 Lukaku playing for Chelsea in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1993[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Napoli | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Rupel Boom | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | KFC Wintam | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Lierse | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Anderlecht | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Anderlecht | 73 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Chelsea | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 35 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Everton (loan) | 31 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Everton | 110 | (53) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Manchester United | 66 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Inter Milan | 72 | (47) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Chelsea | 26 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 25 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Roma (loan) | 32 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Napoli | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Belgium U15 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Belgium U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Belgium U21 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Belgium | 119 | (85) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:05, 3 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:55, 1 July 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːmeːlu luˈkaːku]; born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Belgium national team.
Lukaku began his senior club career playing for Anderlecht, where he won a Belgian Pro League title and finished as the league's top goalscorer. In 2011, he joined Chelsea in a transfer worth £10 million (€12 million), but limited playing time resulted in loans to West Bromwich Albion and Everton; in 2014, Lukaku signed with Everton in a then club-record transfer worth £28 million (€32 million), going on to finish as the league's second-top goalscorer. He subsequently signed with Manchester United in a transfer worth £75 million (€88 million), but after a breakdown in relations with the club, Lukaku departed for Inter Milan in 2019, in a club-record deal worth €80 million (£68.1 million), where he won a Serie A title and the Serie A Most Valuable Player award.
In 2021, Lukaku returned to Chelsea in a club-record transfer worth £97.5 million (€115 million), becoming the seventh-most expensive player, the most expensive Belgian player and, at the time, the most expensive player of all time in cumulative transfer fees. However, after one season, he was sent out on loan back to Italy to Inter Milan and Roma before joining another Italian club Napoli on a permanent deal.
Belgium's all-time top goalscorer, Lukaku made his senior international debut in 2010, and has represented his country at six major tournaments: the 2016, 2020 and 2024 UEFA European Championships and the 2014, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups; he finished as joint second-highest goalscorer to win the Bronze Boot in 2018.
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