Luke Steele — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

11

clubs played for

01/02

debut season

0

goals / match

Barnsley FC

top club · 227 apps

Career highs

€1.50m

peak value · 2004

€750k

top transfer fee · 01/02

—

best season

14 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Álex García

Attack - Left Winger · Retired

Mickaël Poté

Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired

Josa

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Retired

Boiadeiro

Defender - Right-Back · Retired

Shares 1984-09-24 · 5 players total

394Appearances

0Goals

0Assists

8Yellow cards

0Red cards

392Full matches (90′)

Full name	Luke Steele
Name in home country	Luke David Steele
Date of birth	1984-09-24 (41 yrs)
Place of birth	Peterborough, England
Citizenship	England
Position	Goalkeeper
Foot	right
Height	188.00 m
Current club	Without Club
Joined	2025-09-10
Contract expires	—

Sep 2025

Transfer: Peterb Sports → Without Club

25/26 · Transfer

Jul 2024

24/25 — Peterborough Sports

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

Jul 2023

23/24 — Peterborough Sports

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

Jul 2023

Transfer: Career break → Peterb Sports

23/24 · Transfer

Sep 2022

Transfer: Deeping → Career break

22/23 · Transfer

Jul 2022

22/23 — Peterborough Sports

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

Jul 2021

Transfer: Notts County → Deeping

21/22 · Transfer

Apr 2021

Transfer: Stamford → Notts County

20/21 · Transfer

Dec 2020

Transfer: Without Club → Stamford

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

Transfer: Forest → Without Club

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

Transfer: Millwall → Forest

19/20 · Return from loan

Jul 2020

20/21 — Notts County

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

Aug 2019

Transfer: Forest → Millwall

19/20 · Loan

Jul 2019

19/20 — Millwall FC

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

Aug 2018

Transfer: Bristol City → Forest

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 — Nottingham Forest

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

Aug 2017

Transfer: Panathinaikos → Bristol City

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

17/18 — Bristol City, Panathinaikos FC

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

Jul 2016

16/17 — Panathinaikos FC

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

Jul 2015

15/16 — Panathinaikos FC

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

Jul 2014

Transfer: Barnsley → Panathinaikos

14/15 · Transfer

Jul 2014

14/15 — Panathinaikos FC

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

Sep 2013

Injury: unknown

18 games missed

Jul 2013

13/14 — Barnsley FC

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

Jul 2012

12/13 — Barnsley FC

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

Jul 2011

11/12 — Barnsley FC

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

Jul 2010

10/11 — Barnsley FC

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

Jul 2009

09/10 — Barnsley FC

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

Jul 2008

08/09 — Barnsley FC

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

Feb 2008

Transfer: West Brom → Barnsley

07/08 · Transfer · €350k

Jul 2007

07/08 — Barnsley FC, West Bromwich Albion

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

May 2007

Transfer: Coventry → West Brom

06/07 · Return from loan

Dec 2006

Transfer: West Brom → Coventry

06/07 · Loan

Sep 2006

Transfer: Man Utd → West Brom

06/07 · Transfer · €250k

Aug 2006

Transfer: Coventry → Man Utd

06/07 · Return from loan

Jul 2006

06/07 — Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion

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

Jul 2006

Transfer: Man Utd → Coventry

06/07 · Loan

Jul 2005

05/06 — Manchester United

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

May 2005

Transfer: Coventry → Man Utd

04/05 · Return from loan

Sep 2004

Transfer: Man Utd → Coventry

04/05 · Loan

Jul 2004

04/05 — Coventry City

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

Sep 2001

Transfer: Peterborough → Man Utd

01/02 · Transfer · €750k

Jul 2001

01/02 — Peterborough United

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

Jul 2001

Transfer: Peterb. U18 → Peterborough

01/02 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €1.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Peterborough Sports 0.0%

Notts County 0.8%

Millwall FC 0.5%

Nottingham Forest 1.7%

Panathinaikos FC 24.9%

Bristol City 2.2%

Barnsley FC 57.9%

West Bromwich Albion 0.5%

Coventry City 11.0%

Manchester United 0.0%

Peterborough United 0.5%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Minutes
Peterborough Sports	3	22/23	24/25	0	0
Notts County	1	20/21	20/21	3	270
Millwall FC	1	19/20	19/20	2	180
Nottingham Forest	1	18/19	18/19	7	596
Panathinaikos FC	4	14/15	17/18	98	8,797
Bristol City	1	17/18	17/18	10	790
Barnsley FC	7	07/08	13/14	227	20,412
West Bromwich Albion	2	06/07	07/08	2	180
Coventry City	2	04/05	06/07	43	3,870
Manchester United	1	05/06	05/06	0	0
Peterborough United	1	01/02	01/02	2	180

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	YC	Minutes
24/25	National League North	Peterborough Sports	0	0	0
23/24	National League North	Peterborough Sports	0	0	0
22/23	National League North	Peterborough Sports	0	0	0
20/21	National League	Notts County	3	0	270
19/20	Championship	Millwall FC	0	0	0
19/20	EFL Cup	Millwall FC	2	0	180
19/20	FA Cup	Millwall FC	0	0	0
18/19	Championship	Nottingham Forest	2	0	180
18/19	EFL Cup	Nottingham Forest	4	0	326
18/19	FA Cup	Nottingham Forest	1	0	90
17/18	Championship	Bristol City	5	0	340
17/18	EFL Cup	Bristol City	4	0	360
17/18	Europa League Qualifying	Panathinaikos FC	0	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Bristol City	1	0	90
17/18	Super League 1	Panathinaikos FC	0	0	0
16/17	Europa League	Panathinaikos FC	6	0	540
16/17	Europa League Qualifying	Panathinaikos FC	4	1	360
16/17	Kypello Elladas	Panathinaikos FC	3	0	270
16/17	SL1 Play-off	Panathinaikos FC	2	0	157
16/17	Super League 1	Panathinaikos FC	9	0	810
15/16	Champions League Qu.	Panathinaikos FC	0	0	0
15/16	Europa League Qualifying	Panathinaikos FC	2	0	180
15/16	Kypello Elladas	Panathinaikos FC	2	1	180
15/16	SL1 Play-off	Panathinaikos FC	6	0	540
15/16	Super League 1	Panathinaikos FC	27	0	2,430
14/15	Champions League Qu.	Panathinaikos FC	0	0	0
14/15	Europa League	Panathinaikos FC	3	0	270
14/15	Europa League Qualifying	Panathinaikos FC	0	0	0
14/15	Kypello Elladas	Panathinaikos FC	1	0	90
14/15	SL1 Play-off	Panathinaikos FC	4	0	360
14/15	Super League 1	Panathinaikos FC	29	2	2,610
13/14	Championship	Barnsley FC	31	2	2,790
13/14	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	90
13/14	League Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	120
12/13	Championship	Barnsley FC	33	1	2,970
12/13	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	4	0	360
11/12	Championship	Barnsley FC	36	0	3,240
11/12	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	90
11/12	League Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	90
10/11	Championship	Barnsley FC	46	0	4,140
10/11	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	90
10/11	League Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	90
09/10	Championship	Barnsley FC	39	0	3,462
09/10	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	90
09/10	League Cup	Barnsley FC	3	0	270
08/09	Championship	Barnsley FC	10	0	900
08/09	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	0	0	0
08/09	League Cup	Barnsley FC	1	0	90
07/08	Championship	Barnsley FC	14	0	1,260
07/08	Championship	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	180
07/08	FA Cup	Barnsley FC	3	0	270
07/08	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0
07/08	League Cup	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0
06/07	Championship	Coventry City	5	0	450
06/07	Championship	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0
06/07	FA Cup	Coventry City	2	0	180
05/06	FA Cup	Manchester United	0	0	0
05/06	League Cup	Manchester United	0	0	0
05/06	Premier League	Manchester United	0	0	0
04/05	Championship	Coventry City	32	1	2,880
04/05	FA Cup	Coventry City	2	0	180
04/05	League Cup	Coventry City	2	0	180
01/02	League Cup	Peterborough United	0	0	0
01/02	Second Division	Peterborough United	2	0	180

