Lucas Pantelis
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Lucas Pantelis is a Greek Australian
football (soccer)
player. He currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Hyundai A-League.
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 Melbourne Victory
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 Lucus 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 at Hindmarsh Stadium
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 Hyundai A-League side Wellington Phoenix.
1 - includes A-League
final series statistics
2 - includes FIFA Club World Cup
statistics; AFC Champions League
statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008-09 A-League season etc.)
:
With Adelaide United: A-League Premiership: 2005-2006
Greek Australian
Greeks are the seventh-largest ethnic group in Australia, after those declaring their ancestry simply as "Australian". In the 2006 census, 365,147 persons declared having Greek ancestry, either alone or in conjunction with another ethnicity....
football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
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player. He currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Hyundai A-League.
Club career
Pantelis signed for Adelaide United for the inugral A-League season where he played 18 games scoring once. He missed almost the entire 2006-07A-League 2006-07
The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup...
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
A-League 2007-08
The A-League 2007-08 season was the third season of the Australian A-League football competition, won by the Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by and playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and...
season at Adelaide, many rumours arose about a possible transfer to Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....
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 Lucus 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 at Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....
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 Hyundai A-League side Wellington Phoenix.
Career statistics
(Correct as of 16 January 2009)| Club | Season | League1 | Cup | International2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Adelaide United | 2005–06 A-League 2005-06 The 2005-06 season was the first season of the A-League, a domestic club competition for football in Australia. After over 12 months without a national professional club competition, the first match in the A-League was played on 26 August 2005... |
17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 2006–07 A-League 2006-07 The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 A-League 2007-08 The A-League 2007-08 season was the third season of the Australian A-League football competition, won by the Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by and playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and... |
20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
| 2008–09 A-League 2008-09 The 2008–09 A-League season was the fourth season of the Australasian A-League association football competition. Two new clubs, North Queensland Thunder and Gold Coast Galaxy had received tentative licences from the FFA but these were revoked for the 2008–09 season on 12 March 2008. Expansion... |
14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 27 | 3 | |
| Total | 71 | 10 | |||||||
1 - includes A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
final series statistics
2 - includes FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
statistics; AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...
statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008-09 A-League season etc.)
Honours
With AustraliaAustralia national football (soccer) team
The Australia national association football team represents Australia in international association football competitions. Its official nickname is the "Socceroos"...
:
- FIFA U-17 World Championship: 19991999 FIFA U-17 World ChampionshipThe FIFA U-17 World Championship 1999 was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 November and 27 November 1999...
(Runners-Up)
With Adelaide United: A-League Premiership: 2005-2006
A-League 2005-06
The 2005-06 season was the first season of the A-League, a domestic club competition for football in Australia. After over 12 months without a national professional club competition, the first match in the A-League was played on 26 August 2005...