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Luis Binks
Personal information
Full name Luis Thomas Binks[1]
Date of birth (2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Gillingham, Kent, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Coventry City
(on loan from Bologna)
Number 2
Youth career
2007–2020 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Montreal Impact[a] 8 (0)
2020– Bologna 15 (0)
2020–2021Montreal Impact (loan) 18 (0)
2022–2023Como (loan) 34 (0)
2023–Coventry City (loan) 12 (0)
International career
2017 England U16 2 (0)
2017–2018 England U17 8 (0)
2018 Scotland U18 3 (0)
2018–2019 England U18 9 (1)
2019 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2020

Luis Thomas Binks (born 2 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Coventry City on loan from Bologna.

Club career

Born in Gillingham, he attended The Howard School in Rainham, Kent.[3] Binks joined the Tottenham Hotspur academy at the age of six in 2007.[4]

Montreal Impact / CF Montréal

On 18 February 2020, Binks left Tottenham Hotspur and signed a professional contract with Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer.[4] He made his debut for the club on 26 February 2020 against Deportivo Saprissa during a CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 tie. He started and played the whole match as Montreal drew 0–0 but advanced on a 2–0 aggregate.[5] Binks made his MLS debut on the 29th of that month, playing the whole game in a 2–1 victory over the New England Revolution.

Bologna

On 13 August 2020, Binks was transferred to Serie A club Bologna, with him staying on loan with the Impact until the end of the 2020 MLS season.[6] Binks made his debut on 26 September 2021 in a Serie A away match to Empoli which Bologna lost 4–2.[7]

On 18 July 2022, Binks was loaned to Como for a season.[8]

On 28 July 2023, he was loaned to EFL Championship side Coventry City.[9]

International career

Binks is eligible for England through birth and Scotland through a grandfather.[3] He represented Scotland at under-16 in the Victory Shield between 2016 and 2017.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played on 6 January 2024[10]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tottenham Hotspur U21 2019–20 Professional Development League 2[b] 0 2 0
Bologna 2020–21 Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021–22 15 0 0 0 15 0
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Montreal Impact (loan) 2020 Major League Soccer 19 0 0 0 7[c] 0 26 0
Como 1907 (loan) 2022–23 Serie B 33 0 1 0 34 0
Coventry City (loan) 2023–24 Championship 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
Career totals 77 0 2 0 1 0 9 0 89 0
  1. ^ Montreal Impact changed its name to CF Montréal in 2021
  2. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. ^ Four Appearances in the MLS is Back Tournament and Three Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Updated squad lists for 2019/20 Premier League". Premier League. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Luis Binks" (in Italian). Como 1907. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Binks realises boyhood dream". Kent Sports News. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Impact acquires England youth international centre-back Luis Binks". Ottawa Citizen. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Montreal Impact 0-0 Saprissa". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "Defender Luis Binks transferred to Bologna FC". Impact Montreal. 13 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Empoli 4 – 2 Bologna". legaseriea.it. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  8. ^ "LUIS BINKS AL COMO" (in Italian). Como. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Coventry City agree season-long loan for Bologna defender". BBC. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  10. ^ Luis Binks at Soccerway