Halifax Town, Bury and Huddersfield Town Born in
Littleborough, Lancashire, Lucketti started his professional career with
Halifax Town where he made 78
Football League appearances before their relegation to the
Football Conference in the
1992–93 season. He made a further eight league appearances the following campaign, before joining
Bury in October 1993. and
Crystal Palace in the league.
Preston North End Lucketti moved to
Preston North End in a £750,000 deal from Huddersfield at the start of the
2001–02 season. He played over 200 times for the Deepdale club. In the
2004–05 season, he formed formidable partnerships with both
Claude Davis and
Youl Mawene in the Preston defence, helping his team to the
play-off final at
Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Sheffield United In March 2006, Lucketti joined
Sheffield United for the remainder of the
2005–06 season, making three first-team appearances before signing a one-year deal on 1 June 2006 with the Blades with both clubs agreeing to a fee of £250,000. Lucketti made his first-team debut for the Blades whilst on loan, appearing in the 1–1 home draw with
Leeds United on 18 April 2006. On 13 January 2007, he made his Premiership debut at the age of 35 against
Portsmouth and went on to make a handful of Premiership appearances over the rest of the season. In July 2007, after being linked with a moved to
Hull City, he signed a new one-year contract. Despite being re-signed by newly appointed manager
Bryan Robson, he featured even less for the Blades under the new boss. He scored what turned out to be his only United goal in the League Cup against MK Dons on 28 August 2007. making four appearances for the Saints. Under the terms of his loan deal he was eligible to play in the final game of the season between Sheffield United and Southampton, a match which both sides desperately needed to win to try to finish in the play-offs and to avoid relegation respectively, but Lucketti opted to declare himself unavailable for the match to avoid a conflict of interests.
Return to Huddersfield in 2008 On 4 July 2008, Lucketti signed a two-year deal at
Football League One side Huddersfield Town, seven years after leaving them to join Preston North End. He returned on a free transfer after Sheffield United agreed to cancel the last year of his contract.{{cite news After being left out of
Lee Clark's squad for the whole of the
2009—10 season, he left the club on 17 May 2010. ==Coaching and managerial career==