Lucas Pantelis (Greek: Λουκάς Παντελής, born 12 March 1982) is an Australian former association football player who last played for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League in 2013.
[1] His father, Nick Pantelis, who migrated from the island of Kos, Greece, in 1964,[2] played for West Adelaide SC in the NSL,[3][4] and represented South Australia on 25 occasions between 1966 and 1971.
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.
[6] He made his comeback game on 9 January 2009 against Newcastle Jets at Hindmarsh Stadium in which Lucas scored the second goal in the 2–0 win and came off in the 81st minute.
[8] 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 Central Coast Mariners, and missed the entire 2011/12 season following surgery.