Luke Amos

Amos was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and is of Nigerian descent.{{cite web|url=http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=23393|title=Luke Amos, Five Players of Nigerian Descent Staying At Tottenham Hotspur|date=12 June 2017|accessdate=15 August 2017|author=Igho Kingsley|work=All Nigeria Soccer}} He grew up in Stanstead Abbotts and attended The John Warner School.{{cite web|url=http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/luke-spurs-star/story-21996282-detail/story.html|title=Luke who might become a Spurs star|date=5 July 2012|accessdate=28 January 2017|author=Alasdair Gold|work=Hertfordshire Mercury}}

Amos played for Ware Youth between the ages of five and nine, after which he joined Tottenham Hotspur's youth set-up. Amos initially joined Spurs as a winger and during his youth career he played in the number 10 role as well as both full-back positions before settling in the central midfield role.{{Cite web|title=The Isolation Interview: je m'appelle Luke Amos|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/the-isolation-interview-je-mappelle-luke-amos/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=QPR|language=en}} He signed his academy scholarship in 2013 and first professional contract in 2015.{{Cite web|title=Luke Amos: "It's been tough... there have been tears"|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2019/march/luke-amos-its-been-tough-there-have-been-tears/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

On 16 February 2013, Amos made his under-18 debut in a 4–0 win over West Brom in the U18 Premier League replacing Harry Winks in the 73rd minute. Amos gained more experience as he was called up from the under-16s.{{Cite web|title=Under-18s 4–0 West Brom|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/under-18s-4-0-west-brom/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

In January 2014, Amos was part of the Academy squad that went to Vietnam to play in the Nutifood Cup. In their first game, Spurs' Academy beat Japan under-19s 2–1 with Amos being subbed on in the final minutes.{{Cite web|title=Academy victorious against Japan U19s in Vietnam|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/academy-victorious-against-japan-u19s-in-vietnam/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}} Amos did not feature in the 2–1 loss to Roma under-19s but did start in a 3–2 win over Vietnam under-19s and was substituted for Connor Ogilvie in the 59th minute.{{Cite web|title=Vietnam U19s 2–3 Spurs Academy – report and gallery|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/vietnam-u19s-2-3-spurs-academy-report-and-gallery/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

On 5 September 2014, Amos helped secure Spurs' under-18s a place in the Under-18s Champions Cup final with a 5–1 win over Everton and a 1–1 draw with Real Madrid.{{Cite web|title=Under-18s through to Champions Cup final|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/under-18s-through-to-champions-cup-final/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}} A day later, they met Benfica in the final where they won 1–0.{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Che|date=2014-09-08|title=Champions Cup winners: Three Spurs Under-18s stars of the future|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2014/09/08/champions-cup-winners-three-spurs-under-18s-stars-of-the-future/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=HITC|language=en-GB}}

In March 2015, Amos and Tottenham's under-18s reached the FA Youth Cup semi-final against Chelsea where they won 2–0 in the first leg but lost 5–2 in the second leg meaning the result was 5–4 on aggregate and they failed to reach the final.{{Cite web|last=George-Miller|first=Dustin|date=2015-03-19|title=Chelsea U18s knock Spurs U18s out of FA Youth Cup|url=https://cartilagefreecaptain.sbnation.com/2015/3/19/8256909/tottenham-hotspur-u18-fa-youth-cup-semifinal-chelsea|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Cartilage Free Captain|language=en}}

On 24 May 2015, Amos and Spurs' Academy team lost to Liverpool on penalties after the game finished 1–1 in Volksbank Cup semi-final in Germany. Amos missed a penalty and the shootout finished 4–3.{{Cite web|title=Academy lose out on penalties in Germany|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/academy-lose-out-on-penalties-in-germany/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

In July 2015, Amos and the Spurs under-21 team took part in the National Under-21 Tournament in France. The squad finished fourth overall with a loss in the third/fourth place play-off against FC Lorient.{{Cite web|title=Plusses for Under-21s from France test – Ugo|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/plusses-for-under-21s-from-france-test-ugo/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

On 26 July 2016, Amos made his first-team debut in a 2–1 loss against Juventus in a friendly during Spurs' pre-season tour of Australia. He came on in the 79th minute to replace Dominic Ball and would later become teammates with Ball at QPR.{{Cite web|title=In profile: Every Academy graduate's first team debut in 2016–17|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/in-profile-every-academy-graduates-first-team-debut-in-2016-17/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

Amos was part of first-team squad in October 2016, as an unused substitute in the club's 2–1 defeat to Liverpool in the EFL Cup.

