Lucas Benjamin Ness is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Torquay United on loan from EFL League One club Charlton Athletic.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Benjamin Ness[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 20)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Torquay United (on loan from Charlton Athletic) | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 00002013–2020 | Metropolitan Police | ||
| 00002020– | Charlton Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Metropolitan Police | 7 | (0) |
| 2020– | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Torquay United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 19 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Coming through the youth ranks at the Metropolitan Police, Ness joined Charlton Athletic[3] having made nine first team appearances for the Metropolitan Police in 2019; seven of which were in the league and two further in the FA Cup.[4]
Ness made his full first-team professional debut for Charlton on 30 September 2020 in a 1–1 EFL Trophy draw with Brighton & Hove Albion U21s.[5]
Ness made his second appearance for the club, the following season, coming on as a second-half substitute – on 4 January 2022 – in a 1–0 win over Milton Keynes Dons in Round Three of the EFL Trophy.[6]
On 11 February 2022, Ness joined Hampton & Richmond Borough on a month's loan.[7] On 18 March 2022, Ness's loan was extended until the end of the season.[8]
On 29 October 2022, Ness joined Torquay United on a month's loan.[9]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metropolitan Police | 2019–20 | Southern League Premier Division South | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 2020–21 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Charlton Athletic total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 2021–22 | National League South | 13 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Torquay United (loan) | 2022–23 | National League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
Torquay United F.C. – current squad | |
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