Chris Lucas (born 27 March 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a

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for

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in the

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. Lucas played for

Gold Coast United Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast Unit ...

for the

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in 2011-12 season and made his professional debut on 22 January 2012 against

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was ...

. Lucas did play for

Olympic FC Olympic Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was founded in 1967 and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland, with home matches played at Goodwin Park. The club has gr ...

in the

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Club career

Palm Beach

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.

Gold Coast United

In 2011, he signed a youth contract with

club

. He made his professional debut in the 2011-12 A-League season on 22 January 2012 in a round 16 clash against

at the

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when came on as an 81st minute substitute. Gold Coast United was dissolved in 2012 and Lucas was left without an A-League contract.

Return to Palm Beach

Lucas returned to Palm Beach for the 2012 season.

Bentleigh Greens

Lucas moved to Victoria to sign for

side

Bentleigh Greens Bentleigh Greens Soccer Club is an Australian semi professional soccer club based in Cheltenham, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1986, by the Greek Cypriot community and currently competes in the National Premier League ...

for the 2015 season. Lucas was Bentleigh's top goalscorer as the side won the league championship. On 21 August 2018 he scored a hat trick in

4-0 win against

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in a round of 16 of the

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making him just the fourth to do so for a non-Hyundai

club.

Olympic FC

In November 2018, Lucas returned to the

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signing on to play with

. 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

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based side Bayswater City.

Altona Magic

In January 2021, Lucas signing to play with

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for the 2021 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Chris 1992 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Gold Coast United FC players Altona Magic SC players Bentleigh Greens SC players A-League Men players Men's association football forwards National Premier Leagues players People from Tweed Heads, New South Wales Sportsmen from New South Wales Soccer players from New South Wales