Luke Paris

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Luke Paris

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = England

| position = Defender

| years1 = 2017-2018

| clubs1 = Burnham

| caps1 = 13

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2018–2020

| clubs2 = Langley

| caps2 = 32

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2020-2022

| clubs3 = Windsor

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2022–

| clubs4 = Uxbridge

| caps4 = 44

| goals4 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2019–

| nationalteam1 = Anguilla

| nationalcaps1 = 19

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalteam-update = 26 March 2024

| currentclub = Uxbridge

| club-update = 18:34, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

}}

Luke Paris (born 11 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for {{English football updater|Uxbridge}} club Uxbridge. Born in England, he plays for the Anguilla national team.{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/luke-paris/630538/|title=Anguilla - L. Paris - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|access-date=2019-11-14}}

Career

Paris first began with Hellenic League Premier Division (at the 9th step of the pyramid) team Burnham in 2017, where his father Alan was working as manager.{{cite web |url=https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/burnham-fc/166475/success-for-anguilla-would-be-winning-a-game-paris-morgan-and-duncan-quarantine-ahead-of-qualifiers.html |title='Success for Anguilla would be winning a game' – Paris, Morgan and Duncan quarantine ahead of qualifiers |author=Daniel Darlington |date=12 March 2021 |access-date=2 October 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/displayTeam.html?divisionseason=44806448&teamID=440761692#tab-2 |title=Burnham Player Season Totals |access-date=2 October 2024 }} He then joined Hellenic League Division Two East (12th tier) side Langley, following his father who went to manage Langley.{{cite web |last1=Billingham |first1=Dan |title=The unlikely international - the non-league footballer living a double life |url=https://thesetpieces.com/latest-posts/the-unlikely-international-the-non-league-footballer-living-a-double-life/ |publisher=The Set Pieces |access-date=31 January 2022}} He made 27 appearances in the 2018/19 season and helped the team get promoted to the Hellenic League Division One East (the 10th tier). The team also made it to the Slough Town Challenge Cup final, but lost 2-1 to Singh Sabha Slough FC, where Paris also got sent off for fighting with opposition player Sukh Hunjan in injury time.{{cite web |url=https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/sport/17592109.picture-gallery-singh-sabha-fc-win-slough-town-challenge-cup-dramatic-final-langley-fc/ |title=PICTURE GALLERY: Singh Sabha FC win the Slough Town Challenge Cup after a dramatic final against Langley FC |publisher=Slough Observer |author=Rob Stevens |date=23 April 2019 |access-date=2 October 2024 }} He then joined Hellenic Premier Division team Windsor in the summer of 2020.{{cite web |url=https://footballinberkshire.co.uk/news/transfer-news/48670/windsor-bring-international-experience-to-stag-meadow-with-new-signings/ |title=Windsor bring international experience to Stag Meadow with new signings |author=Tom Canning |date=27 August 2020 |access-date=2 October 2024 }} After two years at the club, he joined Isthmian League South Central Division (step 8) team Uxbridge.{{cite web |url=https://www.uxbridgefc.com/first-team-player-profile |title=First team player profile |access-date=2 October 2024 }}

International career

Paris made his senior international debut on 5 September 2019 in a 10–0 defeat to Guatemala during the CONCACAF Nations League.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/09/06/nc-america/concacaf-nations-league/guatemala/anguilla/3023639/|title=Guatemala vs. Anguilla – 6 September 2019 – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|accessdate=4 December 2019}}

Personal life

Paris is eligible to play for the Anguilla national football team through his grandmother. His father, Alan Paris, was a right-back for Leicester City and Notts County, among other teams. His cousin Calvin Morgan also plays for Anguilla. While playing for Langley, Paris was also an IT worker for a logistics company in Maidenhead.

Career statistics

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="5"\|Anguilla \|2019	5	0
2021	3	0
2022	5	0
2023	4	0
2024	2	1
colspan=2\|Total	19	1

References

External links

{{ESPN FC|294990/luke-paris}}

Category:Living people

Category:1994 births

Category:English people of Anguillan descent

Category:Anguillan men's footballers

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Anguilla men's international footballers

Category:Windsor F.C. (2011) players

Category:21st-century British sportsmen