Luis Longstaff - Player Profile


Full Name:Luis James Longstaff
Born:February 24th, 2001 (Darlington)
Height:1.68
Position:Winger
Signed:July 20th, 2023
First Manager:Billy Dodds
Career Stats: 114 appearances, 12 goals
Full Debut: July 25th, 2023 - 2 - 3 Airdrieonians (League Cup - Group E)
First Goal: September 30th, 2023 - Arbroath 2 - 3 Inverness CT (League - Championship)
Also Played For:Cove Rangers, Liverpool, Queens Park

 Season  League Apps Gls GtGR Yel Red W D L
 2026/27   0 0 - - - - - -
 2025/26  SPFL League One 26 (23) 8 0.16 4 0 63.3% 22.4% 14.3%
 2024/25  SPFL League One 27 (4) 3 0.10 1 0 38.7% 32.3% 29.0%
 2023/24  SPFL Championship 21 (13) 1 0.03 1 0 29.4% 20.6% 50.0%
74 (40) 12 0.11

 Apps = First Team Appearances (Sub Appearances) | Gls = Goals
 GtGR = Goals to Games Ratio | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in
 Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals

 Most Recent 1st Team Starts:
 Apr 25th, 2026 League  (A)  vs. East Fife 1 - 1
 Mar 27th, 2026 League  (H)  vs. Queen of the South 1 - 1
 Mar 21st, 2026 League  (A)  vs. Alloa Athletic 1 - 1
 Mar 17th, 2026 League  (H)  vs. Peterhead 3 - 1
 Feb 24th, 2026 Challenge Cup  (A)  vs. Ayr United 2 - 1
 
 Most Recent Goals:
 Dec 16th, 2025 Challenge Cup  (A)  vs. Dumbarton 9 - 0
 Nov 25th, 2025 League  (A)  vs. Alloa Athletic 1 - 1
 Oct 11th, 2025 Challenge Cup  (A)  vs. Forfar Athletic 4 - 1
 Sep 20th, 2025 League  (A)  vs. Queen of the South 2 - 0
 Aug 2nd, 2025 League  (A)  vs. Kelty Hearts 3 - 0

Inverness Caledonian Thistle are delighted to announce the signing of right winger Luis Longstaff on a 2-year deal.

Luis, 22 years-old, becomes Billy Dodds’ fourth signing of the new season and joins us from Cove Rangers, where he spent last season.

The wide man spent his youth career at Newcastle United and Liverpool. He has represented England at U16 and U17 level.

Longstaff played one game for Liverpool in an EFL Cup match against Aston Villa in December 2019. Earlier that year he was part of the Liverpool team which won the FA Youth Cup, beating Manchester City in a penalty shoot-out.

Luis also had a loan spell at Queen’s Park in season 2021/22, where he played 31 games and scored 4 goals during their League One promotion winning campaign.

He made his debut against Airdrie on 25th July 2023 in a 2-3 League Cup defeat at the Caledonian Stadium.

Luis was still here for season 2024/2025 and after a season where he missed a crucial stages of the campaign he has signed a new contract to take him up to the end of season 25/26 and that was extended to take him to the end of season 26/27

 Goals Scored
Sep 30th, 2023 League  (A)  vs. Arbroath 3 - 2 (10')
Jul 20th, 2024 League Cup  (H)  vs. Bonnyrigg Rose 3 - 0 (42')
Nov 2nd, 2024 League  (H)  vs. Kelty Hearts 1 - 1 (4')
Dec 7th, 2024 League  (A)  vs. Montrose 3 - 2 (64')
Jul 15th, 2025 League Cup  (H)  vs. Elgin City 2 - 0 (39')
Jul 22nd, 2025 League Cup  (A)  vs. East Kilbride 6 - 2 (51')
Jul 22nd, 2025 League Cup  (A)  vs. East Kilbride 6 - 2 (57')
Aug 2nd, 2025 League  (A)  vs. Kelty Hearts 3 - 0 (38')
Sep 20th, 2025 League  (A)  vs. Queen of the South 2 - 0 (94')
Oct 11th, 2025 Challenge Cup  (A)  vs. Forfar Athletic 4 - 1 (63')
Nov 25th, 2025 League  (A)  vs. Alloa 1 - 1 (45')
Dec 16th, 2025 Challenge Cup  (A)  vs. Dumbarton 9 - 0 (43')

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