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Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio

Luis Marcus Nicola Lawrie-Lattanzio (born 20 February 2002) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Adelaide City in NPL South Australia. As of January 2023, he remains the only active indigenous male professional soccer player from South Australia.[3]

Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio
Lawrie-Lattanzio with York United in 2022
Personal information
Full name Luis Marcus Nicola Lawrie-Lattanzio[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Adelaide City
Youth career
Metrostars
FSA NTC
Adelaide United
2019–2021 Melbourne Victory
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Adelaide United NPL 12 (0)
2020–2022 Melbourne Victory 18 (0)
2022 Campbelltown City 2 (0)
2022 York United 12 (2)
2023 Campbelltown City 24 (7)
2024– Adelaide City 25 (5)
International career‡
2019 Australia U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2022

Early life

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Lawrie-Lattanzio was born in Adelaide, Australia to an Indigenous Australian mother and Italian father.[4][5][6] His mother was born in Kimba, South Australia but was raised in Eucla, Western Australia (492 km away) where his maternal family were originally from. His paternal grandparents hailed from the Italian provinces of Basilicata and Abruzzo.[4] Lawrie-Lattanzio mainly grew up in the city of Adelaide, where he attended Blackfriars Priory School in Prospect.[4][7] He peaked interest in numerous sports, regularly participating in Australian rules football, athletics and soccer.[3] He holds an Italian passport through his father.[6]

Lawrie-Lattanzio played youth soccer with Metrostars, before joining the Football South Australia National Training Centre program.[8] Afterwards, he joined the youth system of Adelaide United, before later joining Melbourne Victory FC.[9] He had a prominent season in the 2019–20 Y-League helping the Victory reach the Grand Final[10] and being awarded with the Melbourne Victory FC Y-League Victory Medal & TAC Y-League Golden Boot.[11]

Club career

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In October 2019, Lawrie-Lattanzio joined A-League Men side Melbourne Victory.[12] He made his professional debut on 25 July 2020 against Western United and later made his AFC Champions League debut against Beijing Guoan on 27 November.[13] He scored his first professional goal on 6 February 2021 against the Brisbane Roar.[14] In May 2022, he departed the club, upon the expiry of his contract.[15]

In June 2022, he signed with Campbelltown City in the second-tier NPL South Australia.[16]

On 6 July 2022, he signed with Canadian Premier League club York United.[17][18] He made his debut on 15 July against Pacific FC, coming on as a substitute.[19] He scored his first goal on 1 August against the HFX Wanderers.[20] In December 2022, York announced that would not be exercising Lawrie-Lattanzio's contract option for 2023.[21]

In 2023, he returned to Campbelltown City in the second-tier NPL South Australia. On 10 March 2023, he scored two goals in a 3-0 victory over FK Beograd.[22]

In 2024, he joined Adelaide City in the NPL South Australia.[23]

International career

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Lawrie-Lattanzio began his international career with the Joeys in 2019, where he was announced in the squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[24][25] Lawrie-Lattanzio featured in the first match against Ecuador U17.[17]

Honours

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Melbourne Victory

References

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  1. ^ a b c Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio - Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b Pagonis, Antonis (17 January 2023). "Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio's young rollercoaster journey leads to personal growth and reflection". Front Page Football. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Migliaccio, Val (4 October 2019). "Proud Joey has world at feet on Brazil's big stage". Adelaide Now. The Advertiser. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  5. ^ Carter, Brittany (6 January 2021). "Calls grow for A-League and W-League to introduce a permanent Indigenous round". ABC News. Retrieved 10 November 2023. ABC can identify two current Indigenous A-League players — Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio and Tate Russell — and three
  6. ^ a b Migliaccio, Val (11 February 2020). "South Australian indigenous FIFA U17 World Cup star loving life at Melbourne Victory". Adelaide Now. The Advertiser. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ^ Migliaccio, Val (30 August 2019). "Joey jumping for joy at World Cup prospect". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Former MetroStars junior called up for Joeys friendlies ahead of FIFA U-17 World Cup". Metrostars. 26 August 2019.
  9. ^ James, Euan (2 March 2020). "Seven South Australian talents who slipped through AUFC's net". The Football Sack.
  10. ^ Lynch, Joey (24 July 2020). "Kruse injury opens door for youth says Grant Brebner". FTBL Australia.
  11. ^ "Leigh Broxham wins back-to-back Victory Medals". Melbourne Victory FC. 4 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Victory locks in full-time youth players". Melbourne Victory. 22 October 2019.
  13. ^ "York United FC announces signing of Australian forward Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio". York United FC. 6 July 2022.
  14. ^ Green, Samuel (6 February 2021). "Ruthless Roar rip Victory to shreds in first-half mauling". My Football.
  15. ^ "Melbourne Victory player update". Melbourne Victory FC. 25 May 2022.
  16. ^ "RAA NPLSA & State League Preview - Round 17". Football South Australia. 1 July 2022.
  17. ^ a b Jacques, John (6 July 2022). "York United Signs Australian Forward Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio". Northern Tribune.
  18. ^ Rhodes, Benedict (8 October 2022). "Australian club mates Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio and Tass Mourdoukotas thriving with York United". Canadian Premier League.
  19. ^ "The Wizard of Oz: Lawrie-Lattanzio a standout in his first start". York United FC. 22 July 2022.
  20. ^ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (1 August 2022). "York United attack explodes for 4-2 win at HFX Wanderers FC". Canadian Premier League.
  21. ^ "York United FC announces roster updates ahead of 2023 season". York United FC. 23 December 2022.
  22. ^ Pagonis, Antonis (14 March 2023). "NPL SA 2023: The winners and losers from Round 4". Front Page Football.
  23. ^ Costanzo, Angelo (24 February 2024). "City Men" (PDF). Adelaide City FC. Gazzebra. p. 5.
  24. ^ "Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio added to Trevor Morgan's Joeys squad". Socceroos. 8 July 2019.
  25. ^ "United NPL Reserves youngster added to Joeys' 30-player training camp". Adelaide United. 8 July 2019.
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