Lukas Jutkiewicz
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Lukas Isaac Paul Jutkiewicz (born 28 March 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship
club Coventry City
.
and joined the Saints Academy
as a ten-year old after playing Tyro League football with Eastleigh Earls and Winsor. After three years at the academy, he left but continued to play Tyro League football with Brendon before signing for Swindon Town
.
debut at the age of 17, as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat at Swansea
's Liberty Stadium
in April 2006. A week later, he had his first start in a 2–1 win at Scunthorpe United
. Jutkiewicz signed a three year contract in July 2006. He was patient for his introduction to the first team in 2006–07, but finally made his first league start of the season in Swindon's 2–0 defeat to Mansfield Town
. The next game, against top of the table Walsall
, saw Jutkiewicz score his first senior goal, helping Swindon to a 2–0 victory. He went on to score four more goals during the 2006–07 season to help the club gain promotion to League One
.
for a £
1m fee. He joined up with the club for pre-season training in July 2007, and was handed the number 27 shirt – previously worn by Andy van der Meyde
.
In January 2008, Plymouth Argyle
signed Jutkiewicz on loan
until the end of the 2007–08 season
. Here he worked under his former boss at Swindon, Paul Sturrock
. He made his debut for the Pilgrims three days later in their 3–2 FA Cup
victory over Hull City
, coming on as an 85th minute substitute.
The 2008–09 season saw Jutkiewicz make his Everton debut, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 victory over Sunderland
in December 2008. The following month he was again sent out on loan, to Huddersfield Town
, until the end of the season. He made his first start for Huddersfield in a 1–0 win over Leeds United
in February 2009 but made little impression overall, failing to find the net in his loan spell.
side Motherwell
on loan until January 2010. Jutkiewicz scored his first goal for the Fir Park
outfit against . In January 2010, his Motherwell loan period to was extended to the end of the season. On 5 May, he won the man-of-the-match award in the highest-scoring match
in SPL history against Hibernian
He scored an outstanding injury-time goal from a tight angle to make it 6–6 and keep alive his team's hopes of a Europa League spot. He had been playing through a knee injury incurred three months earlier and was praised for his determination by then-manager Craig Brown who also described the goal as "van Basten-like". However, it was not considered for goal-of-the-season because the award had already been presented to Anthony Stokes a month before the end of the season. On 9 May 2010, just four days after that memorable game, Jutkiewicz converted a penalty in injury time to get a 3–3 draw against Rangers
at Ibrox
. He netted a total of 12 goals during his time with Motherwell.
for an undisclosed fee on 26 July 2010, signing a three-year contract. "We are delighted to have Lukas on board and this adds more strength to the squad," said manager Aidy Boothroyd. "We wanted to enhance our attacking options and this will certainly do that. He is at the right age too, to grow and develop with Coventry City." He made his competitive debut on 7 August 2010 in a 2–0 home win against Portsmouth
, and scored his first goal for the club one week later, scoring a stoppage time equaliser in a 2–2 draw at Watford
. The penultimate day of the August transfer window saw Middlesbrough FC make an undisclosed offer for the striker who scored against them 3 days earlier but this offer was rejected by the club because Andy Thorn stated that Lukas was a key part of his plans for the season.
, Jutkiewicz is also eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland
through his Irish grandmother, and Poland
by way of his Polish grandfather, although the player has made no decision on which country to represent.
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
club Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
.
Southampton
Jutkiewicz was born in SouthamptonSouthampton
Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...
and joined the Saints Academy
Southampton F.C. Academy
Southampton Football Club Academy or Saints Academy is the youth organisation run by Southampton Football Club to encourage and develop young footballers in the South of England...
as a ten-year old after playing Tyro League football with Eastleigh Earls and Winsor. After three years at the academy, he left but continued to play Tyro League football with Brendon before signing for Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
.
Swindon Town
Jutkiewicz made his Swindon TownSwindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
debut at the age of 17, as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat at Swansea
Swansea City A.F.C.
Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...
's Liberty Stadium
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
The Liberty Stadium is a purpose-built sports stadium and conferencing venue in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales. The stadium is all-seated, with a capacity of 20,532 making it the largest purpose-built venue in Swansea and the third largest stadium in Wales after the Millennium Stadium and the...
in April 2006. A week later, he had his first start in a 2–1 win at Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United F.C.
Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
. Jutkiewicz signed a three year contract in July 2006. He was patient for his introduction to the first team in 2006–07, but finally made his first league start of the season in Swindon's 2–0 defeat to Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town F.C.
Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910...
. The next game, against top of the table Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
, saw Jutkiewicz score his first senior goal, helping Swindon to a 2–0 victory. He went on to score four more goals during the 2006–07 season to help the club gain promotion to League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
.
Everton
On 17 March 2007, Jutkiewicz joined EvertonEverton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
for a £
Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
1m fee. He joined up with the club for pre-season training in July 2007, and was handed the number 27 shirt – previously worn by Andy van der Meyde
Andy van der Meyde
Andy van der Meijde, anglicised to van der Meyde , is a Dutch former footballer who played as a right winger.After making a name for himself at Ajax, he went on to represent Internazionale and Everton, his spell at the latter club being cut due to several problems, both on and off the pitch.A Dutch...
.
In January 2008, Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
signed Jutkiewicz on loan
Loan (football)
In sports, a loan involves a particular player being allowed to temporarily play for a club other than the one he is currently contracted to. Loan deals may last from a few weeks to all season-long....
until the end of the 2007–08 season
The Football League 2007-08
The Football League is contested through three divisions in England and Wales. The divisions are the League Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of...
. Here he worked under his former boss at Swindon, Paul Sturrock
Paul Sturrock
Paul Whitehead Sturrock is a Scottish football manager who, since July 2010, is the manager of Southend United. Until this appointment, Sturrock had most recently been at English League 1 club Plymouth Argyle in a business support role, having been relieved of his managerial duties, until he quit...
. He made his debut for the Pilgrims three days later in their 3–2 FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
victory over Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
, coming on as an 85th minute substitute.
The 2008–09 season saw Jutkiewicz make his Everton debut, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 victory over Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
in December 2008. The following month he was again sent out on loan, to Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
, until the end of the season. He made his first start for Huddersfield in a 1–0 win over Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
in February 2009 but made little impression overall, failing to find the net in his loan spell.
Motherwell
In August 2009, Jutkiewicz joined Scottish Premier LeagueScottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
side Motherwell
Motherwell F.C.
Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...
on loan until January 2010. Jutkiewicz scored his first goal for the Fir Park
Fir Park
Fir Park Stadium is a football stadium situated in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premier League club Motherwell.- History :...
outfit against . In January 2010, his Motherwell loan period to was extended to the end of the season. On 5 May, he won the man-of-the-match award in the highest-scoring match
Motherwell v Hibernian (5 May 2010)
-Post-match reaction:"I was quite calm throughout. I was very pleased with the response from the players when they went behind. I said to them that the worst thing in any sport is a losing lead...
in SPL history against Hibernian
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
He scored an outstanding injury-time goal from a tight angle to make it 6–6 and keep alive his team's hopes of a Europa League spot. He had been playing through a knee injury incurred three months earlier and was praised for his determination by then-manager Craig Brown who also described the goal as "van Basten-like". However, it was not considered for goal-of-the-season because the award had already been presented to Anthony Stokes a month before the end of the season. On 9 May 2010, just four days after that memorable game, Jutkiewicz converted a penalty in injury time to get a 3–3 draw against Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
at Ibrox
Ibrox Stadium
Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde, on Edmiston Drive in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. It is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Rangers and has an all-seated capacity of 51,082...
. He netted a total of 12 goals during his time with Motherwell.
Coventry City
Jutkiewicz was transferred to Coventry CityCoventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
for an undisclosed fee on 26 July 2010, signing a three-year contract. "We are delighted to have Lukas on board and this adds more strength to the squad," said manager Aidy Boothroyd. "We wanted to enhance our attacking options and this will certainly do that. He is at the right age too, to grow and develop with Coventry City." He made his competitive debut on 7 August 2010 in a 2–0 home win against Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
, and scored his first goal for the club one week later, scoring a stoppage time equaliser in a 2–2 draw at Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
. The penultimate day of the August transfer window saw Middlesbrough FC make an undisclosed offer for the striker who scored against them 3 days earlier but this offer was rejected by the club because Andy Thorn stated that Lukas was a key part of his plans for the season.
International career
In addition to his country of birth, EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Jutkiewicz is also eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
through his Irish grandmother, and Poland
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
by way of his Polish grandfather, although the player has made no decision on which country to represent.
External links
- profile Huddersfield Town