Charlotte Lancaster


Charlotte Lancaster is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League Women club Newcastle Jets. She previously played for A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand Women's National League club Eastern Suburbs and National Premier Leagues NSW Women's club APIA Leichhardt, and has previously represented the New Zealand under-20 national team.

Early life

Lancaster was born on 8 November 2003. She grew up in Napier, Hawke's Bay.

Club career

Wellington Phoenix

Lancaster signed for Wellington Phoenix on a scholarship ahead of the 2021–22 season, the club's inaugural season in the A-League Women. She made her debut on 31 January 2022, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 loss away to Perth Glory, held at Blacktown Football Park in Rooty Hill, Sydney.
Lancaster remained at the club for the 2022–23 season, during which she started her first game in what would be her final game for the club, starting and assisting in a 3–1 away win over Adelaide United at the State Centre for Football in Gepps Cross, Adelaide on 28 March 2023. She departed the club at the end of the season.

Newcastle Jets

Lancaster returned to the A-League Women ahead of the 2025–26 season, signing for Newcastle Jets. At the club she joined fellow New Zealanders Kelli Brown, Anna Leat and Olivia Page, as well as English manager Stephen Hoyle who previously coached her at Eastern Suburbs in the New Zealand Women's National League. She scored on her debut on 2 November 2025 in a 2–1 away win over Canberra United at McKellar Park in McKellar, Canberra.

International career

Lancaster was called up for the New Zealand under-20 national team as part of Welsh manager Gemma Lewis' 21-player squad for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica. She came on as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Mexico and a 3–0 loss to Germany, both at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela, and scored after coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Colombia at Costa Rica National Stadium in San José. New Zealand were eliminated in the group stage.