Luke McCarthy

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Luke McCarthy

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Luke Joseph McCarthy

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|7|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bolton, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Manchester City

| youthyears2 = 2009–2011

| youthclubs2 = Bury

| years1 = 2011–2013 | clubs1 = Bury | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2011–2012 | clubs2 = → Grimsby Town (loan) | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = Airbus UK Broughton | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = Salford City | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 2013–2014 | clubs5= Droylsden | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 2014–2015 |clubs6 = Mossley | caps6 = | goals6 =

| club-update = 14:07, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

}}

Luke Joseph McCarthy (born 7 July 1993) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.

He has previously played for Manchester City, Grimsby Town and Bury, Salford City, Airbus UK Broughton and Droylsden.

Playing career

McCarthy made his debut for Bury on the final day of the club's 2010–11 season coming on as a 92nd-minute substitute against Stevenage.{{cite news

| title = Stevenage 3 -3 Bury

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13247216.stm

| work = BBC Sport

| publisher = British Broadcasting Corporation

| date = 7 May 2011

| accessdate = 8 May 2011}}

He signed a new 12-month contract with Bury in June 2011.{{cite news

|title=Contract Update

|url=http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~2379657,00.html?

|work=Bury FC

|date=21 June 2011

|accessdate=21 June 2011

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623083949/http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10422~2379657%2C00.html

|archivedate=23 June 2011

}}

On 24 November 2011, he joined Grimsby Town on an initial one-month loan.{{cite web |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~2526443,00.html |title= Grimsby-townfc.co.uk|website=www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531081413/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10417~2526443%2C00.html |archive-date=31 May 2012}}

In May 2012, he was offered a new contract by Bury.{{cite web|url=http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~2763814,00.html? |title=The Retained List |date=8 May 2012 |publisher=Bury FC |accessdate=9 May 2012 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was released in January 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/sweeney-leaves-586854.aspx|title=Sweeney leaves|date=8 January 2013|publisher=Bury FC|accessdate=8 January 2013}} McCarthy went on to play for Salford City, Airbus UK Broughton, Droylsden and Mossley.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mossleyweb.com/News201314/McCarthy1.html|title=McCarthy Lands}}

Career statistics

{{Cite web |title=Luke McCarthy Stats |work=Soccerbase |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=52826}}

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