Lucas Scicluna
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Dean Scicluna | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Australia | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Perth Glory | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Aston Villa | ||
| 2012–2023 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2024–2025 | Central Coast Mariners | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | Central Coast Mariners Academy | 36 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Central Coast Mariners | 4 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Newcastle Jets NPL | 9 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | (0) |
| 2026– | Perth Glory | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2025 | Malta U19 | 14 | (0) |
| 2025– | Malta U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 | |||
Lucas Dean Scicluna (born 7 November 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Perth Glory. Born in Australia, he represents Malta at youth level.
Club career
Youth
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]
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.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of Dylan Scicluna.[1]
Career statistics
- As of 7 February 2026
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Central Coast Mariners Academy | 2024 | National Premier Leagues NSW | 28 | 3 | — | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||
| Central Coast Mariners FC | 2024–25 | A-League Men | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Newcastle Jets FC Youth | 2025 | Football NSW League One | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Newcastle Jets FC | 2025–26 | A-League Men | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 61 | 4 | ||||
Honours
Newcastle Jets
References
- 1 2 "Under-18s midfielder on developing through Wolves Academy | Academy | News". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "2022/23 Wolves Academy scholars inducted | Academy | News". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "2024 NPL NSW Men". Central Coast Mariners. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "Match Centre - Dribl Match Centre". competitions.footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ 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= - ↑ "Match Centre - Dribl Match Centre". competitions.footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ rwood (2025-07-31). "Who Are They? The Academy Players Involved In The Australia Cup". Newcastle Jets. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ rwood (2025-09-23). "Newcastle Jets Sign Scicluna to Scholarship Deal". Newcastle Jets. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Effective Germans too strong for Malta". www.mfa.com.mt. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "U21 Coach Mazzotta names 28-man provisional squad ahead of San Marino friendlies". www.mfa.com.mt. Retrieved 2026-02-26.