Luke Tongue

{{short description|New Zealand footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Luke Tongue | fullname = Luke Tongue | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|1|25}} | birth_place = Stafford, England | height =  | position = Defender | currentclub = Canterbury United | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Wellington Phoenix | years1 = 2015–2018 | caps1 = 27 | goals1 = 1 | clubs1 = Wellington Phoenix Reserves | years2 = 2017–2018 | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Wellington Phoenix | years3 = 2018– | caps3 = 33 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Canterbury United | club-update = 06:22, 8 February 2020 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = }}

'''Luke Tongue''' (born 25 January 1999), is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as defender for Canterbury United.{{CN|date=February 2026}}

==Career== Tongue made his professional debut for Wellington Phoenix on 1 August 2017, playing the last 22 minutes of extra time in a 1–0 loss to Western Sydney Wanderers in the FFA Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/08/01/australia/ffa-cup/west-sydney-fc/wellington-phoenix/2479823/|title=WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS VS. WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 – 0|website=uk.soccerway.com|date=1 August 2017|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref> On 24 January 2018, Tongue joined New Zealand Football Championship side Canterbury United.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/100843426/wellington-phoenix-release-fringe-striker-hamish-watson|title=Wellington Phoenix release fringe striker Hamish Watson|website=stuff.co.nz|date=24 January 2018|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Individual''' *Mainland Football Mens Midfielder of the Year: 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainlandfootball.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=071af501-1ad1-49cd-b681-42f9524b662f |title=ANNUAL REPORT 2018 |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainlandfootball.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=a14b77cf-f8ca-45d6-902f-27f4b4a04230 |title=ANNUAL REPORT 2019 |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Soccerway|luke-tongue-/429419}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tongue, Luke}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football defenders Category:New Zealand men's association footballers Category:Footballers from Stafford Category:Wellington Phoenix FC players Category:Canterbury United Dragons players Category:New Zealand Football Championship players Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen