Lucas Pantelis (born 12 March 1982) is a retired

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association football player who last played for

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in the

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in 2013.

Early life

Pantelis was born on 12 March 1982 in

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. His father, Nick Pantelis, who migrated from the island of

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, Greece, in 1964, played for

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in the NSL, and represented South Australia on 25 occasions between 1966 and 1971. He received an Award of Distinction from

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in 2003.

Club career

Pantelis signed for Adelaide United for the inaugural

season where he played 18 games scoring once. He missed almost the entire 2006–07 season with a serious knee injury, though returned to competitive action for United during their 2007 Asian Champions League campaign where he played in four games. After an excellent 2007–08 season at Adelaide, many rumours arose about a possible transfer to

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however, he quashed these rumours when he signed a new deal with Adelaide United in January 2008 keeping him at the club until 2010. On 19 November, it was revealed that Lucas reinjured his left knee, the same one that kept him out of the 2006–07 season. He made his comeback game on 9 January 2009 against

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in which Lucas scored the second goal in the 2–0 win and came off in the 81st minute. On 15 May 2011 it was confirmed that he had signed a two-year contract with

side

. Pantelis the suffered a third serious injury to his left knee – a full ACL rupture along with cartilage and meniscus tears during a pre-season match against

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, and missed the entire 2011/12 season following surgery.

Career statistics

(''Correct as of 16 January 2009'') ¹ – includes

final series statistics
² – includes

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statistics;

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statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.)

Honours

With

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: *

FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...

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(Runners-Up) With

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: * A-League Premiership: 2005–2006

Reference list

External links

Adelaide United profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pantelis, Lucas 1982 births Living people Soccer players from Adelaide Australian people of Greek descent Association football midfielders Australian soccer players A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players Adelaide City FC players Adelaide United FC players Wellington Phoenix FC players Parramatta Power players West Adelaide SC players FK Beograd (Australia) players