U20 level.

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Millwall" (PDF). English Football League. p. 43. Retrieved 22 October 2019.