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|publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 August 2011 |accessdate=29 December 2011}}</ref> Lukaku made his second Chelsea appearance coming on as a substitute in the 3–1 defeat to [[Manchester United]].
|publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 August 2011 |accessdate=29 December 2011}}</ref> Lukaku made his second Chelsea appearance coming on as a substitute in the 3–1 defeat to [[Manchester United]].


Lukaku made his first start for the club in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] against [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]. Chelsea went on to win the match on [[penalties]]. He made another appearance on 21 January 2012, against [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], coming on as a substitute for [[Fernando Torres]] in the 76th minute.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/9027804/Norwich-City-0-Chelsea-0-match-report.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Duncan | last=White | title=Norwich City 0 Chelsea 0: match report | date=21 January 2012}}</ref> The rest of Lukaku's season was plagued by a lack of opportunities, and spent the rest of the majority of the season playing for the [[Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy|reserves]]. He netted twice in a 4–2 victory for the Chelsea reserves on 20 March 2012 against [[Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy|Newcastle United reserves]].<ref>http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2686017,00.html</ref> He ended his Reserve league campaign at Chelsea, scoring 7 goals in his 9 appearances.<ref>http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/romelu-lukaku/leistungsdaten-vereindetail/spieler_96341_9250.html</ref> On 13 May 2012, he started his first league match against [[Blackburn Rovers]] and turned in a [[man of the match]] performance providing an [[Assist (football)|assist]] for [[John Terry]]'s opener.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/chelsea-cruise-against-blackburn-rovers-ahead-of-champions-league-final-in-munich-7743453.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Nick | last=Szczepanik | date=14 May 2012 | title=Chelsea cruise against Blackburn Rovers ahead of Champions League final in Munich}}</ref> However, Lukaku stressed that he was disappointed with his involvement at the end of his debut season, revealing that, after his side's [[UEFA Champions League]] win on 19 May, he refused to hold the trophy as he didn't feel like a winner.
Lukaku made his first start for the club in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] against [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]. Chelsea went on to win the match on [[penalties]]. He made another appearance on 21 January 2012, against [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], coming on as a substitute for [[Fernando Torres]] in the 76th minute.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/9027804/Norwich-City-0-Chelsea-0-match-report.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Duncan | last=White | title=Norwich City 0 Chelsea 0: match report | date=21 January 2012}}</ref> The rest of Lukaku's season was plagued by a lack of opportunities, and spent the rest of the majority of the season playing for the [[Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy|reserves]]. He netted twice in a 4–2 victory for the Chelsea reserves on 20 March 2012 against [[Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy|Newcastle United reserves]].<ref>http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2686017,00.html</ref> He ended his Reserve league campaign at Chelsea, scoring 7 goals in his 9 appearances.<ref>http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/romelu-lukaku/leistungsdaten-vereindetail/spieler_96341_9250.html</ref> On 13 May 2012, he started his first league match against [[Blackburn Rovers]] and turned in a [[man of the match]] performance providing an [[Assist (football)|assist]] for [[John Terry]]'s opener.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/chelsea-cruise-against-blackburn-rovers-ahead-of-champions-league-final-in-munich-7743453.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Nick | last=Szczepanik | date=14 May 2012 | title=Chelsea cruise against Blackburn Rovers ahead of Champions League final in Munich}}</ref> However, Lukaku stressed that he was disappointed with his involvement at the end of his debut season, revealing that, after his side's [[UEFA Champions League]] win on 19 May, he refused to hold the trophy as he didn't feel like a winner<ref>{{cite news|title=Romelu Lukaku felt no joy at Chelsea's Champions League win|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18284627|publisher=BBC Sport|date=31 May 2012|accessdate=24 August 2012}}</ref>.


On 18 July 2012, Lukaku scored two goals in [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea's]] first pre-season game as they beat [[Major League Soccer]] side [[Seattle Sounders FC|Seattle Sounders]] 4–2, potentially improving his chances of a starting place.
On 18 July 2012, Lukaku scored two goals in [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea's]] first pre-season game as they beat [[Major League Soccer]] side [[Seattle Sounders FC|Seattle Sounders]] 4–2, potentially improving his chances of a starting place.


