Luke Harris (born 4 March 2005) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

. Born in

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, he is a youth international for Wales.

Personal life

Born in

, Harris attended St. Clement School on the island. He also attended Le Rocquier School as well as Coombe Boys' school.

Club career

Harris received headlines when he scored a hat-trick in eleven minutes for Fulham’s under-23 side against Newcastle United under-23’s in February 2022. In the summer of 2022 he attended summer training camps and played friendlies with the Fulham first team. Harris was named in the starting eleven for the Fulham first team for the first time on 23 August 2022 for an

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match away against

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. In September 2022 Harris was rewarded with a new professional contract with Fulham lasting until 2025, and began training daily with the first team squad. First team manager

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described him as “an offensive midfielder. He has one thing that is really important in football today — the ability to arrive in the box and score goals. It is something that is not easy to find in a midfielder, to be in the right spots. He has it. It’s up to us to keep working with him and to make him grow in the other aspects. That will be important for him.” Harris made his

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debut on 20 October 2022 appearing as a substitute in a 3–0 home win over

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. In February 2023, Harris was awarded the 'Rising Star Award' at the 2022 Channel Islands Sports Awards.

International career

Harris was born in

to a Welsh father and Irish mother. He captained the Wales under-17 international age group side, and was called up for the Wales under-19’s for the

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Group 10 qualifying matches in Norway against Georgia, Norway and Kosovo on 6, 9 and 12 October 2021. In September 2022 Harris was called up to the senior Wales squad for the

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matches against

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and

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on 22 and 25 September 2022. In August 2023 Harris was called up to the Wales under-21 squad for the first time.Harris Wales under-21s
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Luke Living people 2005 births Welsh men's footballers Wales men's youth international footballers Jersey men's footballers Welsh people of Irish descent Jersey people of Welsh descent Jersey people of Irish descent Men's association football midfielders Premier League players Fulham F.C. players