 Lukeba with Lyon in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Junior Castello Lukeba[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 December 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Saint-Genis Laval | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2021 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Lyon B | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Lyon | 58 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | RB Leipzig | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | France U17 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | France U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | France U21 | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | France Olympic | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | France | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 26 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Junior Castello Lukeba (born 17 December 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the France national team.
- ^ a b "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 27 July 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Castello Lukeba". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 9 March 2023.