James Shea

Goalkeeper at Luton Town

Age34

CitizenshipEngland Ireland

Height1.85 m

Foot

BornJune 16, 1991

at Luton Town 3,247 days · joined 2017-07-03

👕200+ Apps

Market value €150k

Goalkeeper

Career snapshot

clubs played for

08/09

debut season

goals / match

Luton Town

top club · 112 apps

Career highs

€300k

peak value · 2022

—

top transfer fee

—

best season

—

int'l / penalties

Born the same day

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Defender - Centre-Back · SS Monopoli 1966

€150k

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Devon Sandoval

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Johan Blonbou

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · FCE Mérignac-Arlac

Shares 1991-06-16 · 6 players total

258Appearances

0Goals

1Assists

9Yellow cards

0Red cards

254Full matches (90′)

Full name	James Shea
Name in home country	James William Shea
Date of birth	1991-06-16 (34 yrs)
Place of birth	London, England
Citizenship	England Ireland
Position	Goalkeeper
Foot
Height	185.00 m
Current club	Luton Town
Joined	2017-07-03
Contract expires	2027-06-30
Agent	World in Motion

Jul 2025

25/26 — Luton Town

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2024

24/25 — Luton Town

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2023

23/24 — Luton Town

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2022

22/23 — Luton Town

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Apr 2022

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2021

21/22 — Luton Town

21 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2020

20/21 — Luton Town

10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2019

19/20 — Luton Town

16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2018

18/19 — Luton Town

46 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2017

Transfer: AFC Wimbledon → Luton

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

17/18 — Luton Town

13 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2016

16/17 — AFC Wimbledon

43 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2015

15/16 — AFC Wimbledon

23 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2014

Transfer: Harrow Borough → AFC Wimbledon

14/15 · Transfer

Jul 2014

14/15 — AFC Wimbledon

46 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Oct 2013

Transfer: Needham Market → Harrow Borough

13/14 · Transfer

Jul 2013

Transfer: Arsenal → Needham Market

13/14 · Transfer

Jul 2012

12/13 — Arsenal FC, Arsenal FC U21

6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2012

Transfer: Arsenal U21 → Arsenal

12/13 · Transfer

Dec 2011

Transfer: Dag & Red FC → Arsenal Res.

11/12 · Return from loan

Jul 2011

Transfer: Arsenal Res. → Dag & Red FC

11/12 · Loan

Jul 2011

11/12 — Dagenham & Redbridge FC, Arsenal FC Reserves

7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

May 2011

Transfer: Southampton → Arsenal Res.

10/11 · Return from loan

Feb 2011

Transfer: Arsenal Res. → Southampton

10/11 · Loan

Jul 2010

10/11 — Arsenal FC, Southampton FC, Arsenal FC Reserves

11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2009

09/10 — Arsenal FC, Arsenal FC Reserves

6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2009

Transfer: Arsenal U18 → Arsenal Res.

09/10 · Transfer

Jul 2008

08/09 — Arsenal FC U18

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €300k

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 388 other Goalkeepers with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals0 total · 0.00/90

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

G+A0 total · 0.00/90

Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90

Clean sheets0 total · 0.00/90

Minutes played by club

Luton Town 43.8%

AFC Wimbledon 43.6%

Arsenal FC 0.0%

Arsenal FC U21 2.2%

Dagenham & Redbridge FC 1.4%

Arsenal FC Reserves 7.5%

Southampton FC 0.0%

Arsenal FC U18 1.6%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Assists	Minutes
Luton Town	9	17/18	25/26	112	1	10,015
AFC Wimbledon	3	14/15	16/17	112	0	9,964
Arsenal FC	3	09/10	12/13	0	0	0
Arsenal FC U21	1	12/13	12/13	6	0	514
Dagenham & Redbridge FC	1	11/12	11/12	4	0	310
Arsenal FC Reserves	3	09/10	11/12	20	0	1,710
Southampton FC	1	10/11	10/11	0	0	0
Arsenal FC U18	1	08/09	08/09	4	0	360

