Luke Adams (footballer)

Luke Adams

Personal information
Full name	Luke Adams
Date of birth	(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	South Melbourne
Number	5
Youth career
0000–2009	Waitakere United
2012–2013	Derby County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Waitakere United	12	(0)
2013–2014	Wellington Phoenix	3	(0)
2014–2015	Waitakere United	1	(0)
2015–	South Melbourne	21	(1)
International career‡
2011	New Zealand U17	4	(0)
2014	New Zealand U20	3	(0)
2016–	New Zealand	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2016

Luke Adams is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for South Melbourne in the NPL Victoria in Australia.

Career

In 2012, Adams joined the English club Derby County F.C. on a one-year contract. In 2013, Adams signed a one-year contract with Wellington Phoenix. In May 2014, Adams was called into the All Whites squad for a 30 May friendly in Auckland against South Africa by interim coach Neil Emblen. In September 2014, Adams returned to Waitakere United. In January 2015, Adams signed with Australian football club South Melbourne FC

International Career

After representing various New Zealand youth teams, including at the 2011 U-17 World Cup and the 2013 U-20 World Cup, Adams was a member of the New Zealand U-23s squad at the 2015 Pacific Games.

He made his debut for the senior New Zealand national football team in a 2016 OFC Nations Cup 3–1 win over Fiji.