====West Bromwich Albion loan====
====West Bromwich Albion loan====
On 10 August 2012, Lukaku joined Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on a season long loan deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2877749,00.html |title=LUKAKU WEST BROM LOAN |publisher=chelseafc.com |date=2012-08-10 |accessdate=2012-08-10}}</ref> Lukaku declared "I'm very excited. After last season, where I was able to adjust and prepare for this season, I can't wait to start at West Brom.<ref>{{cite web|url=//http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/lukaku-heading-cottagers-091914844.html |title=Lukaku signs loan deal at West Brom |publisher=Yahoo Eurosport |date=2012-08-10 |accessdate=2012-08-10}}</ref> On the first day of the Premier League season, Lukaku made his debut and scored a goal to seal a 3-0 victory over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2190207/West-Brom-3-Liverpool-0-Rodgers-suffers-baptism-Gera-fires-Baggies.html|title=West Brom 3 Liverpool 0: Rodgers suffers baptism of fire as Gera fires Baggies |publisher=Daily Mail |date=18 August 2012}}</ref>
After being linked a loan move to [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] <ref>{{cite news|title=Fulham in talks to loan Lukaku from rivals Chelsea|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/07/17/3245447/fulham-in-talks-to-loan-lukaku-from-rivals-chelsea|publisher=Goal.com|date=17 July 2012|accessdate=24 August 2012}}</ref> but on 10 August 2012, Lukaku joined Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on a season long loan deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2877749,00.html |title=LUKAKU WEST BROM LOAN |publisher=chelseafc.com |date=2012-08-10 |accessdate=2012-08-10}}</ref> Lukaku declared "I'm very excited. After last season, where I was able to adjust and prepare for this season, I can't wait to start at West Brom.<ref>{{cite web|url=//http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/lukaku-heading-cottagers-091914844.html |title=Lukaku signs loan deal at West Brom |publisher=Yahoo Eurosport |date=2012-08-10 |accessdate=2012-08-10}}</ref>

On the first day of the Premier League season, Lukaku made his debut and scored a goal to seal a 3-0 victory over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2190207/West-Brom-3-Liverpool-0-Rodgers-suffers-baptism-Gera-fires-Baggies.html|title=West Brom 3 Liverpool 0: Rodgers suffers baptism of fire as Gera fires Baggies |publisher=Daily Mail |date=18 August 2012}}</ref> After scoring his first goal, Lukaku persuaded manager [[Steve Clarke]] to give him more playing time at West Brom<ref>{{cite news|title=Showman Lukaku pushing Clark for a bigger role at West Brom after early signs of talent|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2190696/Romelu-Lukaku-looking-bigger-role-West-Bromwich-Albion.html?ito=feeds-newsxml|publisher=Daily Mail|date=19 August 2012|accessdate=24 August 2012}}</ref>.


==International career==
==International career==

Revision as of 15:56, 24 August 2012

Romelu Lukaku
Lukaku in 2010
Personal information
Full name Romelu Menama Lukaku[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 West Bromwich Albion
(on loan from Chelsea)
Number 20
Youth career
1999–2003 Rupel Boom
2003–2006 Lierse
2006–2009 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Anderlecht 73 (33)
2011– Chelsea 8 (0)
2012– → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 1 (1)
International career‡
2008 Belgium U15 4 (1)
2011 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2009 Belgium U21 5 (1)
2010– Belgium 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2012

Romelu Menama Lukaku (born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on loan from Chelsea, and the Belgium national team. He started his career with local side Rupel Boom, before being scouted and joining Lierse. He played well and attracted many clubs to his talents. He alerted Anderlecht and signed for the Belgian Pro League side in 2006.

Lukaku continued his development with Anderlecht and made his professional debut while still at school at the age of 16. During his time at Anderlecht, he was dubbed as "the new Drogba", the player whom he idolized growing up. Whilst playing for Anderlecht, he became the 2009–10 top scorer in Belgium as Anderlecht won the Belgian championship, and won the Belgian Ebony Shoe in 2011. In the 2011 summer transfer window, Lukaku signed for English Premier League club Chelsea for an undisclosed fee and penning a 5-year contract.

Club career

Early career

Lukaku joined his local team Rupel Boom at the age of five.[3] After four seasons at Rupel Boom, Lukaku was discovered by scouts of Lierse SK, a Belgian Pro League team with an established youth academy. He played for Lierse from 2004 until 2006,[3] scoring 121 goals in 68 games.[4] After Lierse were relegated from the Belgian Pro League, Anderlecht bought no less than 13 youth players from Lierse in the 2006 mid-season, one of which was Lukaku. He played three more years as a youth player with Anderlecht, scoring 131 goals in 93 games.[4]

Anderlecht

When he turned 16 on 13 May 2009, Lukaku signed a professional contract with Anderlecht until 2012.[5] and 11 days later he made his Belgian First Division debut on 24 May 2009 in the championship play off match against Standard Liège as a 69th minute substitute for defender Víctor Bernárdez.[6] Anderlecht lost the match 1–0. He scored his first goal at senior level against Zulte Waregem in the 89th minute, after coming on as substitute for Kanu after 69 minutes.

