QPR fans won’t believe where player with nearly 100 Loftus Road appearances is now | OneFootball

Players can disappear when they leave our clubs, and where they turn up again can be a surprise, especially in an increasingly globalised game.

One former Queens Park Rangers player, who made 95 appearances for the club between 2019 and 2022, has turned up playing for a team on the other side of the world in a rather obscure division.

The majority of players don't stay with clubs for too long these days, and with the professional game being as globalised as it's become, they can turn up just about anywhere on the planet after they've left our clubs.

With scouting having been transformed by the internet, there's nothing to stop any club from signing a player from any country, and many players have found that they can make a comfortable living from playing abroad, with many welcoming the opportunity to experience a different culture while they're able to.

But even so, it can still be a surprise to find out that one of your team's regulars is now playing the game in an unexpected country, and Queens Park Rangers fans may be surprised to learn about the current whereabouts of a defensive midfielder who played almost 100 games for them between 2019 and 2022.

Former Ranger Luke Amos is now playing his trade in the Korean second tier

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QPR supporters may be shocked to learn that former player Luke Amos, who made 95 appearances for the club in all competitions between 2019 and 2022, is now playing in the K League 2, the second tier of football in South Korea.

Amos, who made 95 appearances for Queens Park Rangers between 2019 and 2022, was signed by the Korean club Paju Frontier in February 2026 following his release by the Australian club Perth Glory at the end of their 2025 season. At the time of his arrival at the club, Amos is reported to have said: "I am delighted to come to Korea, the country of Son Heung-min. After hearing Paju Frontier FC's clear vision and goals, I decided to make the transfer. I will contribute to the team's successful establishment in K League 2 with tenacious play."

Paju Frontier are one of the more upwardly mobile clubs within the Korean game. The club were semi-professional until the end of last season, when they were approved to turn professional and join the K-League in its second tier, but at the time of writing they haven't had an especially successful start to life at this level, standing in 13th place in the 17-team division with 14 games of the season played.

Paju itself is one of the northernmost cities in South Korea, with a population of half a million people. Situated twenty miles to the north of the capital city Seoul, it's only a short distance from the 38th Parallel, the border which divides the country from its hostile northern neighbour, and its growth was fuelled by the preponderance of Korean and American military installations in the area.

Amos has made a fresh start for himself in the Southern Hemisphere

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Luke Amos was originally a product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, and he first arrived at Loftus Road in 2019 on loan after having failed to break through at the North London giants. He also had spells at Southend United and Stevenage earlier in his career, but it was at at Queens Park Rangers where he made his name in England.

But his career in England was hampered by two serious injuries. He made his Premier League debut for Spurs in August 2018, but a ruptured ACL sustained the following month ruled him out for the remainder of the season, and the following summer he was sent on loan to QPR.

He impressed enough at the club to be offered a permanent deal in the summer of 2020, but his bad luck with injuries struck again in September of that year, when he ruptured his ACL for a second time during a goalless draw with Bournemouth. Having made just six appearances, he was ruled out for the remainder of the season.

After returning from injury in the summer of 2021, he went on to make 50 League appearances for QPR over the next two seasons before being released at the end of 2022-23, joining the Scottish club Hibernian instead. But after 15 appearances in a year and a half, he was released in February and left for Australia, signing for A-League club Perth Glory.

Luke Amos's time with Queens Park Rangers was overshadowed by a terrible injury, but his return in South Korea is proof that, in this globalised football economy, opportunities can turn up in the most unlikely of places, and still only 29 years of age, there's still time for him to get a few more years out of a career that has been hampered by some extremely bad luck indeed.