Lucas Scicluna

Lucas Scicluna

Personal information
Full name	Lucas Dean Scicluna
Date of birth	(2005-11-07) 7 November 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Newcastle Jets
Number	41
Youth career
	Soccer Rising Stars
	Aston Villa
????-2023	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2024-2025	Central Coast Mariners Academy	36	(3)
2024-2025	Central Coast Mariners	4	(0)
2025-	Newcastle Jets FC Youth	7	(1)
2025-	Newcastle Jets	6	(0)
International career
2022-2023	Malta U19	14	(0)
2023-	Malta U21	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucas Dean Scicluna (born 7 November 2005) is a Maltese-Australian professional Football player who plays as a Midfielder for the Newcastle Jets. He is the younger brother of Dylan Scicluna.

Youth career

Lucas moved to England from Australia at the age of eight, first joining the Aston Villa academy at under-8s. ^[1] After a season with Aston Villa, he moved to the academy of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Scicluna earned a scholarship deal with Wolverhampton, ^[2] spending the 2022–23 season with their Under-18s side before departing at the end of the season.

Lucas returned to Australia, signing with the Central Coast Mariners Academy. ^[3]

Club career

Central Coast Mariners

After returning from England, Lucas featured heavily for the Central Coast Mariners reserve team in the National Premier Leagues NSW ^[4]

Lucas featured in the Central Coast Mariners senior squad for the first time in the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite, as he was on the bench against Shanghai Shenhua F.C. He made his professional debut against Western United FC on January 29, 2025. ^[5] Lucas departed the Mariners at the conclusion of the 2024–25 A-League season.

Newcastle Jets

After initially playing for the Newcastle Jets Youth team in the Football NSW League One competition, ^[6] Scicluna debuted for the senior team against Adelaide United in the Australia Cup. ^[7] On the 23rd of September 2025, the Newcastle Jets would announce that Scicluna had signed a one-year scholarship deal with the club. ^[8] Lucas would not feature for the senior team again until the 2025 Australia Cup final, coming off of the bench to help the Jets win the cup. ^[9]

International career

Lucas has featured for the Malta national football team at both U19 ^[10] and U21 ^[11] level.

Honours

Newcastle Jets

Australia Cup: 2025

References

1. "Under-18s midfielder on developing through Wolves Academy | Academy | News". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
2. "2022/23 Wolves Academy scholars inducted | Academy | News". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
3. "2024 NPL NSW Men". Central Coast Mariners. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
4. "Match Centre - Dribl Match Centre". competitions.footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
5. 28K views · 355 reactions | A special moment of Wednesday night, with Lucas Scicluna making his Isuzu UTE A-League debut 💛 F3 Derby 🎟: https://bit.ly/4jj79bC #CCMFC #RideTheWave🌊 | Central Coast Mariners . Retrieved 2026-02-26– via www.facebook.com.{{cite AV media}}: External link in |title= (help)
6. "Match Centre - Dribl Match Centre". competitions.footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
7. rwood (2025-07-31). "Who Are They? The Academy Players Involved In The Australia Cup". Newcastle Jets. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
8. rwood (2025-09-23). "Newcastle Jets Sign Scicluna to Scholarship Deal". Newcastle Jets. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
9. "Newcastle Jets win Hahn Australia Cup 2025 with 3-1 victory over Heidelberg United | Australia Cup". australiacup.com.au. 2025-10-04. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
10. "Effective Germans too strong for Malta". www.mfa.com.mt. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
11. "U21 Coach Mazzotta names 28-man provisional squad ahead of San Marino friendlies". www.mfa.com.mt. Retrieved 2026-02-26.