Luke Conlan

Luke Conlan
Personal information
Full name Luke Vincent Conlan[1]
Date of birth (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Portaferry, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cliftonville
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)
2016–2020 Morecambe 124 (0)
2020–2024 AFC Fylde 102 (9)
2024– Cliftonville 0 (0)
International career
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:16, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

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

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]

In September 2020 he signed for AFC Fylde.[16] He was released at the end of the 2023–24 season.[17]

On 10 May 2024, it was announced that 2023–24 Irish Cup winners Cliftonville had signed Conlan upon his release from AFC Fylde.

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 17 September 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Burnley 2013–14[18] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2014–15[18] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16[18] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St Mirren (loan) 2015–16[9] Scottish Championship 3 0 — 0 0 1[a] 0 4 0
Morecambe (loan) 2015–16[9] League Two 16 0 — — — 16 0
Morecambe 2016–17[19] League Two 21 0 0 0 2 0 2[b] 0 25 0
2017–18[20] League Two 27 0 0 0 0 0 3[b] 0 30 0
2018–19[21] League Two 40 0 2 0 1 0 2[b] 0 45 0
2019–20[22] League Two 20 0 1 0 2 0 2[b] 1 25 1
Total 124 0 3 0 5 0 9 1 141 1
AFC Fylde 2020–21[18][23] National League North 15 1 4 0 — 2[c] 0 21 1
2021–22[18][24] National League North 33 0 2 0 — 3[d] 0 38 0
2022–23[18][25] National League North 4 1 1 0 — 0 0 5 1
Total 52 2 7 0 — 5 0 64 2
Career total 179 2 10 0 5 0 15 1 209 3
  1. ^ Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. ^ Appearances in FA Trophy
  4. ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in National League North play-offs

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. ^ a b "Burnley FootballSquads". Football Squads. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c "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. ^ "LUKE CONLAN JOINS THE COASTERS!". afcfylde.co.uk. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  17. ^ "2024/2025 Retained List". www.afcfylde.co.uk. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  18. ^ a b c d e f "L. Conlan". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  20. ^ "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  21. ^ "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Games played by Luke Conlan in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  23. ^ For FA Cup second qualifying round: "Emirates FA Cup Second Qualifying Round – Hyde United 2 - 4 AFC Fylde – 2020-2021". FootballWebPages. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022. For FA Cup third qualifying round: Moore, Andy (13 October 2020). "Farsley Celtic 1 AFC Fylde 3: Luke Burgess bags two in Coasters' convincing FA Cup win". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  24. ^ For FA Cup second qualifying round: "Report: AFC Fylde 1-1 Spennymoor Town". Spennymoor Town FC. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022. For FA Cup second qualifying round replay: "Report: Spennymoor Town 1-0 AFC Fylde". Spennymoor Town FC. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  25. ^ For FA Cup second qualifying round replay: Foster, Callum (17 September 2022). "AFC Fylde 1 Farsley Celtic 1: Coasters face FA Cup replay". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 24 September 2022.