Lucketti with Huddersfield Town in 2008
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher James Lucketti | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Littleborough, England | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Rochdale | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1990 | Rochdale | 1 | (0) |
1990–1991 | 0 | (0) | |
1991–1993 | Halifax Town | 78 | (2) |
1993–1999 | Bury | 235 | (8) |
1999–2001 | Huddersfield Town | 69 | (1) |
2001–2006 | Preston North End | 189 | (11) |
2006 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Sheffield United | 14 | (0) |
2008 | → Southampton (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | (0) |
Total | 606 | (22) | |
Teams managed | |||
2015 | Fleetwood Town (caretaker) | ||
2016 | Fleetwood Town (caretaker) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Christopher James "Chris" Lucketti (born 28 September 1971 in Littleborough, Lancashire, England) is an English former footballer, who played as a central defender. He is mainly known for his success at Bury, for whom he made over 200 appearances, and Preston North End.
He has twice acted as caretaker manager of Fleetwood Town.
Lucketti started with Halifax Town and made 78 appearances for them between 1991 and 1993. In 1993, he moved to Bury; there he made a total of 235 first-team appearances, winning back-to-back promotions in the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons. In 1999, he joined Huddersfield Town and made 76 appearances for the Terriers, scoring twice, against Scunthorpe United in the League Cup and Crystal Palace in the league.
Lucketti moved to Preston North End in a £750,000 deal from Huddersfield at the start of the 2001–02 season. He played over 200 times for the Deepdale club. In the 2004–05 season, he formed formidable partnerships with both Claude Davis and Youl Mawene in the Preston defence, helping his team to the Play-off final at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
In March 2006, Lucketti joined Sheffield United for the remainder of the 2005–06 season, making three first-team appearances before signing a one-year deal on 1 June 2006 with the Blades with both clubs agreeing to a fee of £250,000.