Lucas Defise
{{short description|Belgian association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lucas Defise
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Lucas Nsiona Defise{{cite news
| title = Soccerway – Lucas Defise
| url = https://uk.soccerway.com/players/lucas-defise/590938/
| publisher = Soccerway
| accessdate = 15 April 2025}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|10|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium
| height =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Walton & Hersham
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = AFC Wimbledon
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2018
| youthclubs2 = Chelsea
| youthyears3 = 2018–2021
| youthclubs3 = Southampton
| youthyears4 = 2021–2022
| youthclubs4 = Union SG
| years1 = 2022–2023
| clubs1 = Union SG
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = → Helmond Sport (loan)
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2023
| clubs3 = Dartford
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2023–2024
| clubs4 = Eastbourne Borough
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2024–
| clubs5 = Walton & Hersham
| caps5 = 28
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2025
| clubs6 = → Hanworth Villa (dual-reg.)
| caps6 = 7
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = Belgium U17
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 16:27, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 20:22, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
}}
Lucas Nsiona Defise (born 19 October 2001) is a Belgian semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern League Premier Division South club Walton & Hersham.
Club career
Defise started his career with AFC Wimbledon and Chelsea, before transferring to Southampton in 2018.{{Cite news |title=Welcome, Lucas Defise! |url=https://ebfc.co.uk/2023/11/welcome-lucas-defise/ |publisher=Eastbourne Borough FC |date=17 November 2023 |accessdate=15 April 2025}} He advanced through their youth ranks to the under-21 team, and in September 2021, he returned to his home country of Belgium to join Union SG.{{Cite news |title=OFFICIEEL: Union Saint-Gilloise vindt nog twee versterkingen |url=https://www.voetbalbelgie.be/artikel/officieel-union-saint-gilloise-vindt-nog-twee-versterkingen |publisher=Voetbal Belgie |date=2 September 2021 |accessdate=15 April 2025}} On 27 January 2022, Defise joined Eerste Divisie side, Helmond Sport on loan for the remainder of the campaign.{{Cite news |title=Helmond Sport on X |url=https://x.com/HelmondSport/status/1486700932360548354 |publisher=Helmond Sport |website=x.com |date=27 January 2022 |accessdate=15 April 2025}} He went onto feature ten times for the Dutch side before returning to Union SG in June.
Following his departure from Union SG at the end of the 2022–23 campaign, Defise returned to England in October 2023 to join National League South side, Dartford. He went onto feature once for the Kent-based side before leaving a month later to join Eastbourne Borough.{{Cite news |title=Dartford FC on X |url=https://x.com/dartfordfc/status/1725443821247271239 |publisher=Dartford FC |website=x.com |date=17 November 2023 |accessdate=15 April 2025}} On 18 November 2023, Defise made his debut for Eastbourne, featuring in their 2–0 FA Trophy second round away defeat to Hendon.{{Cite news |title=Hendon vs. Eastbourne Borough |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2023/11/18/england/fa-trophy/hendon-fc/eastbourne-borough-fc/4267080/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 November 2023 |accessdate=15 April 2025}}
Ahead of the 2024–25 campaign, Defise agreed to join Southern League Premier Division South club, Walton & Hersham following a successful trial period.{{Cite news |title=Walton & Hersham FC on X |url=https://x.com/waltonhershamfc/status/1815099617778020839 |publisher=Walton & Hersham FC |website=x.com |date=21 July 2024 |accessdate=15 April 2025}} Defise made his debut for the club on the opening day of the season during a 1–0 defeat to AFC Totton and eventually scored his first professional goal in a 3–3 draw with Hanworth Villa.{{Cite news |title=Lucas Defise Player Profile |url=https://www.aylesburyunitedarchive.com/player/lucas-defise/41715 |publisher=Aylesbury United FC |accessdate=15 April 2025}} He then subsequently dual-registered with Hanworth Villa in March 2025.{{Cite news |title=Swans into County Cup Semi |url=https://waltonhershamfc.com/2025/04/swans-into-county-cup-semi/ |publisher=Walton & Hersham FC |first=Mervyn |last=Rees |date=2 April 2025 |accessdate=15 April 2025}}
International career
Defise has represented Belgium at under-17 level, earning his first call-up in 2018.{{Cite news |title=Chelsea Youth on X |url=https://x.com/chelseayouth/status/956482646741307392?lang=ar-x-fm |publisher=Chelsea Youth |website=x.com |date=25 January 2018 |accessdate=15 April 2025}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 4 May 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Southampton U21
| 2019–20 |colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3Appearances in the EFL Trophy | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21
|colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0||5||0 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Union SG
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0 | ||||||||||
| Helmond Sport (loan)
|10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Dartford
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Eastbourne Borough
|National League South |3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1Appearance in the FA Trophy | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Walton & Hersham
|Southern League Premier Division South |28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Hanworth Villa (dual-reg.)
|2024–25{{Cite news |title=Hanworth Villa – Appearances – Lucas Defise |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/hanworth-villa/appearances/lucas-defise/984940 |publisher=Football Web Pages |accessdate=15 April 2025}} |Isthmian League South Central Division |7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2Appearances in the Isthmian League South Central Division play-offs | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| colspan=3|Career total
!49||1||4||1||0||0||9||0||62||2 |
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References
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External links
- {{soccerway|id=590938}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Defise, Lucas}}
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:AFC Wimbledon players
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
Category:Helmond Sport players
Category:Dartford F.C. players
Category:Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
Category:Walton & Hersham F.C. players
Category:Hanworth Villa F.C. players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:Isthmian League players
Category:Footballers from Brussels
Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen
Category:Belgium men's youth international footballers
Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers