Luke Varney

Attacker · 44 years old · England

Current club

Burton Albion Previous club

Cheltenham until 2020-08-12

Bio

Luke Varney is a 44 year old football player from Engeland who mostly plays as a attacker. The last game Luke played was Colchester - Cheltenham on 2020-02-29.

Next match

League One

Wycombe Wanderers FC

15:00

Burton Albion

Saturday 31 October 2026
Adams Park, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Last match

Saturday 29 February 2020

Fact sheet

Position

Attacker

Age

Nationality

England

Birthday

1982-09-28

Place of birth

Leicester

Country of birth

England

Length

180 cm

Weight

70 kg

Career statistics Luke Varney

Full career · 2015 - 2017

Matches 67 36 in the starting XI

Minutes played 1,684 25 per match

Goals 5 0.27 per 90 minutes

Assists 2 0.11 per 90 minutes

Goals + assists 7 241 minutes per contribution

FN rating 6.64 average

Minutes per goal 337

Cards 4 / 0 421 minutes per card

Captain 1 matches

FN rating over the last matches

Success rates across the whole career

Shots on target 48.0%

Goals per shot 20.0%

Successful dribbles 50.0%

Duels won 38.6%

Starts 53.7%

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Stats Luke Varney

Match	Competition	Date	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+			Off	Sav	GC	Pen+	Pen-	PenSv
Ø Average					-
Wolves - Burton Albion	Championship	2018-03-17	6.6	45	Attacker	-	-	0	0	6	0	75	-	-	0	10	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Utd - Burton Albion	Championship	2018-03-13	6.6	8	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	100	-	-	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Millwall (sub)	Championship	2018-02-24	6.5	5	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	0	100	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Barnsley - Burton Albion	Championship	2018-02-20	6.4	2	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Preston (sub)	Championship	2017-12-09	6.5	9	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	20	-	-	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Derby - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-12-02	6.6	6	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	1	100	-	-	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Millwall - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-11-04	6.5	7	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	100	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Barnsley (sub)	Championship	2017-10-31	6.4	6	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	50	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Ipswich (sub)	Championship	2017-10-28	6.4	14	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	50	-	-	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Nottingham Forest - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-10-21	6.6	10	Attacker	-	-	0	0	4	1	66	-	-	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Bristol City - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-10-13	6.7	80	Attacker	-	-	1	0	7	0	36	-	-	1	26	12	1	0	1	4	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Wolves (sub)	Championship	2017-09-30	6.5	23	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	50	-	-	0	5	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
QPR - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-09-23	6.6	17	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	0	40	-	-	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Manchester United - Burton Albion ©️	EFL Carabao Cup	2017-09-20	7.0	90	Attacker	-	-	1	1	17	1	56	-	-	0	22	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Fulham (sub)	Championship	2017-09-16	0.0	1	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Norwich - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-09-12	6.6	25	Attacker	-	-	1	0	5	0	41	-	-	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Birmingham (sub)	Championship	2017-08-18	6.5	10	Attacker	-	-	0	0	5	0	71	-	-	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Middlesbrough - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-08-15	6.3	25	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	0	66	-	-	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Cardiff (sub)	Championship	2017-08-05	6.3	12	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	25	-	-	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Reading (sub)	Championship	2017-05-07	6.6	12	Attacker	-	-	1	1	2	0	50	-	-	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Barnsley - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-04-29	7.2	39	Attacker	1	-	3	2	3	0	60	-	-	0	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Leeds (sub)	Championship	2017-04-22	6.8	5	Attacker	-	-	2	1	2	0	40	-	-	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Birmingham - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-04-17	6.2	86	Attacker	-	-	1	0	7	0	43	-	-	0	27	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Ipswich (sub)	Championship	2017-04-14	6.6	45	Attacker	-	-	1	0	6	0	46	-	-	0	10	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Aston Villa (sub)	Championship	2017-04-08	6.5	4	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Newcastle - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-04-05	6.6	90	Attacker	-	-	1	0	7	1	38	-	-	0	24	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Huddersfield - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-04-01	6.7	22	Attacker	-	-	0	0	6	1	50	-	-	0	6	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Nottingham Forest (sub)	Championship	2017-03-11	6.6	26	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	1	40	-	-	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-03-07	6.8	83	Attacker	-	-	1	0	14	1	60	-	-	0	16	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Bristol City - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-03-04	6.8	13	Attacker	-	-	0	0	3	0	100	-	-	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Blackburn (sub)	Championship	2017-02-24	6.5	29	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	0	28	-	-	0	9	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Derby - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-02-21	6.7	79	Attacker	-	-	1	1	9	0	39	-	-	1	15	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burton Albion - Norwich (sub)	Championship	2017-02-18	7.1	10	Attacker	-	-	1	0	4	1	80	-	-	2	8	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brighton - Burton Albion	Championship	2017-02-11	6.4	8	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	1	50	-	-	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Bristol City (sub)	Championship	2016-12-30	0.0	1	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Birmingham - Ipswich	Championship	2016-12-13	5.9	61	Attacker	-	-	0	0	4	0	28	-	-	0	14	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Cardiff	Championship	2016-12-10	7.2	71	Attacker	1	-	1	1	10	1	66	-	-	0	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Bristol City - Ipswich	Championship	2016-12-03	6.7	67	Attacker	-	-	1	0	8	0	47	-	-	0	16	8	0	0	4	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - QPR	Championship	2016-11-26	7.1	68	Attacker	1	-	1	1	9	0	52	-	-	0	18	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Nottingham Forest (sub)	Championship	2016-11-19	6.9	20	Attacker	-	-	1	1	4	1	50	-	-	0	7	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Ipswich	Championship	2016-11-05	0.0	1	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	50	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Rotherham (sub)	Championship	2016-10-29	6.3	7	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Huddersfield (sub)	Championship	2016-10-01	6.7	4	Attacker	-	-	1	0	2	1	100	-	-	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Aston Villa (sub)	Championship	2016-09-17	6.7	2	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	100	-	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Derby - Ipswich	Championship	2016-09-13	6.9	45	Attacker	1	-	2	2	5	0	31	-	-	0	12	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Reading - Ipswich	Championship	2016-09-09	6.6	4	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	1	50	-	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Preston (sub)	Championship	2016-08-27	6.5	7	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	0	40	-	-	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Norwich (sub)	Championship	2016-08-21	0.0	1	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Wolves - Ipswich	Championship	2016-08-16	0.0	1	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Milton Keynes Dons (sub)	Championship	2016-04-30	7.3	15	Attacker	1	-	1	1	2	0	100	-	-	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Brentford	Championship	2016-04-09	6.5	74	Attacker	-	-	0	0	8	0	47	-	-	0	18	7	0	0	3	1	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Charlton (sub)	Championship	2016-04-05	6.6	45	Attacker	-	-	0	0	8	2	61	-	-	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Wolves - Ipswich	Championship	2016-04-02	6.8	21	Attacker	-	-	1	0	3	1	37	-	-	0	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Blackburn (sub)	Championship	2016-03-15	7.0	25	Attacker	-	1	0	0	4	1	66	-	-	1	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Cardiff - Ipswich	Championship	2016-03-12	6.7	18	Attacker	-	-	0	0	4	1	44	-	-	0	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Bolton - Ipswich	Championship	2016-03-08	6.8	39	Attacker	-	-	0	0	12	1	75	-	-	1	14	8	3	2	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Nottingham Forest (sub)	Championship	2016-03-05	0.0	1	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	100	-	-	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Hull City (sub)	Championship	2016-02-23	6.8	10	Attacker	-	-	0	0	3	1	75	-	-	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Bristol City - Ipswich	Championship	2016-02-13	6.5	22	Attacker	-	-	0	0	2	0	50	-	-	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
QPR - Ipswich	Championship	2016-02-06	6.7	57	Attacker	-	-	0	0	11	1	57	-	-	0	16	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Reading (sub)	Championship	2016-02-02	0.0	3	Attacker	-	1	0	0	3	1	100	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Birmingham - Ipswich	Championship	2016-01-23	6.8	12	Attacker	-	-	0	0	4	1	80	-	-	0	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Preston (sub)	Championship	2016-01-16	6.7	8	Attacker	-	-	1	0	4	1	57	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Burnley - Ipswich	Championship	2016-01-02	6.3	17	Attacker	-	-	0	0	3	0	50	-	-	0	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brighton - Ipswich	Championship	2015-12-29	6.3	4	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - QPR (sub)	Championship	2015-12-26	0.0	1	Attacker	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Derby (sub)	Championship	2015-12-19	6.5	6	Attacker	-	-	0	0	1	0	50	-	-	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-

Legend

Min Minutes played

Pos Position

G Goals

A Assists

Sh Shots

SoT Shots on target

Pas Passes

KP Key passes

Pas+ Accurate passes

Tkl Tackles

Blk Blocked shots

Int Interceptions

Du Duels

Du+ Duels won

Dri Dribbles

Dri+ Successful dribbles

Foul Fouls committed

Foul+ Fouls drawn

Yellow cards

Red cards

Off Offside

Sav Saves

GC Goals conceded

Pen+ Penalties scored

Pen- Penalties missed

PenSv Penalties saved

sub Substitute

Competition	M	St	Min	G	A	G+A	Min/G			Ø
Season 2017
Championship	18	10	305	-	-	-	-	1	0	6.51
EFL Carabao Cup	1	1	90	-	-	-	-	0	0	7.00
Total 2017	19	11	395	-	-	-	-	1	0	6.53
Season 2016
Championship	30	16	911	4	-	4	228	2	0	6.68
Season 2015
Championship	18	9	378	1	2	3	378	1	0	6.69
Full career	67	36	1,684	5	2	7	337	4	0	6.64

Statistic	Season 2017			Full career
	Total	per match	per 90	Total	per match	per 90
Matches	19	-	-	67	-	-
Minutes played	395	20.8	-	1,684	25.1	-
Attacking
Goals	-	-	-	5	0.07	0.27
Assists	-	-	-	2	0.03	0.11
Goals + assists	-	-	-	7	0.10	0.37
Shots	3	0.16	0.68	25	0.37	1.34
Shots on target	1	0.05	0.23	12	0.18	0.64
Dribbles	3	0.16	0.68	10	0.15	0.53
Successful dribbles	1	0.05	0.23	5	0.07	0.27
Passing
Passes	58	3.05	13.22	248	3.70	13.25
Key passes	3	0.16	0.68	24	0.36	1.28
Accurate passes	1,046	55.05	238.33	3,433	51.24	183.47
Defending
Interceptions	2	0.11	0.46	10	0.15	0.53
Duels	111	5.84	25.29	469	7.00	25.07
Duels won	47	2.47	10.71	181	2.70	9.67
Dribbled past	4	0.21	0.91	14	0.21	0.75
Discipline
Fouls committed	10	0.53	2.28	57	0.85	3.05
Fouls drawn	9	0.47	2.05	22	0.33	1.18
Yellow cards	1	0.05	0.23	4	0.06	0.21
Red cards	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Penalties
Penalties scored	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Penalties missed	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Penalty won	-	-	-	1	0.01	0.05
Penalty conceded	-	-	-	1	0.01	0.05

Scoring minutes bingo card Luke Varney

Luke Varney has scored in 23/90 minutes of play, since the first goal on 2015-04-06.

Stoppage time counts towards the minute on the clock: a goal at 45+2 fills square 45. On top of that 1 goals in extra time, which have no square on the card.

Transfers Luke Varney

Transfer date	Old club	New club	Type	Amount
2020-08-12	Cheltenham	Burton Albion	Free	€ 0
2018-09-28	Burton Albion	Cheltenham	Free	€ 0
2017-01-04	Ipswich	Burton Albion	Free	€ 0
2015-02-20	Blackburn	Ipswich	Loan	-
2014-07-01	Leeds	Blackburn	Free	€ 0
2014-02-01	Leeds	Blackburn	Loan	-
2012-07-25	Portsmouth	Leeds	Transfer	-
2011-07-07	Derby	Portsmouth	Transfer	€ 835,000
2010-08-27	Derby	Blackpool	Loan	-
2009-08-21	Derby	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan	-
2009-03-20	Derby	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan	-
2009-01-02	Charlton	Derby	Transfer	-
2007-07-01	Crewe	Charlton	Transfer	€ 2.4 million