Luke Cundle

Luke Cundle
Personal information
Full name Luke James Cundle[1]
Date of birth (2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Warrington, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stoke City
(on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Number 25
Youth career
2010–2012 Warrington Town
2012–2014 Burnley
2014–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 (0)
2022–2023 → Swansea City (loan) 32 (3)
2023–2024 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 24 (3)
2024– → Stoke City (loan) 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:33, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Luke James Cundle (born 26 April 2002) is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Stoke City on loan from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Career[edit]

Wolverhampton Wanderers[edit]

Cundle was born in Warrington and played in the youth teams at Warrington Town where he then played in Burnley's academy before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2014 at the age of 12.[3] He made his first team debut for Wolves, on 25 September 2019 as a substitute in a EFL Cup victory against Reading.[4] He had been part of the club's pre-season tour of China, where he played in the Premier League Asia Trophy Final victory against Manchester City.[5] Cundle made his second senior appearance for Wolves as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 away win over Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup 2nd round on 24 August 2021.[6]

Cundle made his third senior appearance for Wolves as a late substitute in a 3–0 victory over Sheffield United at Molineux in the 3rd round of the 2021–22 FA Cup on 9 January 2022.[7] On 15 January 2022, he made his Premier League debut, when he appeared as a stoppage time substitute in a 3–1 win over Southampton at Molineux.[8] Cundle made his full debut in the Premier League in 2–0 win away to Tottenham Hotspur on 13 February 2022.[9]

On 29 August 2022, Cundle joined Championship side Swansea City on loan for the 2022–23 season.[10] He played 34 times for the Swans scoring twice as they finished in tenth position.[11] On 7 August 2023, Cundle joined newly-promoted Plymouth Argyle on loan for the 2023–24 season.[12] After scoring five goals in 27 appearances for Argyle, Cundle was recalled by Wolves and loaned out to Stoke City for the remainder of the 2023–24 season linking back up with Steven Schumacher who had left Plymouth for Stoke.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 20 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20[14] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2020–21[15] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22[16] Premier League 4 0 1 0 1 0 — 6 0
2022–23[11] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2023–24[17] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 2019–20[14] — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
2020–21[15] — — — 3[a] 0 3 0
Total — — — 4 0 4 0
Swansea City (loan) 2022–23[11] Championship 32 2 2 0 0 0 — 34 2
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2023–24[17] Championship 24 3 1 1 2 1 — 27 5
Stoke City (loan) 2023–24[17] Championship 14 1 0 0 0 0 — 14 1
Career total 74 6 4 1 4 1 4 0 86 8
  1. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ "| Wolverhampton Wanderers FC". www.wolves.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Warrington's Luke Cundle makes full Premier League debut". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Wolves 1–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 25 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Wolves edge Man City to win Asia Trophy". Premier League. 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Carabao Cup: Nottingham Forest 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Wolves 3–0 Sheffield United: Wolves score in either half to make fourth round". BBC Sport. 9 January 2022.
  8. ^ Mann, Mantej (22 January 2022). "Wolves 3–1 Southampton: Adama Traoré's first goal of season seals win". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ Bysouth, Alex (13 February 2022). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers:Conte's side beaten at home". BBC Sport.
  10. ^ "Luke Cundle: Wolves midfielder joins Swansea City on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Games played by Luke Cundle in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  12. ^ "Luke Cundle: Plymouth Argyle sign Wolves midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Luke Cundle: Stoke sign Wolves midfielder on loan after Plymouth recall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Games played by Luke Cundle in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Games played by Luke Cundle in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Games played by Luke Cundle in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  17. ^ a b c "Games played by Luke Cundle in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.

External links[edit]

Luke Cundle at Soccerbase

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