Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lukas Okechukwu Nmecha[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 14 December 1998||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2018 | Manchester City | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Manchester City | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Preston North End (loan) | 41 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 37 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | VfL Wolfsburg | 45 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | England U16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | England U17 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | England U18 | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | England U19 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | England U20 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | England U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Germany U21 | 20 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Germany | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:46, 2 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:39, 23 September 2022 (UTC) |
Lukas Okechukwu Nmecha (born 14 December 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.
Nmecha was born in Hamburg, Germany but relocated to England as a child with his family. He represented his birth country for the first time with the Germany U21 national team, despite being capped by England at the same level.