Luke Bernard Harris (born 4 March 2005) is a professional

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who plays as an

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for club

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. He has spent time on loan at

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and

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...

. He has represented Wales from under-17 to under-21 level.

Personal life

Born in

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, Harris attended St. Clement School on the island. He also attended

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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-23s 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. On 3 January 2024, Harris joined League One side

on loan until the end of the season. Harris joined League One club

on 4 August 2024 on loan for the 2024–25 season. He made his debut in the opening fixture of the season, replacing

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soon after half-time with Birmingham 1–0 down at home to

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; he "injected some urgency into Blues' play and found himself in some good positions" as his team drew the match via a late penalty.

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-19s 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.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Birmingham City *

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: 2024–25 *

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runner-up: 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Luke Living people 2005 births Welsh men's footballers 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Wales men's youth international footballers Wales men's under-21 international footballers Jersey men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Fulham F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players Welsh people of Irish descent Jersey people of Welsh descent Jersey people of Irish descent