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Full name | Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 October 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Atalanta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | Waterloo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Charlton Athletic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Charlton Athletic | 45 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Everton | 36 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | → RB Leipzig (loan) | 11 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | RB Leipzig | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Fulham (loan) | 34 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Leicester City (loan) | 26 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Atalanta | 57 | (21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | England U19 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | England U20 | 15 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | England U21 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Nigeria | 21 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:31, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman MON (born 20 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in England, he plays for the Nigeria national team.
Lookman made his senior debut in 2015, playing as a forward for Charlton Athletic of the Championship. He signed for Everton in January 2017, where he played mainly as a winger. He has represented England from under-19 to under-21 levels. In 2022, Lookman made his debut for Nigeria.
Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman [2] was born on 20 October 1997 in Wandsworth, Greater London, [3] to Nigerian parents. [4] He attended St Thomas the Apostle College in Peckham where he achieved three A*s and five As at GCSE. [5]
Lookman joined Charlton Athletic's academy in 2014 after signing from Waterloo, a youth football club based in the London Borough of Lambeth. [6] His goalscoring record for Charlton's U18 and U21 teams led to him making a rapid ascent through the Charlton academy ranks and he made his first-team debut for the Addicks on 3 November 2015. [7] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on 5 December 2015, [8] and then followed that up with both Charlton's goals in a 2–2 draw with Bolton Wanderers ten days later. [9]
Lookman signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Everton on 5 January 2017 for an undisclosed fee, reported as an initial £7.5m potentially rising to £11m with add-ons. [10] [11] He made his debut for the club ten days later in a 4–0 victory over Manchester City, replacing Ross Barkley in the 90th minute and scoring the team's fourth goal. [12] Lookman made his first European appearance for Everton in a 1–0 win over MFK Ružomberok in the Europa League third qualifying round first leg. [13]
Although manager Sam Allardyce stated that Lookman would not be leaving on loan in the January 2018 transfer window, the club eventually arranged a loan move to Championship club Derby County, where they hoped he would play regular first-team football. However, the player insisted on an alternative move, and instead joined Bundesliga club RB Leipzig until the end of the 2017–18 season. [14] In his first game with Leipzig, Lookman scored the winning goal in the away game against Borussia Mönchengladbach after coming on as a late substitute. [15]
On 25 July 2019, Lookman returned to RB Leipzig on a five-year contract.[ citation needed ]
On 30 September 2020, Lookman joined Premier League side Fulham on a season-long loan. [16] He scored his first league goal for Fulham against Sheffield United on 18 October. [17]
On 31 August 2021, Lookman joined Leicester City on a season-long loan. [18] On 11 September 2021, he made his Leicester debut as a 73rd minute substitute during a 1–0 defeat to Manchester City. [19] On 28 December 2021, Lookman scored the only goal in their 1–0 win over Liverpool. [20]
On 4 August 2022, Lookman joined Serie A club Atalanta on a four-year contract for a reported fee of €15 million. [21] [22] He scored on his debut for the club, a 2–0 Serie A win over Sampdoria on 13 August. [23] In January 2023, he scored braces in three consecutive matches: a 8–2 Serie A win over Salernitana, a 5–2 Coppa Italia win over Spezia and a 3–3 Serie A draw to Juventus. [24]
Lookman was born in England to Nigerian parents, and is eligible for the national teams of both countries. [25] He received his first international call-up when he was named in the England U19 squad named for Mexico. [26] He was subsequently named in the squad for the European U19 Championships that summer. [27] In early 2017, Lookman turned down the opportunity to switch allegiance to Nigeria after an approach from the national coach, Gernot Rohr. [28]
Lookman was selected in the England under-20 team for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored three goals in the tournament, two against Costa Rica in the last 16 and one goal against Italy in the semi-finals. [29] England beat Venezuela 1–0 in the final, to achieve the country's first victory in the final of a global tournament since the 1966 World Cup. [30]
He received his first call-up for the England under-21s for European Championship qualifiers against the Netherlands under-21s and Latvia under-21s in September 2017. [31] He made his debut in the first match, and set up Everton teammate Dominic Calvert-Lewin for England's goal in a 1–1 draw. [32]
Lookman turned down Nigeria again in early 2018 after meeting with the president of the Nigeria Football Federation. [33] He subsequently rejected Nigeria's approaches for a third time in September 2018, after England senior manager Gareth Southgate convinced him that he was part of his plans. [34]
Despite his caps and success for England at youth level, and having previously rejected Nigeria's approaches, in January 2020 the Nigeria Football Federation announced that Lookman would be switching his international allegiance to Nigeria. [35] However, Lookman also stated: "I've not changed my mind on wanting to represent England". [36] On 10 February 2022, Lookman's request to represent the Nigerian national team was approved by FIFA. [4] Lookman made his debut for Nigeria on 25 March 2022, in their scoreless draw with Ghana as part of the third round of the African section of qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [37]
Lookman was named in Nigeria's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast. [38] He scored both goals for Nigeria in their 2–0 win over Cameroon in the round of 16, [39] before scoring their only goal in a 1–0 win over Angola in the quarter-final. [40]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Charlton Athletic | 2015–16 [41] | Championship | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 5 | |
2016–17 [42] | League One | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 7 | ||
Total | 45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 49 | 12 | |||
Everton | 2016–17 [42] | Premier League | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
2017–18 [43] | Premier League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 16 | 2 | |
2018–19 [44] | Premier League | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
Total | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 4 | ||
RB Leipzig (loan) | 2017–18 [43] | Bundesliga | 11 | 5 | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | |||
RB Leipzig | 2019–20 [45] | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |||
Fulham (loan) | 2020–21 [46] | Premier League | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 4 | |
Leicester City (loan) | 2021–22 [47] | Premier League | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 42 | 8 |
Atalanta | 2022–23 [48] | Serie A | 31 | 13 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 15 | ||
2023–24 [49] | Serie A | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 34 | 9 | ||
Total | 56 | 21 | 3 | 2 | — | 8 | 1 | 67 | 24 | |||
Career total | 219 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 265 | 57 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Nigeria | 2022 | 6 | 1 |
2023 | 5 | 1 | |
2024 | 10 | 4 | |
Total | 21 | 6 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 13 June 2022 | Adrar Stadium, Agadir, Morocco | 4 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 7–0 | 10–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [51] |
2 | 10 September 2023 | Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Nigeria | 8 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [52] |
3 | 27 January 2024 | Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 16 | Cameroon | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations | [53] |
4 | 2–0 | |||||||
5 | 2 February 2024 | Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 17 | Angola | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations | [54] |
6 | 22 March 2024 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco | 20 | Ghana | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [55] |
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