Luke Le

Roux

CM Portsmouth #16

Central Midfield – Midfielder

Luke Le Roux

Portsmouth Championship

Top 9% of defensive midfielders in the world
#86 defensive midfielder aged 26–29
Top 13% in the Championship

Date of birth / Age: 10 Mar 2000 (26)
Citizenship: South Africa
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.84 m / 68 kg
Main position: Central Midfield
Contract until: 2028

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#253

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#86

among defensive midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

88%

of Championship defensive midfielders rank below him

Season 2025/26

AppsAppearances: 16
StartsStarting eleven: 9
GoalsGoals: 0
AssistsAssists: 0
YellowYellow cards: 6
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 0
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 793

Starting eleven56%

9 of 16 appearances

Minutes played793

50 per appearance

Goal involvement0

0 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

148 matches · since 2018

RWAMCBDMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	84	4	1
Defensive Midfield	58	1	0
Centre-Back	3	0	0
Attacking Midfield	2	0	0
Right Winger	1	0	0

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Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/2625/26	ChampionshipChampionship	Portsmouth	14	7	0	0	4	0	0	662
2025/2625/26	Carabao CupCarabao Cup	Portsmouth	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	69
2025/2625/26	FA CupFA Cup	Portsmouth	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	62
20252025	AllsvenskanAllsvenskan	Värnamo	14	14	0	0	3	0	0	1,213
20252025	The Atlantic CupThe Atlantic Cup	Värnamo	3	2	0	–	2	–	0	230
2024/2524/25	Svenska CupenSvenska Cupen	Värnamo	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	270
20242024	Play-offs 1/2Play-offs 1/2	Värnamo	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
20242024	AllsvenskanAllsvenskan	Värnamo	16	12	1	0	2	0	0	1,161
2023/2423/24	EredivisieEredivisie	Volendam	14	8	1	0	3	0	0	871
20252025	Africa Cup of Nations QualificationAfrica Cup of Nations Qualification	South Africa	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	85
20232023	AllsvenskanAllsvenskan	Varbergs	17	16	2	0	5	0	0	1,429
2022/2322/23	Svenska CupenSvenska Cupen	Varbergs	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
20222022	Play-offs 1/2Play-offs 1/2	Varbergs	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
20222022	AllsvenskanAllsvenskan	Varbergs	26	26	1	1	6	0	0	2,246
2021/2221/22	Svenska CupenSvenska Cupen	Varbergs	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	187
20232023	Africa Cup of Nations QualificationAfrica Cup of Nations Qualification	South Africa	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
20212021	AllsvenskanAllsvenskan	Varbergs	26	19	0	0	7	1	1	1,706
20202020	AllsvenskanAllsvenskan	Varbergs	21	18	0	0	4	0	0	1,560
2019/2019/20	Svenska CupenSvenska Cupen	Varbergs	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	119
2017/1817/18	Motsepe Foundation ChampionshipMotsepe Foundation Championship	Stellenbosch FC	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	25
2017/1817/18	CupCup	Stellenbosch FC	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	35
20182018	CAF Confederation CupCAF Confederation Cup	SuperSport United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	15
20192019	Africa U20 Cup of NationsAfrica U20 Cup of Nations	South Africa U20	4	3	1	–	0	–	0	262

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			178	142	6	1^*	42	1^*	1	12,927

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Allsvenskan	120	4	1
Championship	14	0	0
Eredivisie	14	1	0
Svenska Cupen	11	0	–
Play-offs 1/2	4	0	–
South Africa U20	4	1	–
South Africa	3	0	–
The Atlantic Cup	3	0	–
CAF Confederation Cup	1	0	–
Carabao Cup	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Värnamo Portsmouth Transfer
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer Volendam Värnamo Transfer
Aug 2023 Aug 2023 · Transfer Varbergs Volendam Transfer
Feb 2020 Feb 2020 · Transfer SuperSport United Varbergs Transfer
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Back from Loan Stellenbosch FC SuperSport United Back from Loan
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Loan SuperSport United Stellenbosch FC Loan Loan
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Transfer Ikapa Sporting Cape Town SuperSport United Transfer

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Portsmouth 2025 16 0
Värnamo 2024–2025 38 1
Volendam 2023 14 1
Varbergs 2019–2023 100 3
SuperSport United 2018 1 0
Stellenbosch FC 2017 2 0

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