Luke Young (born 9 July 1979 in Harlow, Essex) is an English
footballer, currently playing with Charlton Athletic
He started playing with Tottenham Hotspur in 1997, making over
50 appearances, mainly at centre-back. He was transferred to
Charlton in 2001, for a fee of £4 million. He has made over 120
appearances for Charlton, once playing alongside Mark Fish,
Jorge Costa and Jon Fortune in a defence whose names spelled out
the message 'young fish cost a fortune'.
In the spring of 2005 he was voted player of the year by the
Charlton fans, and this was soon followed by a call-up to the
English national team. His first game for England was on 28 May
2005, when he came on as substitute against the USA with 14
minutes to play. His first full appearance in an England shirt
came on 3 September 2005, when he played the full 90 minutes in
the World Cup qualifying game against Wales, which England won
1-0. As of 13 November 13 2005 he has played for his country 7
times.