During the 2016–17 season, Amos started 14 games for Tottenham's under-23s in Premier League 2 with many of them as captain.{{Cite web|title=Player Profile: Midfielder Luke Amos|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/squads/first-team/luke-amos/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=QPR|language=en}}

He was loaned out to League One side Southend United on 27 January 2017, with the deal running for the remainder of the 2016–17 campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38773471|title=Luke Amos: Southend United sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder|date=27 January 2017|accessdate=28 January 2017|work=BBC Sport}} He spent the early months of his loan spell at Southend as an unused substitute, combining the loan deal alongside playing for the Tottenham U23 development squad. Amos made his competitive debut for Southend on 18 March 2017, a game in which he played the opening 51 minutes as Southend secured a 3–2 win over Walsall at Roots Hall. He made three appearances during the loan spell before returning to his parent club in May 2017.

In May 2017, after Tottenham Hotspur extended their partnership with AIA, Amos and other Spurs players travelled to Hong Kong where they met members of the Spurs teams from Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Australia.{{Cite web|title=Players visit AIA, meet fans in Hong Kong|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/players-visit-aia-meet-fans-in-hong-kong/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

On the last weekend of July 2017, Amos was part of the under-21 team that travelled to France for the European Under-21 Tournament where they faced PSG, EA Guingamp and FC Lorient in the group stage.{{Cite web|title=Amos hails team 'drive' as youngsters return to France|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/amos-hails-team-drive-as-youngsters-return-to-france/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

On 6 December 2017, Amos was named on the bench with academy graduate Kazaiah Sterling in a 3–0 win over APOEL which was Tottenham's last Champions League group game for the 2017–18 season.{{Cite web|title=Spurs 3–0 APOEL – report from Wembley|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2017/december/spurs-3-0-apoel-report-from-wembley/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

For the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Amos made 15 starts across all competitions for Spurs' under-23s.

On 29 January 2018, he signed a contract extension to remain at Tottenham until 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/new-contract-and-stevenage-loan-for-luke-amos-290118/|title=New contract/Stevenage loan for Amos|date=29 January 2018|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=Tottenham Hotspur F.C.}}

On the same day as the contract extension, Amos joined League Two side Stevenage on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42861403|title=Luke Amos: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder joins Stevenage on loan|date=29 January 2018|accessdate=29 January 2018|work=BBC Sport}} On 30 January 2018, Amos made his debut for the club coming on as a substitute for captain Ronnie Henry after a hamstring injury in a 1–0 loss against Swindon Town.{{Cite web|title=REPORT: Stevenage 0–1 Swindon|url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2018/january/report-stevenage-vs-swindon-sky-bet-league-two-30th-january/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=www.stevenagefc.com|language=en-gb}} On 17 February 2018, Amos scored his first goal for Stevenage from outside the box in a 4–1 win at Yeovil Town.{{Cite web|title=REPORT: Stevenage 4 – 1 Yeovil|url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2018/february/match-report-for-stevenage-vs-yeovil-on-17-feb-18/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=www.stevenagefc.com|language=en-gb}} On 17 March 2018, Amos scored his second goal for the club in 2–2 draw against in Port Vale in the 10th minute which opened the scoring.{{Cite web|title=REPORT: Port Vale 2–2 Stevenage|url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2018/march/match-report-for-port-vale-vs-stevenage-on-17-mar-18/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=www.stevenagefc.com|language=en-gb}}

During Tottenham's tour of the US, Amos had an impressive pre-season with performances against the likes of AS Roma, Barcelona and AC Milan.{{Cite web|title=Luke Amos: "It sounds a cliché, but it's a dream come true"|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2018/august/luke-amos-it-sounds-a-cliché-but-it-s-a-dream-come-true/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}} In the game against AS Roma, Amos assisted Fernando Llorente's first goal and was substituted for George Marsh, another academy product on 83 minutes.{{Cite web|title=Amos and Skipp on Roma opportunities|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2018/july/amos-and-skipp-on-roma-opportunities/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}} On 11 August 2018, Amos made his Premier League debut for Spurs in their first game of the 2018–19 season at St James' Park coming on as a substitute for Eric Dier against Newcastle United which finished 2–1. On 29 August 2018, Amos signed a new contract with the club alongside Timothy Eyoma and Oliver Skipp until 2021.{{Cite web|title=New deals agreed with Amos, Eyoma and Skipp|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2018/august/new-deals-agreed-with-amos-eyoma-and-skipp/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}} On 28 September 2018, Amos ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in a Premier League 2 match against Blackburn Rovers after just 22 minutes in which he was captain. The rehabilitation required meant that Amos would not be expected to appear until the following season.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/spursofficial/status/1047480136474361856|title=@Luke_Amos1 will undergo surgery next week after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament. The midfielder sustained the injury during Friday's #PL2 win against Blackburn Rovers and the rehabilitation required means he will not be expected to return to action until next season.|date=3 October 2018|accessdate=4 October 2018|work= Twitter}}

