Surely this one isn't Irish too?
No. He's from Southampton.
What is he like? What's he like anway?
Well he wasn't born when Neneh Cherry sang that line in Buffalo Stance. He's a welcome return to the young player recruitment policy that landed us Danny Fox and Scott Dann...
He says he's not a traditional goalscorer - any evidence?
And what does the online oracle have to say?
"Lukas Isaac Paul Jutkiewicz (born 28 March 1989 in Southampton) is an English football player who plays for Championship side Coventry City after signing from Everton for a undisclosed fee rumoured to be in the region of £200,000 on 26 July 2010.
Club career
Swindon Town
Jutkiewicz made his Swindon Town debut at the age of 17, as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat at Swansea's Liberty Stadium in April 2006. A week later, he had his first start in a 2–1 win at Scunthorpe United. Jutkiewicz signed a three year contract in July 2006. He was patient for his introduction to the first team in 2006–07, but finally made his first league start of the season in Swindon's 2–0 defeat to Mansfield. The next game, against top of the table Walsall, saw Jutkiewicz score his first senior goal in Swindon's victory. He went on to score four more goals during the 2006–07 season to help the club gain promotion to League One.
Everton
On 17 March 2007, Jutkiewicz joined Everton for a £1m fee.He joined up with the club for pre-season training in July 2007, and was handed the number 27 shirt – previously worn by Andy van der Meyde.
In January 2008, Plymouth Argyle signed Jutkiewicz on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season. Here he worked under his former boss at Swindon, Paul Sturrock.He made his debut for the Pilgrims three days later in their 3–2 FA Cup victory over Hull City, coming on as an 85th minute substitute.
The 2008–09 season saw Jutkiewicz make his Everton debut, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 victory over Sunderland in December 2008. The following month he was again sent out on loan, to Huddersfield Town, until the end of the season.He made his first start for Huddersfield in a 1–0 win over Leeds United in February 2009 but made little impression overall, failing to find the net in his loan spell.
Motherwell
In August 2009, Jutkiewicz joined Scottish Premier League side Motherwell on loan until January 2010. Jutkiewicz scored his first goal for the Fir Park outfit against St. Mirren. In January 2010, his Motherwell loan period to was extended to the end of the season.[6] On 5 May, he won the man-of-the-match award in the highest-scoring match in SPL history against Hibernian[7] He scored an outstanding injury-time goal from a tight angle to make it 6–6 and keep alive his team's hopes of a Europa League spot.He had been playing through a knee injury incurred three months earlier and was praised for his determination by manager Craig Brown who also described the goal as "van Basten-like". However, it was not considered for goal-of-the-season because the award had already been presented to Anthony Stokes a month before the end of the season.On 9 May 2010, just four days after that memorable game, Jutkiewicz converted a penalty in injury time to get a 3–3 draw against Rangers at Ibrox. He netted a total of 11 goals during his time with Motherwell.
Coventry City
In mid-July 2010 Coventry City tried to sign Jutkiewicz on loan but the bid was rejected by Everton as they were looking to offload him on a permanent basis. Aidy Boothroyd came back in with an offer to buy Jutkiewicz on a permanent basis a week later, The bid was accepted and Jutkiewicz moved to Coventry City for an undiclosed fee, signing a three year deal.
International career
In addition to his country of birth, England, Jutkiewicz is also eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland through his mother, and Poland by way of his Polish grandfather, however, the player has made no decision."
And does he look silly in our wretched home kit? Sadly yes...
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