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Assists	YC	Minutes
25/26	EFL Cup	Luton Town	1	0	0	90
25/26	EFL Trophy	Luton Town	1	0	0	90
25/26	League One	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
24/25	Championship	Luton Town	2	0	0	146
24/25	EFL Cup	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
23/24	EFL Cup	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
23/24	FA Cup	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
23/24	Premier League	Luton Town	1	0	0	14
22/23	Championship	Luton Town	1	0	0	90
22/23	Championship Play-Offs	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
22/23	FA Cup	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
21/22	Championship	Luton Town	19	0	1	1,665
21/22	EFL Cup	Luton Town	1	0	0	90
21/22	FA Cup	Luton Town	1	0	0	90
20/21	Championship	Luton Town	7	0	1	630
20/21	EFL Cup	Luton Town	3	0	0	270
20/21	FA Cup	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
19/20	Championship	Luton Town	13	0	0	1,170
19/20	EFL Cup	Luton Town	3	0	0	270
19/20	FA Cup	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
18/19	EFL Cup	Luton Town	1	0	0	90
18/19	EFL Trophy	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
18/19	FA Cup	Luton Town	4	0	0	360
18/19	League One	Luton Town	41	0	1	3,690
17/18	EFL Cup	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
17/18	EFL Trophy	Luton Town	5	1	1	540
17/18	FA Cup	Luton Town	0	0	0	0
17/18	League Two	Luton Town	8	0	1	720
16/17	EFL Cup	AFC Wimbledon	0	0	0	0
16/17	EFL Trophy	AFC Wimbledon	2	0	0	101
16/17	FA Cup	AFC Wimbledon	5	0	0	450
16/17	League One	AFC Wimbledon	36	0	2	3,240
15/16	FL Trophy	AFC Wimbledon	1	0	0	90
15/16	League Cup	AFC Wimbledon	1	0	0	90
15/16	League Two	AFC Wimbledon	21	0	0	1,890
15/16	League Two Play-Offs	AFC Wimbledon	0	0	0	0
14/15	EFL Trophy	AFC Wimbledon	3	0	0	300
14/15	FA Cup	AFC Wimbledon	4	0	0	360
14/15	League Cup	AFC Wimbledon	1	0	0	90
14/15	League Two	AFC Wimbledon	38	0	0	3,353
12/13	Champions League	Arsenal FC	0	0	0	0
12/13	League Cup	Arsenal FC	0	0	0	0
12/13	U21 PL	Arsenal FC U21	6	0	0	514
12/13	U21 PL Elite Group	Arsenal FC U21	0	0	0	0
11/12	EFL Trophy	Dagenham & Redbridge FC	1	0	1	120
11/12	FA Cup	Dagenham & Redbridge FC	1	0	0	90
11/12	League Cup	Dagenham & Redbridge FC	1	0	0	90
11/12	League Two	Dagenham & Redbridge FC	1	0	1	10
11/12	Reserve League	Arsenal FC Reserves	3	0	0	270
10/11	FA Cup	Arsenal FC	0	0	0	0
10/11	League Cup	Arsenal FC	0	0	0	0
10/11	League One	Southampton FC	0	0	0	0
10/11	Premier League	Arsenal FC	0	0	0	0
10/11	Reserve League	Arsenal FC Reserves	11	0	0	945
09/10	League Cup	Arsenal FC	0	0	0	0
09/10	Reserve League South	Arsenal FC Reserves	6	0	0	495
08/09	FA Youth Cup	Arsenal FC U18	4	0	0	360

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
09/10	2009-07-01	Arsenal U18	Arsenal Res.	Transfer	0	—
10/11	2011-02-21	Arsenal Res.	Southampton	Loan	50000	—
10/11	2011-05-31	Southampton	Arsenal Res.	Return from loan	50000	—
11/12	2011-07-26	Arsenal Res.	Dag & Red FC	Loan	50000	—
11/12	2011-12-05	Dag & Red FC	Arsenal Res.	Return from loan	50000	—
12/13	2012-07-01	Arsenal U21	Arsenal	Transfer	0	—
13/14	2013-07-01	Arsenal	Needham Market	Transfer	0	—
13/14	2013-10-29	Needham Market	Harrow Borough	Transfer	0	—
14/15	2014-07-04	Harrow Borough	AFC Wimbledon	Transfer	0	—
17/18	2017-07-03	AFC Wimbledon	Luton	Transfer	100000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
21/22	Knee injury	2022-04-18	2022-04-18	1	1

Current€150k

Peak€300k

Low—

Δ since start+€100k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€175k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

No national team data.

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Barry Fuller	1	0
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu	2	0
George Francomb	1	0
Jake Reeves	1	0
Sonny Bradley	2	0
Harry Cornick	2	0
James Collins	2	0
Matty Pearson	2	0
Adebayo Azeez	1	0
Lyle Taylor	1	1
Andrew Shinnie	2	0
Elliot Lee	2	0
Jack Stacey	2	0
James Justin	2	0
Luke Berry	2	0
Glen Rea	2	0

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
11/12	2011-12-05	Dag & Red FC	Arsenal Res.	Return from loan	—	€50k
11/12	2011-07-26	Arsenal Res.	Dag & Red FC	Loan	—	€50k
10/11	2011-05-31	Southampton	Arsenal Res.	Return from loan	—	€50k
10/11	2011-02-21	Arsenal Res.	Southampton	Loan	—	€50k