Chelsea

In June 2011, Anderlecht general manager Herman van Holsbeeck said that they were in talks with Premier League club Chelsea regarding a possible transfer.[citation needed] On 6 August 2011, an agreement was reached with Anderlecht for the transfer to the club for a fee reported to be around £13 million, rising to £18 million in add-ons. Lukaku was given the number 18 shirt (formerly worn by Yuri Zhirkov) and signed a five-year contract.[7] He made his home debut in a 3–1 victory over Norwich City in the 83rd minute, coming on as a substitute for Fernando Torres.[8] Lukaku made his second Chelsea appearance coming on as a substitute in the 3–1 defeat to Manchester United.

Lukaku made his first start for the club in the League Cup against Fulham. Chelsea went on to win the match on penalties. He made another appearance on 21 January 2012, against Norwich City, coming on as a substitute for Fernando Torres in the 76th minute.[9] The rest of Lukaku's season was plagued by a lack of opportunities, and spent the rest of the majority of the season playing for the reserves. He netted twice in a 4–2 victory for the Chelsea reserves on 20 March 2012 against Newcastle United reserves.[10] He ended his Reserve league campaign at Chelsea, scoring 7 goals in his 9 appearances.[11] On 13 May 2012, he started his first league match against Blackburn Rovers and turned in a man of the match performance providing an assist for John Terry's opener.[12] However, Lukaku stressed that he was disappointed with his involvement at the end of his debut season, revealing that, after his side's UEFA Champions League win on 19 May, he refused to hold the trophy as he didn't feel like a winner[13].

On 18 July 2012, Lukaku scored two goals in Chelsea's first pre-season game as they beat Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders 4–2, potentially improving his chances of a starting place.

West Bromwich Albion loan

After being linked a loan move to Fulham [14] but on 10 August 2012, Lukaku joined Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on a season long loan deal.[15] Lukaku declared "I'm very excited. After last season, where I was able to adjust and prepare for this season, I can't wait to start at West Brom.[16]

On the first day of the Premier League season, Lukaku made his debut and scored a goal to seal a 3-0 victory over Liverpool.[17] After scoring his first goal, Lukaku persuaded manager Steve Clarke to give him more playing time at West Brom[18].

International career

Lukaku was a member of the Belgium under-21 team and scored a goal on his debut against Slovenia.[19] On 24 February 2010, Lukaku was named for the first time in the Belgium squad for the friendly against Croatia.[20] On 17 November 2010, he scored his first two international goals in the friendly match against Russia.[21] Lukaku scored his next international goal almost a full two years later, netting the winner for Belgium in a 4-2 victory over the Netherlands on 15 August 2012 at the Stade Roi Baudouin in Brussels.[22]

Personal life

Lukaku was born in Antwerp,[23] a city in northern Belgium. His father, Roger Lukaku,[24] played professional football and was capped at international level by Zaire.[25] He has a younger brother named Jordan, who has progressed through the youth academy at Anderlecht.[24] Lukaku was the subject of an acclaimed television documentary series called De School Van Lukaku (Lukaku's School) shown on the Dutch-speaking Eén network. The reality show followed the teenage Lukaku and his classmates during the course of a year at the Saint-Guidon Institute, a multi-cultural school in Brussels, where the footballer was based while with the Anderlecht youth team.[26] In 2009, the series followed the school as it made a field trip to London visiting Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground. Lukaku said at the time: “What a stadium. If one day in my life I will cry, it will be the day I play here. I love Chelsea.”[27]

Career statistics

As of 18 August 2012[1][23][28][29]
Club Season League Cup1 Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Anderlecht 2008–09 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2009–10 33 15 6 1 0 0 11 4 1 45 19 7
2010–11 37 16 7 2 0 0 11 4 0 50 20 7
2011–12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Belgium 73 33 13 3 0 0 22 8 1 98 41 14
Chelsea 2011–12 8 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1
West Brom (loan) 2012–13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
England 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 1
Career total 81 34 15 6 0 0 22 8 1 111 42 15
1Also includes other competitive competitions, including the FA Cup and League Cup.

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 November 2010 Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion, Voronezh, Russia  Russia 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2. 17 November 2010 Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion, Voronezh, Russia  Russia 2–0 2–0 Friendly
3. 15 August 2012 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Netherlands 3–2 4–2 Friendly

Honours

Club

Anderlecht
Chelsea

Individual

References

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