Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Luca Warrick Daeovie Koleosho [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 September 2004||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Norwalk, CT, United States | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Burnley | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Trumbull United | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | Manhattan Kickers | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Reus | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Espanyol B | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Espanyol | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Burnley | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | United States U15 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:23, 5 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 |
Luca Warrick Daeovie Koleosho (born September 15, 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Premier League club Burnley. Born in the United States, he is currently a youth international for Italy.
Koleosho began playing with his local soccer club Trumbull United at the age of 7. [2] Afterwards, he played for the Manhattan Kickers from age 7 to 11. [3] After two trips to Spain with the Kickers, his parents decided to help him develop in Spain. [2] [4] In 2016, he joined the youth academy of Reus, before moving to the Espanyol youth system in 2020. [5] [6] Working his way up their youth sides, he signed his first professional contract with Espanyol on June 2, 2021, keeping him at the club for 3 additional seasons. [7] In 2022, he helped the Espanyol U19 reach the Copa del Rey Juvenil final, where they were defeated by Real Madrid. [8]
He debuted at the senior level with Espanyol B in the fourth tier Segunda División RFEF during the 2021-22 season. [8] He made his first start on October 8, 2022, and scored his first goal against RCD Mallorca B. [9] [10]
He made his first team debut with Espanyol in a 0–0 La Liga tie with Granada on May 22, 2022, coming as a late substitute in the 90th minute. [11] Koleosho scored his first goal for the senior side in Espanyol's final match of the 2022-23 La Liga season against Almería, netting the third goal for his club in a 3–3 draw on June 4, 2023. [12] [13]
On July 25, 2023, Koleosho joined Premier League side Burnley for a transfer fee of £2.6m, plus £860,000 in add-ons, signing a four-year deal with the club. [14] [15] [16] He made his debut for the Clarets on August 11, starting in a 3–0 league defeat to Manchester City. [17] On December 2, he scored his first Premier League goal in a 5–0 victory over Sheffield United. [18] [19]
Koleosho is eligible to represent the United States, Canada, Nigeria, and Italy, as he was born and raised in the United States to a Nigerian father and an Italian-Canadian mother. [20]
In August 2019, Koleosho appeared with the United States U15 team, making four appearances. [21] [22] In April 2022, Koleosho was called up to a United States under-20 training camp in Carson, California. [23] After his call-up to Canada's senior side in June 2022, Koleosho confirmed he had not closed the door on representing the United States. [8]
Koleosho was called up to the Canada senior national team for a friendly and two CONCACAF Nations League matches in June 2022. [24] He departed the camp after the cancellation of the Iran friendly and the subsequent cancellation of the replacement Panama friendly. [25] In September 2022, Koleosho was re-called to Canada ahead of friendlies against Qatar and Uruguay. [26] [27] In May 2023, Koleosho was listed on the Canada preliminary rosters for the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals. [28]
In March 2023, Koleosho accepted a call-up to the Italy under-19 national team, joining a training camp in preparation to the Elite round of the qualifications to the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. [29] He was subsequently included in the 20-men squad that took part in the aforementioned round. [30] [31] He debuted with them as a late substitute in a 0–0 friendly tie with Slovenia U19 on March 25. [32]
In June 2023, he was included in the Italian squad for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Malta, [33] where the Azzurrini eventually won their second continental title. [34] [35]
On November 21, 2023, he made his debut for the Italian under-21 national team in a 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against the Republic of Ireland. [36]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Espanyol | 2021–22 [1] | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2022–23 [1] | La Liga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | ||
Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
Burnley | 2023–24 [1] | Premier League | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Career total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
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