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
01/02	2001-07-01	Peterb. U18	Peterborough	Transfer	0	—
01/02	2001-09-01	Peterborough	Man Utd	Transfer	0	€750k
04/05	2004-09-01	Man Utd	Coventry	Loan	0	—
04/05	2005-05-01	Coventry	Man Utd	Return from loan	1500000	—
06/07	2006-07-01	Man Utd	Coventry	Loan	1300000	—
06/07	2006-08-01	Coventry	Man Utd	Return from loan	1300000	—
06/07	2006-09-01	Man Utd	West Brom	Transfer	1300000	€250k
06/07	2006-12-01	West Brom	Coventry	Loan	1000000	—
06/07	2007-05-01	Coventry	West Brom	Return from loan	1000000	—
07/08	2008-02-01	West Brom	Barnsley	Transfer	1000000	€350k
14/15	2014-07-17	Barnsley	Panathinaikos	Transfer	400000	—
17/18	2017-08-31	Panathinaikos	Bristol City	Transfer	500000	—
18/19	2018-08-01	Bristol City	Forest	Transfer	500000	—
19/20	2019-08-08	Forest	Millwall	Loan	150000	—
19/20	2020-07-23	Millwall	Forest	Return from loan	0	—
20/21	2020-07-24	Forest	Without Club	Transfer	0	—
20/21	2020-12-14	Without Club	Stamford	Transfer	0	—
20/21	2021-04-20	Stamford	Notts County	Transfer	0	—
21/22	2021-07-14	Notts County	Deeping	Transfer	0	—
22/23	2022-09-21	Deeping	Career break	Transfer	0	—
23/24	2023-07-01	Career break	Peterb Sports	Transfer	0	—
25/26	2025-09-10	Peterb Sports	Without Club	Transfer	0	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
13/14	Back injury	2013-09-24	2013-12-24	92	18

Current—

Peak€1.50m

Low—

Δ since start−€1.50m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #31269	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #22907	—	2	—	—	former national player
Team #21340	—	9	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Jacob Butterfield	1	0	0
Georgios Koutroumpis	2	0	0
Adam Hammill	1	0	0
Anastasios Lagos	2	0	0
Nano	2	0	0

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
19/20	2020-07-23	Millwall	Forest	Return from loan	—	—
19/20	2019-08-08	Forest	Millwall	Loan	—	€150k
06/07	2007-05-01	Coventry	West Brom	Return from loan	—	€1.00m
06/07	2006-12-01	West Brom	Coventry	Loan	—	€1.00m
06/07	2006-08-01	Coventry	Man Utd	Return from loan	—	€1.30m
06/07	2006-07-01	Man Utd	Coventry	Loan	—	€1.30m
04/05	2005-05-01	Coventry	Man Utd	Return from loan	—	€1.50m
04/05	2004-09-01	Man Utd	Coventry	Loan	—	—

Teams faced most often by Luke Steele'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 %
Ipswich Town	114	42	32	40	168	167	+1	37%
Derby County	111	35	33	43	137	158	-21	32%
Preston North End	110	27	38	45	125	147	-22	25%
Cardiff City	106	20	31	55	107	163	-56	19%
Doncaster Rovers	102	35	33	34	117	116	+1	34%
Sheffield Wednesday	102	30	30	42	115	135	-20	29%
Reading FC	100	31	27	42	112	140	-28	31%
Queens Park Rangers	100	36	30	34	146	134	+12	36%
Leeds United	100	31	21	48	133	159	-26	31%
Sheffield United	99	29	26	44	104	127	-23	29%
Blackpool FC	97	36	29	32	119	125	-6	37%
Middlesbrough FC	96	38	25	33	123	125	-2	40%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
01/02	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′
16/17	24	2,137	1	0.04
15/16	37	3,330	1	0.03
14/15	37	3,330	2	0.05
13/14	33	3,000	2	0.06
12/13	37	3,330	1	0.03
04/05	36	3,240	1	0.03

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

Season	Matches	Mins	Clean sheets	CS %	Goals conceded	GC / 90′
20/21	3	270	0	0%	5	1.67
19/20	2	180	0	0%	3	1.5
18/19	7	596	2	29%	11	1.66
17/18	10	790	3	30%	16	1.82
16/17	24	2,137	9	38%	31	1.31
15/16	37	3,330	18	49%	29	0.78
14/15	37	3,330	18	49%	31	0.84
13/14	33	3,000	5	15%	59	1.77
12/13	37	3,330	9	24%	56	1.51
11/12	38	3,420	6	16%	66	1.74
10/11	48	4,320	10	21%	69	1.44
09/10	43	3,822	11	26%	57	1.34
08/09	11	990	2	18%	13	1.18
07/08	19	1,710	5	26%	21	1.11
06/07	7	630	1	14%	17	2.43
04/05	36	3,240	6	17%	62	1.72
01/02	2	180	0	0%	3	1.5