Luke Jephcott

Luke Owen Jephcott (born 26 January 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Plymouth Argyle and the Wales under-21 national team.

Luke Jephcott
Personal information
Full name Luke Owen Jephcott[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000[2]
Place of birth Aberystwyth, Wales[3]
Position(s) Forward[2]
Club information
Current team
Plymouth Argyle
Number 31
Youth career
2007-2013 Wendron United
2013–2014 Helston Athletic
2014–2019 Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Plymouth Argyle 45 (23)
2019–2020Truro City (loan) 18 (5)
National team
2018– Wales U19[4] 6 (0)
2018– Wales U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:34, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:44, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

On 9 September 2018 Jephcott made his Wales U19 debut in a friendly against Ireland U19s at the City Calling Stadium. Wales won the game 1-0.

Whilst still an apprentice, Jephcott made his professional debut in the EFL League One on 20 October 2018. He featured against Burton Albion in a 3-2 defeat, replacing Stuart O'Keefe in the 86th minute. Jephcott's full debut came ten days later, when he started in a 5-0 EFL Trophy defeat to Chelsea U21s.[5]

In August 2019, Jephcott joined Truro City on loan.[6] He was recalled by his parent club, Plymouth Argyle, in January 2020.[7] Jephcott won both the EFL League Two Player of the Month and EFL Young Player of the Month awards for January 2020, after scoring 5 goals in 4 starts in January 2020.[8][9]

International career

Jephcott was born in Aberystwyth, Wales. He was first called up to the Wales U19 team in 2018.

Career statistics

As of match played 6 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Plymouth Argyle 2018–19[10] League One 9000001[lower-alpha 1]0100
2019–20[11] League Two 147000000147
2020–21[12] League One 221644001[lower-alpha 1]02720
Total 45234400205127
Truro City (loan) 2019–20[13] Southern Football League Premier South 18 5 2 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 21 5
Career total 62286400307132
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

Individual

References

  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Purrington" (PDF). English Football League. p. 54. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. "Luke Jephcott - Striker". Plymouth Argyle. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. Cowdery, Rick (12 March 2018). "Luke Jephcott Interview". The Pilgrim Matchday Programme, Plymouth Argyle vs Shrewsbury Town.
  4. Luke Jephcott at Soccerway
  5. "Luke Jephcott making the most of busy schedule of matches". The Herald (Plymouth). 9 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. Errington, Chris (2 August 2019). "Luke Jephcott set goals target by Ryan Lowe after Truro loan move". plymouthherald. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. "Jephcott Recalled". www.pafc.co.uk. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. "Sky Bet League Two: Manager and Player of the Month January winners". www.efl.com. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  9. "Luke Jephcott: Plymouth Argyle forward named EFL Young Player of Month for January". BBC Sport. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. "Games played by Luke Jephcott in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  11. "Games played by Luke Jephcott in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  12. "Games played by Luke Jephcott in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  13. "Luke Jephcott Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  14. "Sky Bet League Two: Manager and Player of the Month January winners". www.efl.com. English Football League. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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