Luke Boden
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke Boden | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Position | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2007 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Orlando City | 87 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Orlando City | 45 | (1) |
| 2016 | Orlando City B | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Orlando SeaWolves (indoor) | 7 | (4) |
| Total | 179 | (9) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018– | Rollins Tars (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luke Boden (born 26 November 1988) is an English retired professional footballer who is an assistant coach for the Rollins College men's soccer team.
Career
[edit | edit source]England
[edit | edit source]Boden made his breakthrough when still a Sheffield Wednesday academy player.[1][2] He was called up to the senior squad at the start of the 2006–07 season to ease the club's injury problems. He made his debut when he came on as a substitute in the Championship game at Plymouth Argyle on 19 August 2006.
On 18 September 2008 he was loaned out to League Two side Chesterfield for a month. Boden made his debut in the Spireites' 1–2 defeat at Rochdale on 20 September 2008. He played four games for the Spireites before a short loan spell with Rushden & Diamonds.
On 27 August 2009, Boden joined League Two side Northampton Town on a one-month loan deal.[3]
United States
[edit | edit source]Boden was released from his contract with Sheffield Wednesday by mutual consent on 26 January 2011,[4] and subsequently moved to play in the United States. He signed a two-year contract with Orlando City of the USL Pro league on 23 February 2011,[5] and made his debut for his new team on 16 April as a second-half substitute in a game against the Charlotte Eagles.[6]
Boden was released by Orlando at the end of the 2016 season, and subsequently signed with USL side Tampa Bay Rowdies on 6 January 2017.[7]
Boden joined the Rollins Tars coaching staff ahead of the 2018 season. He is an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator.[8]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Boden holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[9]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Orlando City
[edit | edit source]Individual
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Exclusive interview with Orlando City's Luke Boden: Part 1 englishplayersabroad.com
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Luke Boden player profile at swfc.co.uk
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Orlando City SC (2010–2014) players
- Orlando City SC players
- Orlando City B players
- Tampa Bay Rowdies players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- English Football League players
- USL Championship players
- Major League Soccer players
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Men's association football full-backs
- Major Arena Soccer League players
- Orlando SeaWolves players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Rollins Tars coaches
- College men's soccer coaches in Florida
- Footballers from Sheffield
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1980s birth stubs