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His father Nick Pantelis played for West Adelaide South Carolina in the Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit.
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Lucas Pantelis
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Pantelis signed for Adelaide United for the inaugural A-League season where he played 18 games scoring once. He missed almost the entire 2006-2007 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 2007-2008 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 Lucas reinjured his left knee, the same one that kept him out of the 2006-2007 season.
On 15 May 2011 it was confirmed that he had signed a two-year contract with Hyundai A-League side Wellington Phoenix. Pantelis the suffered a third serious injury to his left knee - a full Anterior Cruciate Ligament rupture along with cartilage and meniscus tears during a pre-season match against Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners, and missed the entire 2011/12 season following surgery.