On 1 July 2019, Amos joined Championship side Queens Park Rangers on a season-long loan.{{cite web|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/luke-amos-signs-on-loan-for-qpr/|title=Luke Amos signs on loan for QPR|work=Queens Park Rangers F.C. |date=1 July 2019|accessdate=1 July 2019 }} On 20 July 2019, Amos scored both goals in a 2–1 win over Oxford United in a pre-season friendly which were both headed goal scored in the space of two minutes.{{Cite web|title=Match Report: Oxford United 1, QPR 2|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/fixtures/first-team/2019/oxford-united-v-qpr/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=QPR|language=en}} Amos made his debut in the first game of the 2019–20 season which was a 2–1 win over Stoke where he played 63 minutes before being substituted for Marc Pugh.{{Cite web|title=Match Report: Stoke City 1, QPR 2|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/fixtures/first-team/2019/stoke-city-v-queens-park-rangers/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=QPR|language=en}} On 14 December 2019, Amos scored two goals in a 5–3 loss against Barnsley which were his first goals for the club.{{Cite web|title=Match Report: Barnsley 5, QPR 3|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/fixtures/first-team/2019/barnsley-v-queens-park-rangers/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=QPR|language=en}} He made a total of 35 appearances for the club in this loan spell to QPR scoring twice in the process.{{Cite web|title=Luke Amos {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} Queen's Park Rangers {{!}} Season 2019/2020 {{!}} Soccer Base|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=93681&season_id=152|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.soccerbase.com}}

He signed permanently for Queens Park Rangers on 17 August 2020, on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53811187 |title=Luke Amos: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder joins QPR for undisclosed fee |work=BBC Sport |date=17 August 2020 |accessdate=17 August 2020 }} On 17 October 2020, Amos ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in a 0–0 draw against Bournemouth and was ruled out for the rest of the season.{{cite web|last=Gallagher |first=Sean |url=https://talksport.com/football/efl/776286/qpr-major-blow-luke-amos-acl-injury/ |title=QPR dealt major blow after learning midfielder Luke Amos needs knee surgery and faces lengthy lay-off |publisher=Talksport.com |date= 19 October 2020|accessdate=20 January 2021}} Amos only made a total of 6 appearances in the 2020–21 season before his injury.{{Cite web|title=Luke Amos {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} Queen's Park Rangers {{!}} Season 2020/2021 {{!}} Soccer Base|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=93681&season_id=153|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.soccerbase.com}} On 31 October 2020, teammate Ilias Chair scored the opener in a 3–2 win over Cardiff honouring his goal to Amos by pulling up his shirt to reveal a 'Stay Strong 8' message.{{Cite web|title=Chair: That was for Luke Amos|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/chair-that-was-for-luke-amos/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=QPR|language=en}}

Amos was released at the end of the 2022–23 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/retained-list-100523/|title=Amos among six players released|website=www.qpr.co.uk|date=11 May 2023|accessdate=12 May 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65562109|title=Balogun and Amos among six players released by QPR|work=BBC Sport |date=11 May 2023 }}

Amos was linked to signing for Reading for the 2023–24 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/23662970.qpr-midfielder-expected-join-reading-fc-reports-suggest/|title=Former QPR midfielder 'expected' to join Reading, according to reports|date=18 July 2023|website=Reading Chronicle}} After training with Tottenham's under-23 team, he went on trial with Scottish club Hibernian,{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cy6w807g313o |title=Former QPR midfielder Amos training with Hibs |website=BBC Sport |date=19 January 2024 |accessdate=19 January 2024}} signing an 18-month contract with the club in January 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cv29wx1zdp1o |title=Former Tottenham and QPR midfielder Amos signs for Hibs |website=BBC Sport |date=24 January 2024 |accessdate=24 January 2024}} Amos played 15 times in a year with Hibs, before he was released from his contract in February 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cdxeg42kprzo |title=Fringe duo McKirdy and Amos depart Hibs |website=BBC Sport |date=3 February 2025 |accessdate=4 February 2025}}

On 14 February 2025, Amos joined A-League side Perth Glory on a 6-month contract, with an option to extend for a further year.{{cite web|url=https://perthglory.com.au/news/glory-sign-english-midfielder-amos-for-remainder-of-alm-season/|title=Glory sign English midfielder Amos for remainder of ALM season|work=Perth Glory FC |date=14 February 2025|accessdate=14 February 2025 }}

On 28 March 2015, Amos made his England under-18s debut in a 6–1 win over Switzerland where he also provided an assist. He started with Spurs teammates Josh Onomah and Kyle Walker-Peters as well.{{Cite web|title=Internationals – Saturday's action|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/internationals-saturdays-action/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}} On 10 June 2015, Amos made his second appearance for England under-18s in a 2–1 loss against Russia in Moscow.{{Cite web|title=Internationals – DeAndre's USA double|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/internationals-deandres-usa-double/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en}}

From a young age, Amos has always wanted to speak another language. He started French lessons while attending The John Warner School and by age 15, Amos achieved a GCSE A Grade in French. Amos continued to study with a French tutor throughout his scholarship at Spurs. As he got closer to the first-team at Tottenham, learning was put on hold but Amos picked the language up after sustaining a knee injury in September 2018 and again when the season the 2019–20 season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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