Lucas Mauragis (born 4 September 2001) is an Australian professional

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player who plays as a left-back for the

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Club career

Newcastle Jets

Mauragis trialled with Newcastle Jets Youth in 2019 where he impressed coach

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who rewarded him with a contract in the youth team. The 2019-20 A-League season resumed in July 2020, on 13 October 2020 Mauragis was called up to the first team as he made his professional debut for Newcastle in a 3–0 win against

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. In the 2020-21 A-League season Mauragis started the opening two matches for Newcastle as he competed with

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for the starting position at left-back. After appearing regularly for the Jets in the early stages of the season he was subsequently not included in the matchday squad until the later stages of the season. Mauragis started in the teams remaining three matches of the regular season where he scored one goal and made two assists as his combination with fellow youth team player Archie Goodwin resulted in Newcastle avoiding finishing last on the table.

Central Coast Mariners

After 4 seasons at the Jets, Mauragis moved to their F3 Derby arch rivals, the

. Mauragis signed a three-year contract with the Mariners. Mauragis made his debut for the club on 7 August 2024, in a 2024 Australia Cup round of 32 tie against

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International career

Mauragis received his first competitive international call-up in October 2021, for the Australian under-23 team, to play in

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games against

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in Tajikistan.

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* 2001 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Newcastle Jets FC players Wellington Phoenix FC players Central Coast Mariners FC players National Premier Leagues players A-League Men players Australian people of Lithuanian descent Soccer players from the Australian Capital Territory {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub