Wellity Lucky

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Wellity Lucky
Personal information
Full name Wellity Lucky Omoruyi
Date of birth (2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Liverpool
Number 92
Youth career
Club Deportivo San Gregorio Arrabal  [ an ]
Real Zaragoza
2019– Liverpool FC
International career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 England U15 1 (0)
2022 England U16 3 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 April 2022

Wellity Lucky Omoruyi (born 12 January 2006) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Liverpool FC. Born in Spain, he is an England and Spain youth international.

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Early life

Lucky was born on 12 January 2006 in Zaragoza, Spain and is a native of the city. [1] Of Nigerian descent through his parents, he moved with his family to England at the age of eleven. [2]

Club career

As a youth player, Lucky joined the youth academy of Spanish side Club Deportivo San Gregorio Arrabal  [ an ]. Following his stint there, he joined the youth academy of Spanish side Real Zaragoza. At the age of thirteen, he joined the youth academy of English Premier League side Liverpool FC. [2]

International career

Lucky is an England and Spain youth international. On 15 February 2022, he debuted for the England national under-16 football team during a 0–0 away friendly draw with the Portugal national under-16 football team.

Style of play

Lucky plays as a defender and is right-footed. African news website Foot Africa wrote in 2025 that he is "strong in duels and smart in his distribution". [3]

References

  1. "El aragonés Omoruyi, citado con la selección española sub-17" [Aragonese Omoruyi, called up for the Spanish U-17 team] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Del 'Spanish Liverpool' al único español que está en el Liverpool: Wellity Lucky, un zaragozano que se mudó con 11 años" [From 'Spanish Liverpool' to the only Spaniard who is at Liverpool: Wellity Lucky, a Zaragoza native who moved at age 11] (in Spanish). Relevo. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  3. "Wellity Lucky Omoruyi: Liverpool believes in him". Foot Africa. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.