Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chris Lucas | ||
Date of birth | 27 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Tweed Heads, Australia | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Oakleigh Cannons | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2011 | Palm Beach | ||
2011–2012 | Gold Coast United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Palm Beach | 19 | (23) |
2011–2012 | Gold Coast United | 1 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Palm Beach | 65 | (76) |
2015–2018 | Bentleigh Greens | 75 | (34) |
2019 | Olympic FC | 27 | (29) |
2020 | Dandenong City | 1 | (0) |
2021 | Altona Magic | 8 | (1) |
2021– | Oakleigh Cannons | 36 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2022 |
Chris Lucas (born 27 March 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Oakleigh Cannons in the NPL Victoria. Lucas played for Gold Coast United for the A-League in 2011-12 season and made his professional debut on 22 January 2012 against Sydney FC. Lucas did play for Olympic FC in the National Premier Leagues Queensland.
At the age of 5 he signed for Gold Coast Premier League side Palm Beach. He was signed for Gold Coast on the back of a stellar season which saw him score 23 in only just 19 games. [1]
In 2011, he signed a youth contract with A-League club Gold Coast United. He made his professional debut in the 2011-12 A-League season on 22 January 2012 in a round 16 clash against Sydney FC at the Sydney Football Stadium when came on as an 81st minute substitute. [2] [3] [4] Gold Coast United was dissolved in 2012 and Lucas was left without an A-League contract.
Lucas returned to Palm Beach for the 2012 season.
Lucas moved to Victoria to sign for NPL Victoria side Bentleigh Greens for the 2015 season. Lucas was Bentleigh's top goalscorer as the side won the league championship. [5] On 21 August 2018 he scored a hat trick in Bentleigh Greens 4-0 win against Broadmeadow Magic in a round of 16 of the 2018 FFA Cup making him just the fourth to do so for a non-Hyundai A-League club. [6]
In November 2018, Lucas returned to the NPL Queensland signing on to play with Olympic FC. On 24 July 2019 he entered the record books after becoming the first ever player to have scored two hat tricks in the FFA Cup after scoring three goals against Perth based side Bayswater City. [7]
In January 2021, Lucas signing to play with Altona Magic in NPL Victoria for the 2021 season. [8]
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