Ademola Lookman
Ademola Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman (born 20 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for German club RB Leipzig and for the England under-21 team.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ademola Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 20 October 1997||
Place of birth | Wandsworth, London, England | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Playing position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
Number | 17 | ||
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– | RB Leipzig | 11 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | England U19 | 5 | (0) |
2016–2017 | England U20 | 15 | (4) |
2017–2019 | England U21 | 11 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:36, 17 June 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:50, 27 March 2019 (UTC) |
Lookman made his senior debut in 2015, playing as a forward for Charlton Athletic of the Championship, and in January 2017 signed for Everton, who used him mainly as a winger. He has represented England from under-19 to under-21 levels.
Early life
Lookman was born in Wandsworth, London.[2] He attended St Thomas the Apostle College in Peckham where he achieved three A*s and five As at GCSE.[3]
Club career
Charlton Athletic
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Lookman joined Charlton Athletic's academy in 2014 after signing from Waterloo, a youth football club based in the London Borough of Lambeth.[4] 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.[5] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on 5 December 2015,[6] and then followed that up with both Charlton's goals in a 2–2 draw with Bolton Wanderers ten days later.[7]
Everton
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.[8][9] 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.[10] 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.[11]
Although manager Sam Allardyce stated that Lookman would not be leaving on loan in the January 2018 transfer window, he changed his mind, and the club arranged a 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 joined Bundesliga club RB Leipzig until the end of the 2017–18 season.[12] 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.[13]
RB Leipzig
On 25 July 2019, Lookman returned to RB Leipzig on a five-year deal, a year and a half after a successful loan spell at the German outfit scoring 5 goals in 11 appearances.
Since returning to Leipzig, he hasn't impressed, making 11 appearances and scoring 0 goals. [14]
International career
Lookman was born in England to parents from Nigeria, and is eligible for the national teams of both countries.[15] He received his first international call-up when he was named in the England U19 squad for two matches against Mexico.[16] He was subsequently named in the squad for the European U19 Championships that summer.[17] In early 2017, Lookman turned down the opportunity to switch allegiance to Nigeria after an approach from the national coach, Gernot Rohr.[18]
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.[19] 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.[20]
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.[21] 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.[22] Lookman has been excellent for England at youth levels and some football reporters rate Lookman as the best young footballer from England.[23]
Career statistics
- As of matches played 17 June 2020
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Charlton Athletic | 2015–16[24] | Championship | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 5 | |
2016–17[25] | League One | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | |
Total | 45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12 | ||
Everton | 2016–17[25] | Premier League | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
2017–18[26] | Premier League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 16 | 2 | |
2018–19[27] | 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[28] | Bundesliga | 11 | 5 | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | |||
RB Leipzig | 2019–20[28] | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |||
Career total | 103 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 121 | 21 |
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
England U20
Individual
- LFE Apprentice of the Year (Championship): 2015–16[29]
References
- "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- "Ademola Lookman". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- Pitt-Brooke, Jack (6 January 2017). "How Ademola Lookman slipped through the academy net before making his £11m move to Everton". The Independent. London. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- Cawley, Richard (27 November 2015). "Charlton keen to secure teenage prospect Ademola Lookman to new contract". South London Press. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
- Jones, George (3 November 2015). "Match report: MK Dons 1–0 Charlton". Charlton Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- "Brighton 3-2 Charlton". BBC Sport. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- "Charlton 2-2 Bolton". BBC Sport. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- Vinnell, Paul (5 January 2017). "Everton sign Ademola Lookman from Charlton for £7.5m". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Ademola Lookman: Everton sign Charlton forward for £11m". BBC Sport. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- Reddy, Luke (15 January 2017). "Everton 4-0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- Rostance, Tom (27 July 2017). "Baines gives Everton Europa lead on Rooney return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- Kirkbride, Phil (1 February 2018). "Everton wanted Ademola Lookman to stay in England with Championship club". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
"Everton boss Sam Allardyce claims Ademola Lookman's 'stubbornness' took him to RB Leipzig over Derby". Sports Illustrated. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
O'Callaghan, Rory (31 January 2018). "Ademola Lookman joins RB Leipzig on loan from Everton". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 February 2018. - Brassell, Andy (5 February 2018). "Ademola Lookman slips and slides from Everton into Leipzig's affections". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- "Nächster Sommer-Neuzugang: RBL verpflichtet Lookman" (in German). RB Leipzig. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- Okeleji, Oluwashina (19 January 2017). "Nigeria keen on England U20 striker Ademola Lookman". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- Veevers, Nicholas (16 May 2016). "England Under-19s squad named for double-header with Mexico". The Football Association. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- Veeves, Nicholas (6 July 2016). "England Under-19s squad named for Euro Finals challenge". The Football Association. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Everton rising star Lookman turns down chance to represent Nigeria ahead of FIFA U20 World Cup". All Nigeria Soccer. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- Walsh, Kristian (11 June 2017). "How Everton's England World Cup heroes fared in South Korea - and what the future holds for them at Goodison". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Under-20 World Cup: England beat Venezuela in final". BBC Sport. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- Thomas, Lyall (24 August 2017). "Ten U20 World Cup heroes given first England U21 call-ups". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Netherlands U21 1–1 England U21". BBC Sport. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- {{https://versus.uk.com/2018/08/25-best-young-english-football-players-right-now/}}
- "Games played by Ademola Lookman in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- "Games played by Ademola Lookman in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "Games played by Ademola Lookman in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- "Games played by Ademola Lookman in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- "Ademola Lookman". kicker.de. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- Sutcliffe, Steve (18 April 2016). "Ademola Lookman named LFE Apprentice of the Year for the Championship". League Football Education. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
External links
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