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| Full name | Lukas Jutkiewicz | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
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Current team | Everton | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
Lukas Jutkiewicz (born March 28th 1989 in Southampton) is an English football player currently playing for Everton FC. Despite being born in Southampton he is eligible to play for Poland, Lithuania and the Republic of Ireland.
Swindon Town
Having been released by Southampton as a 14-year old, Jutkiewicz first rose to prominence in 2004, when he ended the Milk Cup tournament in Northern Ireland as top goalscorer - emulating the feat of Wayne Rooney who participated in the tournament four years earlier.
At the age of 17 Jutkiewicz was handed his professional debut, coming on as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat at Swansea's Liberty Stadium in April 2006. A week later he was handed his first start, when he gave a hard-working performance in a 2-1 win at Scunthorpe.
Eager to hold on to the young star, manager Iffy Onuora promised Jutkiewicz a professional deal, despite him still having a year of his scholarship remaining - but doubt was cast over the deal when Onuora was sacked and replaced with new boss Dennis Wise during May. When Jutkiewicz had no contact with Wise over the summer, he admitted he was "slightly concerned" about his deal - but any fears were dispelled when he signed a three year contract in July 2006.
Jutkiewicz was patient for his introduction to the first team in 2006/2007 but finally made his first league start of the season in Swindon's 2-0 defeat to Mansfield. The next game, against top of the table Walsall, saw Jutkiewicz score his first senior goal to guide Swindon Town to an impressive victory. Jutkiewicz went on to score four more goals during the 06/07 season to help the club gain promotion to League 1.
Everton FC
In March 2007, Jutkiewicz signed a pre-contract agreement with Everton for a rumoured fee of £500,000 rising to £1,000,000 on appearances.[1] He joined up with the club for pre-season training in July 2007 and was handed the number 27 shirt - previously worn by Peter Clarke.
On 13/7/07 Lukas wrapped the game up for Everton against Bury scoring a goal on his debut.
He also bagged a double against 1860 Munich U23's a couple days later, taking his total to 3 goals from 2 games.
Notes
- ^ "Everton Net £1M Swindon Teenager". Western Daily Press. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
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External links
- Lukas Jutkiewicz at Soccerbase