english association football actor

Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman ( bear 20 October 1997 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a winger for Premier League club Leicester City, on loan from RB Leipzig.

Lookman made his elder debut in 2015, playing as a fore for Charlton Athletic of the Championship, and in January 2017 signed for Everton, who used him chiefly as a winger. He has represented England from under-19 to under-21 levels, but has since applied to FIFA to change his national allegiance to Nigeria .

early life [edit ]

Lookman was born in Wandsworth, South West 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 [edit ]

Charlton Athletic [edit ]

Lookman joined Charlton Athletic ‘s academy in 2014 after signing from Waterloo, a young football club based in the London Borough of Lambeth. [ 4 ] His goalscoring commemorate 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 base goal for the baseball 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 [edit ]

Lookman signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Everton on 5 January 2017 for an undisclosed tip, reported as an initial £7.5m potentially rising to £11m with add-ons. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He made his debut for the club ten-spot days late in a 4–0 victory over Manchester City, replacing Ross Barkley in the 90th infinitesimal 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 base qualifying orotund inaugural peg. [ 11 ] Although director Sam Allardyce stated that Lookman would not be leaving on lend in the January 2018 transfer window, he changed his take care, and the club arranged a move to Championship golf club Derby County, where they hoped he would play regular first-team football. however, the player insisted on an alternative move, and joined Bundesliga cabaret RB Leipzig until the end of the 2017–18 season. [ 12 ] In his beginning 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 [edit ]

On 25 July 2019, Lookman returned to RB Leipzig on a five-year deal, a year and a half after a successful loanword go at the german kit scoring 5 goals in 11 appearances .

Fulham [edit ]

On 30 September 2020, Lookman joined Premier League side Fulham on a season-long lend. [ 14 ] He scored his foremost league goal for Fulham against Sheffield United on 18 October. [ 15 ]

Leicester City [edit ]

On 31 August 2021, Lookman joined Leicester City on a season-long loanword. [ 16 ] On 11 September 2021, he made his Leicester debut as a 73rd moment substitute during a 1–0 frustration to Manchester City. [ 17 ]

International career [edit ]

Lookman was born in England to nigerian parents, and is eligible for the home teams of both countries. [ 18 ] He received his beginning international call-up when he was named in the England U19 police squad named for Mexico. [ 19 ] He was subsequently named in the police squad for the European U19 Championships that summer. [ 20 ] In early 2017, Lookman turned down the opportunity to switch commitment to Nigeria after an approach from the national coach, Gernot Rohr. [ 21 ] 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. [ 22 ] England beat Venezuela 1–0 in the final, to achieve the state ‘s first victory in the final of a global tournament since the 1966 World Cup. [ 23 ] He received his first base call-up for the England under-21s for european Championship qualifiers against the Netherlands under-21s and Latvia under-21s in September 2017. [ 24 ] He made his debut in the first match, and set up Everton teammate Dominic Calvert-Lewin for England ‘s goal in a 1–1 drawing card. [ 25 ] Lookman turned down Nigeria again in early 2018 after meeting with the president of the Nigeria Football Federation. [ 26 ] He subsequently rejected Nigeria ‘s approaches for a third gear prison term in September 2018, after England senior director Gareth Southgate convinced him that he was part of his plans. [ 27 ] Despite his caps and success for England at youth level, and having previously rejected Nigeria ‘s approaches, in January 2020 the Nigeria Football Federation announced that Lookman would be switching his international allegiance to Nigeria. [ 28 ] however, Lookman besides stated : “ I ‘ve not changed my mind on wanting to represent England ”. [ 29 ] As of April 2021, Lookman is still waiting for official FIFA headroom before he can play for Nigeria. [ 30 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 28 November 2021

Honours [edit ]

England U20

Individual

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Fulham F.C. website
  • Ademola Lookman at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata