Luke Keith Wade-Slater (born 2 March 1998) is an Irish

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who plays for

Drogheda United Drogheda United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is a semi-professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches ...

in the

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Club career

Stevenage

Wade-Slater joined

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as an academy scholar in the summer of 2015, having previously played at Irish academy team St Kevin's Boys. He played regularly for Stevenage's under-18 team for two seasons, also playing in the club's

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run during the 2015–16 season. He made his first-team debut for Stevenage on 8 November 2016, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in a 4–0

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victory over Southend United at Broadhall Way. He subsequently signed his first professional contract with the club on 23 May 2017. Wade-Slater made his

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debut as a second-half substitute in Stevenage's 1–0 away defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 7 October 2017. He signed a "new and improved" contract with the

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club on 6 December 2017. Having made no first-team appearances three months into the 2018–19 season, Wade-Slater joined

Kings Langley Kings Langley is a village, former Manorialism, manor and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north-west of Westminster in the historic centre of London and to the south of the Chiltern Hills. It now forms part o ...

of the Southern League Premier Division South on loan on 6 November 2018, with the agreement running until January 2019. He made his debut for Kings Langley on 10 November 2018, scoring the only goal of the game in a 1–0 away victory at

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. He went on to score in each of his first five appearances for Kings Langley, making six appearances during the loan spell, before being recalled by Stevenage in December 2018.

Bohemians

Following his recall from Kings Langley in December 2018, Wade-Slater signed for

club

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, officially joining on 1 January 2019.

Larne

Wade-Slater signed for NIFL Premiership club Larne on 5 October 2020.

Warrenpoint Town

It was announced on 23 June 2021, that Wade-Slater had signed a contract with NIFL Premiership side Warrenpoint Town.

Drogheda United

Wade-Slater returned to the League of Ireland in July 2023 when he signed for Premier Division club

. He made his debut as a substitute on 18 August in an

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tie away to

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International career

Wade-Slater appeared regularly for Republic of Ireland at under-17 level, making his debut in February 2015 and earning five caps throughout 2015. He was then called up to play for the under-18 team in May 2016, playing three times within the space of a month.

Career statistics

Honours

Larne * County Antrim Shield 2020–21

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wade-Slater, Luke 1998 births Living people Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football defenders Stevenage F.C. players Kings Langley F.C. players Bohemian F.C. players Larne F.C. players Warrenpoint Town F.C. players English Football League players Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers League of Ireland players NIFL Premiership players Association footballers from Dublin (city)