Last 50 matches for Luton Town The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2026-02-07	`GB3`	Luton Town	2–1	Bradford City	Available
2026-01-31	`GB3`	Luton Town	1–0	Blackpool FC	Available
2026-01-27	`GB3`	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Luton Town	Available
2026-01-24	`GB3`	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Luton Town	Available
2026-01-17	`GB3`	Luton Town	2–2	Lincoln City	Available
2026-01-10	`GB3`	Luton Town	2–1	Stevenage FC	Available
2026-01-01	`GB3`	Exeter City	1–0	Luton Town	Available
2025-12-29	`GB3`	Luton Town	3–1	Leyton Orient	Available
2025-12-26	`GB3`	Luton Town	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Available
2025-12-18	`GB3`	Reading FC	0–1	Luton Town	Available
2025-12-13	`GB3`	Luton Town	2–0	Port Vale FC	Available
2025-12-09	`GB3`	Leyton Orient	1–3	Luton Town	Available
2025-11-29	`GB3`	Luton Town	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Available
2025-11-22	`GB3`	Barnsley FC	1–2	Luton Town	Available
2025-11-15	`GB3`	Luton Town	1–0	Rotherham United	Available
2025-11-08	`GB3`	Stockport County	2–2	Luton Town	Available
2025-10-25	`GB3`	Northampton Town	0–1	Luton Town	Available
2025-10-18	`GB3`	Luton Town	0–2	Mansfield Town	Available
2025-10-04	`GB3`	Stevenage FC	2–0	Luton Town	Available
2025-09-30	`GB3`	Blackpool FC	2–2	Luton Town	Available
2025-09-27	`GB3`	Luton Town	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Available
2025-09-20	`GB3`	Lincoln City	3–1	Luton Town	Available
2025-09-13	`GB3`	Luton Town	2–3	Plymouth Argyle	Available
2025-08-30	`GB3`	Burton Albion	0–3	Luton Town	Available
2025-08-23	`GB3`	Luton Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Available
2025-08-19	`GB3`	Luton Town	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Available
2025-08-16	`GB3`	Bradford City	2–1	Luton Town	Available
2025-08-09	`GB3`	Peterborough United	0–2	Luton Town	Available
2025-08-01	`GB3`	Luton Town	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Available
2024-08-27	`CGB`	Queens Park Rangers	4–1	Luton Town	Available
2024-02-27	`GB1`	Luton Town	2–6	Manchester City	Available
2023-09-26	`CGB`	Exeter City	1–0	Luton Town	Available
2023-08-29	`CGB`	Luton Town	3–2	Gillingham FC	Available
2022-08-09	`CGB`	Luton Town	2–3	Newport County	Available
2022-03-02	`GB1`	Luton Town	2–3	Chelsea FC	Available
2021-08-10	`CGB`	Stevenage FC	3–0	Luton Town	Available
2020-09-22	`CGB`	Luton Town	0–3	Manchester United	Available
2020-09-15	`CGB`	Reading FC	0–1	Luton Town	Available
2020-09-05	`CGB`	Luton Town	3–1	Norwich City	Available
2020-06-30	`GB2`	Leeds United	1–1	Luton Town	Available
2020-06-27	`GB2`	Swansea City	0–1	Luton Town	Available
2020-06-20	`GB2`	Luton Town	1–1	Preston North End	Available
2020-03-07	`GB2`	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Luton Town	Available
2020-02-29	`GB2`	Luton Town	1–1	Stoke City	Available
2020-02-25	`GB2`	Luton Town	2–1	Brentford FC	Available
2020-02-22	`GB2`	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Luton Town	Available
2020-02-15	`GB2`	Middlesbrough FC	0–1	Luton Town	Available
2020-02-12	`GB2`	Luton Town	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Available
2020-02-08	`GB2`	Luton Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Available
2020-02-01	`GB2`	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Luton Town	Available

Teams faced most often by James Shea's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Accrington Stanley	32	10	8	14	48	47	+1	31%
Gillingham FC	28	13	8	7	40	31	+9	46%
Plymouth Argyle	27	9	6	12	33	33	0	33%
Oxford United	27	10	5	12	34	44	-10	37%
Wycombe Wanderers	26	10	10	6	34	29	+5	38%
Morecambe FC	24	11	6	7	35	32	+3	46%
Portsmouth FC	23	5	4	14	18	33	-15	22%
Northampton Town	23	6	7	10	18	29	-11	26%
Bradford City	23	9	7	7	33	29	+4	39%
Doncaster Rovers	22	10	6	6	32	22	+10	45%
Shrewsbury Town	21	4	8	9	21	26	-5	19%
Bristol Rovers	20	6	3	11	19	28	-9	30%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
08/09	Senior debut season

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	Cards / 90′
21/22	21	1,845	1	0.05
20/21	10	900	1	0.1
18/19	46	4,140	1	0.02
17/18	13	1,260	2	0.14
16/17	43	3,791	2	0.05
11/12	7	580	2	0.31

Goalkeeper-specific aggregates: clean sheets and goals conceded by season.

Season	Matches	Mins	Clean sheets	CS %	Goals conceded	GC / 90′
25/26	2	180	0	0%	2	1
24/25	2	146	1	50%	1	0.62
23/24	1	14	1	100%	0	0
22/23	1	90	1	100%	0	0
21/22	21	1,845	9	43%	20	0.98
20/21	10	900	4	40%	10	1
19/20	16	1,440	2	13%	37	2.31
18/19	46	4,140	22	48%	37	0.8
17/18	13	1,260	5	38%	10	0.71
16/17	43	3,791	13	30%	50	1.19
15/16	23	2,070	5	22%	30	1.3
14/15	46	4,103	15	33%	58	1.27
12/13	6	514	3	50%	7	1.23
11/12	7	580	3	43%	8	1.24
10/11	11	945	3	27%	21	2
09/10	6	495	4	67%	2	0.36
08/09	4	360	0	0%	4	1