Levi Lumeka
![]() Lumeka in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Levi Jeremiah Lumeka[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 September 1998||
Place of birth | Beckton, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Troyes | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
Chelsea | |||
Crystal Palace | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Crystal Palace | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Varzim | 23 | (8) |
2020– | Troyes | 9 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:48, 31 October 2020 (UTC) |
Levi Jeremiah Lumeka (born 5 September 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for French Ligue 2 club Troyes AC.
Career
Coming through the youth ranks at Crystal Palace, he signed his first professional contract in December 2015. On 10 September 2017, he made his debut as a substitute against Burnley in the Premier League, playing the final 25 minutes of a 1–0 away loss as a substitute for Lee Chung-yong.[4]
On 31 August 2018, Lumeka signed for National League side Leyton Orient on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[5] He was recalled from the loan on 9 January 2019 having made only one appearance for Orient,[6] as an added-time replacement for Jobi McAnuff in a 3–0 home win over Solihull Moors on 4 September.[7]
On 20 June 2019, Lumeka joined LigaPro side Varzim S.C. on a two-year deal.[8][9] He made his debut on 10 August in the first game of the season, a goalless home draw with U.D. Oliveirense in which he replaced Felipe Augusto with 14 minutes left, and scored his first career goal on 30 October to equalise in a 1–1 draw at C.D. Nacional.[10]
On 28 July 2020, Lumeka joined Ligue 2 side Troyes AC on a four-year deal.[11]
Personal life
Born in England, Lumeka is of Congolese descent.[12]
References
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Levi Lumeka". 11v11. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "LEVI LUMEKA". skorexpress.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Parry, Richard (10 September 2017). "De Boer's job on the line as Palace lose again". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Lumeka Joins Leyton Orient on Loan". cpfc.co.uk. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Levi Lumeka Recalled From Leyton Orient Loan Spell". Crystal Palace F.C. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Orient continue unbeaten run by seeing off Solihull Moors". East London Advertiser. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Avançado inglês Levi Lumeka reforça Varzim" [English striker Levi Lumeka bolsters Varzim]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Lumeka heads to Portugal". Crystal Palace F.C. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Nacional e Varzim empatam (1-1) na Madeira" [Nacional and Varzim draw (1–1) in Madeira]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Levi Lumeka rejoint l'ESTAC" [Levi Lumeka joins ESTAC] (in French). Troyes AC. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Levi Lumeka on his path from Chelsea release to Palace bad luck & leaving UK". Planet Football. 24 June 2020.
External links
- Levi Lumeka at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Newham
- English footballers
- English people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Association football forwards
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Premier League players
- National League (English football) players
- Black British sportspeople
- English expatriate footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Varzim S.C. players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- People from Beckton
- Troyes AC players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- English expatriate sportspeople in France