Luke Fleurs

Luke Fleurs
Personal information
Full name Luke Donn Fleurs
Date of birth (2000-03-03)3 March 2000
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death 3 April 2024(2024-04-03) (aged 24)
Place of death Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2013–2017 Ubuntu Cape Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Ubuntu Cape Town 18 (0)
2018–2023 SuperSport United 56 (2)
2023–2024 Kaizer Chiefs 0 (0)
Total 76 (2)
International career
2016 South Africa U17 5 (0)
2021 South Africa U23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luke Donn Fleurs (3 March 2000 – 3 April 2024) was a South African professional footballer who played as a centre-back for South African Premier Division side Kaizer Chiefs.

Club career

Fleurs was born in Cape Town on 3 March 2000. He was from Mitchells Plain but moved to Fish Hoek after signing for Ubuntu Cape Town's academy in 2013, at the age of 13. He made his National First Division debut aged 17, and made 18 league appearances in his first season of professional football.

Fleurs signed for South African Premier Division club SuperSport United on a long-term deal in summer 2018.

On 26 October 2023, Fleurs joined fellow Premiership side Kaizer Chiefs, signing a two-year contract with an option for a further year.

International career

Fleurs represented South Africa at under-20 level. He was called up for the Bafana Bafana in 2021 and 2022, albeit without receiving a cap.

Death

Fleurs was shot dead in a hijacking on 3 April 2024, at the age of 24. The shooting took place at a petrol station in the Johannesburg suburb of Florida, during which the gunmen shot him in the upper body and fled with his vehicle.

The South African Premier Division said a moment of silence will be observed at all first and second-tier games on 6 and 7 April in memory of Fleurs. Six suspects were later arrested in Slovoville, Soweto and were believed to be members of a carjacking syndicate active in Gauteng. In the memory of Fleurs, Kaizer Chiefs retired jersey number 26.

References

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  6. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019 - News - Fleurs: I'm ready for any future Messi or Ronaldo". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Donn's World Cup and SuperSport title dreams". CAJ News. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  8. ^ Kohler, Lorenz (3 April 2024). "Chiefs Defender Fleurs Gunned Down In Hijacking". iDiski Times. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  9. ^ Mncwabe, Sammy (4 April 2024). "Kaizer Chiefs soccer player Luke Fleurs killed in carjacking in Johannesburg". CNN. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Luke Fleurs: South African footballer shot dead in car hijacking". BBC News. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Six arrested in connection with the murder and hijacking of South African player Luke Fleurs". Africanews. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.


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