Jordan Lukaku

Jordan Lukaku
Personal information
Full name Jordan Zacharie Lukaku Menama Mokelenge
Date of birth (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 6
Youth career
2000–2003 KFC Wintam
2003–2004 Boom FC
2004–2006 Lierse
2006–2011 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Anderlecht 8 (0)
2013–2016 Oostende 80 (4)
2016– Lazio 4 (0)
National team‡
2009 Belgium U15 2 (0)
2010 Belgium U16 6 (0)
2011 Belgium U18 3 (0)
2011–2012 Belgium U19 7 (0)
2013– Belgium U21 12 (0)
2015– Belgium 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:29, 22 September 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2016

Jordan Zacharie Lukaku Menama Mokelenge (born 25 July 1994) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a left back for Italian club Lazio and the Belgian national team.

Club career

Lukaku was first included in a senior matchday squad on 1 December 2011, remaining an unused substitute in Anderlecht's 2–1 win at AEK Athens in the group stage of the season's UEFA Europa League. His debut came the following 6 April when he started in a goalless Pro League game at Standard Liège; he totalled six appearances as his team won the league that season. However, he did not play at all as they retained the title the following campaign, only making the bench twice. On 21 July 2013, he came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Matías Suárez as Anderlecht won the year's Belgian Super Cup 1–0 against Genk at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium.[2]

Lazio

On 22 July 2016, he signed with Italian club Lazio for €5 million plus €1 million in performance-related bonuses.[3]

International career

On 10 October 2015, Lukaku made his senior debut for the national team in a 4–1 win in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match against Andorra; the victory qualified his team to the finals.[4]

In his next game on the following 29 March, he replaced Guillaume Gillet in the 59th minute of a friendly away to Portugal in Leiria, and sent in the cross that was headed in by his brother as consolation in a 2–1 loss.[5]

He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016, wearing shirt number 21. He made one appearance in the tournament, playing 75 minutes in place of the injured Jan Vertonghen in Belgium's 3–1 quarterfinal defeat to Wales.

Personal life

Lukaku was born in Antwerp. His father is Roger Lukaku, who played professional football and was capped at international level by Zaire.[6] He has an older brother, Belgium and Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, who also progressed through the youth academy at Anderlecht.

Honours

Anderlecht

References

  1. ↑
  2. 1 2 "Anderlecht bat Genk et remporte sa 11e Supercoupe (1–0)" [Anderlecht beat Genk and win their 11th Super Cup]. L'Avenir (in French). 21 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Official: Lukaku joins Lazio". www.football-italia.net. Football Italia. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "BBC Sport – Andorra 1–4 Belgium". BBC. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Gill, Kieran (29 March 2016). "Portugal 2–1 Belgium: Romelu Lukaku heads home cross from brother Jordan after Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani strike for hosts". Daily Mail. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Menama Lukaku". FIFA. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
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