Lucas Akins
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Akins playing for Mansfield Town in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Jordan Jeremiah Akins | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mansfield Town | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Northwich Victoria (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Hamilton Academical | 11 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Tranmere Rovers | 77 | (7) |
| 2012–2014 | Stevenage | 77 | (13) |
| 2014–2022 | Burton Albion | 307 | (65) |
| 2022– | Mansfield Town | 145 | (25) |
| International career | |||
| 2024–2025 | Grenada | 7 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Lucas Jordan Jeremiah Akins (born 25 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for EFL League One club Mansfield Town. Akins has been deployed in every outfield position during his career, mostly playing as either a winger or striker. Born in England, he represents the Grenada national team.
Akins began his career at Huddersfield Town, progressing through the youth system before making his senior debut in April 2007. He spent three months of the 2007–08 season on loan at Conference Premier club Northwich Victoria and was released by Huddersfield in the summer of 2008. He subsequently joined Scottish Premier League club Hamilton Academical in July 2008, spending the second half of the 2008–09 season on loan to Partick Thistle. Without featuring for Hamilton the following year, he was released upon the expiry of his contract in May 2010.
He signed for League One club Tranmere Rovers ahead of the 2010–11 season, playing regularly across two campaigns before transferring to Stevenage for an undisclosed fee in August 2012. After two years at Stevenage, Akins moved to Burton Albion in July 2014, where he helped the club achieve successive promotions from League Two to the Championship. Over eight seasons he became the club's record appearance-maker (307) and goalscorer (65) in the English Football League. In January 2022, he joined Mansfield Town, contributing to their promotion to League One in the 2023–24 season.