Luke Samuel Garbutt (born 21 May 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Salford City.
In the 2012–13 season Garbutt made his Everton debut, coming on at half-time during a 5–0 League Cup second-round win over Leyton Orient on 29 August 2012.
Garbutt made his Premier League debut as a late substitute at Southampton in April 2014[5] and built on that with his first appearance for England's Under-21s in a 3–1 European Championship qualifying win over Wales the following month.
[9] He continued to extend his loan spell and on 31 January 2012 scored his first goal, a free kick in a 3–1 win away at Macclesfield, sending Cheltenham to the top of the league in the process.
[15] After making his first start for the club at the beginning of the 2014–15 season in a League Cup defeat to Swansea City in September,[16] Garbutt started the final two UEFA Europa League group stage games, helping Everton finish top of the group with a clean sheet in a 2–0 win away to Wolfsburg.
[17] Garbutt was part of the starting 11 in both legs of the Europa League round of 16 tie against Swiss side BSC Young Boys in February, Everton progressing 7–2 on aggregate.
[24] On 16 August 2016, Garbutt returned to the Championship, joining newly promoted Wigan Athletic on a four-and-a-half-month loan.
[29] He made 30 appearances during his loan spell at Ipswich, scoring 6 goals, including two long-range free-kicks against Tranmere Rovers and Lincoln City.
[39] Initially he did not make the final 21-man squad, but after Leeds United defender Sam Byram pulled out through injury he was named as his replacement.
[41] On 11 August, he was called up to the England under-21 squad to replace Southampton left-back Luke Shaw, for the friendly match against Scotland.