Luke Freeman

Three days after his FA Cup appearance, Freeman played in Gillingham's 4–0 home victory against Dagenham & Redbridge in the Football League Trophy, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute.

Luke Anthony Freeman (born 22 March 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for club Barnet.

Freeman played at Charlton Athletic, before joining Gillingham at the age of 11.

He made his first-team debut for Gillingham at the age of 15, becoming the youngest ever player to appear in the FA Cup.

Freeman joined Charlton Athletic's academy in 2001 after being scouted playing Sunday league youth football.

He spent two years at Charlton before being released "for being too small".

Following his release from Charlton, Freeman joined Gillingham at the age of 11.

He made his first-team debut for Gillingham in an FA Cup tie against Barnet on 10 November 2007, aged 15 years and 233 days, replacing Efe Sodje as an 80th-minute substitute.

His debut set two records; he simultaneously became Gillingham's youngest first team player in team history, and the youngest player to appear in the FA Cup, breaking records previously held by Billy Hughes and Lee Holmes respectively.

He made his first league appearance on 24 November 2007, becoming Gillingham's youngest player in a league match, as an 82nd-minute substitute in a 2–1 victory against Hartlepool United.

After making three appearances for Gillingham, Freeman spent time on trial at Arsenal, Newcastle United and West Ham United in December 2007, with all three teams showing an interest in signing him.

In January 2008, Freeman signed for Arsenal, where he played regularly for the club's under-18 and reserve teams.

Freeman joined Premier League club Arsenal on 30 January 2008, for a fee reported to be in the region of £200,000.

He signed a two-year deal to become part of Arsenal's youth academy on the club's scholar scheme.

On signing Freeman, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger described the player as "a very interesting prospect".

During the 2008–09 season, Freeman scored seven goals from 15 appearances for the under-18 team, as well as making one substitute appearance for the reserve team.

Freeman signed a professional contract with the club on 8 April 2009.

During the 2009–10 season, Freeman scored 16 times in 24 games, including two goals in the Academy League Final, a 5–3 victory against Nottingham Forest.

He scored one goal in 11 appearances for Arsenal's reserve team, most of which came during the latter stages of the season.

Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Freeman joined Yeovil Town on loan until December 2010.

Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Freeman signed for League One club Yeovil Town on a loan agreement until 31 December 2010.

On joining Yeovil Town, Freeman stated that he was now "getting to an age" where he wanted some first-team experience, and that ideally the loan move would put him in first-team contention come the end of the season.

He scored on his debut against Leyton Orient on 7 August 2010, the winning goal in first-half injury time in a 2–1 victory.

Freeman made 15 appearances and scored two goals for Yeovil during the first half of the 2010–11 season.

His loan spell was ended early due to injury, and Freeman returned to Arsenal in November 2010.

After regaining fitness, Freeman remained at Arsenal, "continuing to impress" regularly for the reserve team, scoring four goals during the season.

He returned to his parent club when his loan ended, and signed a new contract in April 2011.

He was loaned out once again in November 2011, this time to League One club Stevenage on a one-and-a-half-month loan deal.

He signed a new contract with the club in April 2011.

Freeman joined League One club Stevenage on loan from 17 November 2011 to 8 January 2012, with an option to extend the agreement.

He debuted for Stevenage two days after signing for the club, playing 86 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against Leyton Orient.

Freeman played regularly during his time on loan at Stevenage, and signed for the club on a permanent basis in January 2012.

After spending three seasons at Stevenage, winning the club's Player of the Year award for the 2013–14 season, Freeman joined Bristol City in June 2014.

He helped the club to Football League Trophy and League One titles during his first season with the team.

Freeman spent two-and-a-half years at Bristol City before joining Queens Park Rangers, also of the Championship, for an undisclosed fee in January 2017.

He was named as the club's Player of the Year for the 2018–19 season.

Freeman signed for newly promoted Premier League club Sheffield United for a club-record fee in July 2019.

He spent the 2020–21 season on loan at Nottingham Forest.

Born in Dartford, Kent, Freeman grew up in East London.

His parents made the decision to relocate to Gravesend, Kent, where Freeman attended St John's Secondary School.