Wellity Lucky

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Wellity Lucky
Personal information
Full name Wellity Lucky Omoruyi [1]
Date of birth (2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 92
Youth career
Club Deportivo San Gregorio Arrabal  [ an ]
Real Zaragoza
2019– Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Liverpool 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 England U15 1 (0)
2022 England U16 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 April 2022

Wellity Lucky Omoruyi (born 12 January 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool. Born in Spain, he represents England internationally.

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Early life

Lucky was born on 12 January 2006 in Zaragoza, Spain. [2] A Nigerian descent through his parents, he moved with his family to England at the age of eleven. [3]

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. [3]

On 29 October 2025, he made his debut for Liverpool as a second-half substitute for Andy Robertson in a 3–0 EFL Cup defeat against Crystal Palace. [4]

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 against the Portugal national under-16 football team.

Style of play

Lucky plays as a centre-back and is right-footed. African news website Foot Africa wrote in 2025 that he is "strong in duels and smart in his distribution". [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 October 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool U23 2024–25 [6] ————1 [a] 010
2025–26 [7] ————1 [a] 010
Total———2020
Liverpool 2025–26 [7] Premier League 000010000010
Total000010002030
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "2025/26 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool - Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wellity Lucky Omoruyi: Liverpool believes in him". Foot Africa. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Wellity Lucky in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Wellity Lucky in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
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