fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam height article_title position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date clubnumber currentclub name nationalgoals
david anthony lucas 1994 2003 -- 2004 2004 -- 2006 2007 2007 -- 2009 -- 2009 -- 2011 2011 -- 2012 2012 -- 2013 2013 2004 -- 1995 1996 1996 -- 1997 2003 preston darlington -lrb- loan -rrb- → scunthorpe united -lrb- loan -rrb- north → sheffield wednesday -lrb- loan -rrb- → sheffield wednesday -lrb- end loan -rrb- sheffield wednesday barnsley leeds united swindon town rochdale → birmingham city fleetwood town darlington -lrb- loan -rrb- → 123 65 16 0 2 6 7 6 7 10 52 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 preston , england england u18 england u20 1.85 david lucas -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 goalkeeper 5 4 1995 -- 1996 1997 23 november 1977 13 fleetwood town david lucas 0 0
david lucas -lrb- footballer -rrb-

david anthony lucas -lrb- born 23 november 1977 -rrb- is an english professional footballer who plays for fleetwood town .
lucas currently acts as the goalkeeper coach at fleetwood , as well as retaining his registration as the club 's senior goalkeeper .
he has made 307 appearances in the football league , including 118 for preston north end .
lucas began his career at his hometown club preston north end in the football league third division .
he spent time on loan at darlington , scunthorpe united , and sheffield wednesday , before signing for sheffield wednesday in 2004 .
he then joined rivals barnsley in 2007 , but only made three appearances for them before signing with leeds united in the same year .
after spending much of the 2007 -- 08 season as an unused substitute , he began to establish himself as the first choice goalkeeper at elland road , impressing manager gary mcallister with a series of good displays continuing into the following season .
he made a number of appearances before being dropped in december , subsequently only appearing on the bench .
he signed for swindon town in june 2009 .
lucas had a successful season in which he played a major part in swindon reaching the football league one play-offs .
lucas ' contract with swindon was terminated one year early by mutual consent , and he signed a one-year deal with rochdale on 3 august 2011 , taking up a player/coach role .
lucas was released by rochdale at the end of the season , before he signed a one-year contract with championship club birmingham city on 10 july 2012 .
he made one appearance before leaving when the january 2013 transfer window opened , to join league two club fleetwood town , reuniting with former preston north end teammates graham alexander , now manager of fleetwood , and first team coach chris lucketti .
lucas has played internationally for england , five times at under-18 and four times at under-20 level .
