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Romelu Lukaku
Personal information
Full name Romelu Benjamin Lukaku
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 18
Youth career
1999–2003 Rupel Boom
2003–2006 Lierse
2006–2009 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Anderlecht 73 (33)
2011– Chelsea 1 (0)
International career‡
2008– Belgium U21 5 (2)
2010– Belgium 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 August 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:00, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Romelu Benjamin Lukaku (born 13 May 1993) is a Belgium footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Chelsea and the Belgium national team.

He previously played for Rupel Boom, Lierse, and made his professional debut for Belgian Pro League side Anderlecht. 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.

Club career

Youth years

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. 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. 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.

International career

Lukaku was a member of the Belgium under-21 team and scored a goal on his debut against Slovenia.[7]

On 24 February 2010, Lukaku was named for the first time in the Belgium squad for the friendly against Croatia.[8] On 17 November 2010, he scored his first two international goals in the friendly match against Russia.

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
Correct as of 17 November 2010

Personal life

Lukaku was born in Antwerp,[9] a city in northern Belgium. His father, Roger Lukaku,[10] played professional football and was capped at international level by Zaire.[11] He has a younger brother called Jordan, who has progressed through the youth academy at Anderlecht.[10] 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.[12]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.”[13]

Playing style

Romelu is a very strong player that bullies defenders with his power and pace. He is compared to Didier Drogba.[citation needed]

Career statistics

As of 27 August 2011.[2][9][14][15]
Club Season League Cup 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
England 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Career total 74 33 13 3 0 0 22 8 1 99 41 14

Honours

Club

Anderlecht

Individual

References

  1. ^ "14. Romelu Lukaku". Anderlecht. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Romelu Menama Lukaku". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Romelu Lukaku - Spielerwechsel". Transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  4. ^ a b "The Full Interview: Teenage Sensation Reveals All About His Life, Loves And His Footballing 'Gift From God'". Goal.com. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Lukaku : « Je sais que je serai récompensé de mes efforts »" (in French). FootGoal.net. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Standard is opnieuw kampioen van België" (in Dutch). Sporza. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Jugend forscht: Romelu Lukaku und Iker Muniain" (in German). Transfermarkt. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Romelu Lukaku est officiellement Diable Rouge" (in French). DH.be. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  9. ^ a b "Romelu Lukaku". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  10. ^ a b Wilson, Jeremy (28 October 2010). "Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid rival Chelsea for 'new Didier Drogba'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Menama Lukaku". FIFA. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  12. ^ Is it true Romelu Lukaku starred in a documentary tv series about his schooldays?Socqer.com retrieved 7 August, 2011.
  13. ^ Chelsea new signing Romelu Lukaku says move to Stamford Bridge is a dream come true. Daily Telegraph, 8, August, 2011.
  14. ^ "Top scorer Romelu Lukaku : Title is next goal". R.S.C. Anderlecht. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  15. ^ "Leistungsdaten". Transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

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