Luke Daniels

Luke Matthew Daniels ( born January 5, 1988 in Bolton) is an English footballer. Since summer 2006, is the goalkeeper for the English first division side West Bromwich Albion under contract.

Career

Association

The football matches Daniels learned the English top club Manchester United. There he played between 1997 and 2004 for the youth teams. For 2004/ 05 the goalkeeper moved to the youth department of West Bromwich Albion, where he was finally taken in summer 2006 in the senior squad. About the Reserve Team Daniels match practice should acquire. By Luke Steele of the club engaged another young keeper, with the Daniels should compete. On 25 January 2008, the club officials decided the young Englishman in the Scottish Premier League to lend to the FC Motherwell. On 3 May, he made ​​his professional debut against Celtic Glasgow. In the summer he returned to the Baggies. With start of the season you gave Daniels at Shrewsbury Town. As with Scott Carson, an experienced goalkeeper has been committed at the same time, an attempt was made by this lending Daniels more match practice in a lower league to give. At Shrewsbury he struggles with Glyn Garner and Scott Bevan around the place in goal. Finally, he stood up to both and was in the course of the season 2008/ 09 main goalkeeper of the Lions. With Shrewsbury he finally made the move into the final of the play-off games to climb. He played a major role, as he parried three shots of the opponent in the semi-final second leg against Bury FC in a penalty shootout, paving the way for his team. The following season he favored a renewed lending with Shrewsbury. This did not happen, however. New Leihverein the goalkeeper were for the entire 2009/10 season the Tranmere Rovers in the Football League One. There he became first-choice goalkeeper and helped the team to tight relegation. With the new season Daniels came in a one-month loan deal to Charlton Athletic. Still in the same calendar year, the goalkeeper was briefly loaned to Rochdale AFC. In January of the following year Daniels wore for five months the jersey of Bristol Rovers. There he became successor by Mikkel Andersen. However, his return and his whereabouts at West Bromwich lasted only briefly in turn. In October 2011, it borrowed from Southend United, who were looking for a replacement for goalkeeper Glenn Morris.

National

With good performances in the reserve team of West Bromwich Daniels has been called several times in the squad of the British junior national teams.