Luke Chambers

Luke Chambers
Personal information
Full name	Luke Chambers
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Central Defender / right back
Team information
Current team	Nottingham Forest
Number	4

Luke Chambers (born September 28th, 1985 in Kettering, England) is an English footballer. He is a promising young defender for Nottingham Forest.

Career

Northampton Town

A product of the youth system at the team he supports, Northampton Town F.C., Luke signed his first senior contract on 26 April 2003 and he established himself as a first team regular almost immediately. Chambers made a total of 109(15) appearances for Northampton Town, scoring just the one goal in the league, against Swansea City.

Nottingham Forest

Chambers signed for Forest for an undisclosed fee January 30, 2007. The transfer also includes a sell-on clause and Chambers was ineligible to play against Northampton Town in what would have been his home debut for Forest. He rejoined former Northampton boss Colin Calderwood and had been a long-term target for current boss Calderwood since he arrived at the City Ground in May 2006. Chambers had been allocated squad number 3 but is now squad number 4. Chambers' Forest career started with most of appearances from the subs bench, however he made his full Forest debut on March 10, 2007, against League One leaders Scunthorpe with the following week making his full home debut against Gillingham.

Chambers has impressed since arriving at the Reds and is tipped to become a key player in the future. Although his preferred position is as a central defender, he has adapted well to playing at right back in the 2007-08 season. Having previously only scored one career goal for Northampton, he has earned himself a reputation for being a 'goal machine' at Forest, scoring seven times so far this season in all competitions. Four of them came in August and September, 2007 with two against Peterborough in a 3-2 defeat in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, and twice in the League in wins at Port Vale and Yeovil. He had to wait nearly four months before he found the target again in a 2-1 defeat at Swindon, and then three weeks later scored his sixth of the season to help Forest to a 2-0 win over Millwall at the City Ground. His seventh goal came in a crucial 2-0 win at promotion-chasing Carlisle United in April. Chambers has also been in instrumental form defensively this season, forming part of a defence that has conceded the fewest goals in League One.

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