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Luke Elliot Plange (born 4 November 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga side HJK on loan from Premier League club Crystal Palace.
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Plange with HJK in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke Elliot Plange[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston upon Thames, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
HJK (on loan from Crystal Palace) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2021 | Arsenal | ||
| 2021 | Derby County | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Derby County | 8 | (3) |
| 2022– | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Derby County (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2023 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 2024– | → HJK (loan) | 26 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | England U20 | 2 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:15, 19 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:51, 30 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
A youth product of Arsenal since the age of six,[3] Plange moved to Derby County on 21 March 2021.[4] He made his professional debut with Derby County on 4 December 2021, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 1–0 EFL Championship defeat against Bristol City.[5]
On 31 January 2022, Plange signed for Crystal Palace and was loaned back to Derby for the remainder of the season.[6] In August 2022 he was loaned to Belgian club RWD Molenbeek, along with teammate Jake O'Brien, for the 2022–23 season.[7] On 30 January 2023, Crystal Palace recalled him from his loan at RWD Molenbeek and sent on loan to Lincoln City for the remainder of the season.[8]
On 1 August 2023, Plange joined Carlisle United on a half-season long loan.[9] He returned to his parent club at the end of the loan deal in January 2024.[10]
On 15 March 2024, Plange joined Finnish Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki on loan until 1 January 2025.[11] On 27 April 2024, Plange scored his first goal in the league, in a 1–1 away draw against Haka.[12] On 7 June 2024, Plange scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 home win against SJK, after coming on as the 71st minute substitute to Anthony Olusanya.[13]
Born in England, Plange is of Malaysian descent through a grandmother.[14] On 25 March 2022, he made his England U20 debut in a 2–0 defeat to Poland in Bielsko-Biała.[15]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Derby County | 2021–22[16] | Championship | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 3 | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2021–22[16] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[17] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25[18] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Derby County (loan) | 2021–22[16] | Championship | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 2022–23[17] | Challenger Pro League | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| Lincoln City (loan) | 2022–23[17] | League One | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Carlisle United (loan) | 2023–24[19] | League One | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| HJK Helsinki (loan) | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9[d] | 1 | — | 36 | 7 | |
| Career total | 106 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 15 | ||
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