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Full name | Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 October 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Atalanta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | RB Leipzig | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Fulham (loan) | 34 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Leicester City (loan) | 26 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Atalanta | 77 | (33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | England U19 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | England U20 | 15 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | England U21 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Nigeria | 27 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:05, 28 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC) |
Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman MON (born 20 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in England, he plays for the Nigeria national team.
Lookman made his senior debut in 2015, playing as a forward for Charlton Athletic of the Championship. He signed for Everton in January 2017, where he played mainly as a winger. After joining Italian club Atalanta in 2022, he won the UEFA Europa League in 2024, scoring a hat-trick in the final against Bayer Leverkusen and subsequently being named the African Footballer of the Year, becoming just the seventh Nigerian international to win the award.[2]
Having represented England from under-19 to under-21 levels, Lookman made his senior debut for Nigeria in 2022. He was part of the squad that finished runners-up at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
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