Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku

Romelu Lukaku - soccer player from Belgium, who plays for English "Everton". He's only 23 years old, and at this point the athlete is one of the most promising and outstanding young players in the world. Romelu Lukaku played as a central striker, is considered a classic center forward.

Early career

Romelu Lukaku has Congolese roots, but he was born the thirteenth in May 1993 in the Belgian city of Antwerp. At the age of six years old boy joined the football academy of a small club, "Rupel Boom", and moved in 2003 to the "Screw". He spent only one year as "Lierse" joined the club in 2004. And at the age of 13 years Lukaku could go browsing in one of the strongest clubs in the Championship the Belgian "Anderlecht". Athlete prematurely signed a professional contract because he was incredibly talented.

At the age of 15 years old Romelu made his debut for the senior team, having played his first professional match. At age 16 he was already a regular player base: in 45 games scoring nineteen goals, and in the next season in fifty matches marked 20 goals. However, the new season 18-year-old talent had not actually start. Romelu Lukaku played two matches by checking them in two balls, and was sold to one of the strongest clubs in England - London "Chelsea" - for twenty-two million euros.

Move to the "Chelsea"

Romelu Lukaku, whose photos were on the top pages of all the European sports media, was too young to be able to show itself in all its glory in the starting lineup. In the first season, the athlete has spent just 12 games without scoring a single goal. As a result, it was decided to give it out for a year in the "West Brom", where he was in 38 games scored seventeen goals, demonstrating that he can score a lot, not only in Belgium but also in England.

After returning from loan, Lukaku started training with the London club and even played three more matches, but it was obvious that to give him a chance here no one is going. Therefore, in the summer of 2013 the Belgian striker was loaned out to "Everton", who paid for this agreement is three and a half million euros. The club also received an option to buy the player at the end of the lease term. His season, "Everton" Romelu had excellent: in thirty-three games he scored sixteen goals, having made a great impression on the leadership of the club and the fans. Therefore, in the summer of 2014. "Everton" has agreed to pay an additional thirty-five million euros to acquire young talent.

The game of "Everton"

Romelu Lukaku, whose biography has taken quite a sharp turn immediately found himself in the starting lineup, "Everton". In his first season as a full rather than a rented player he chop 20 goals, and next mark raised to 25. This season, played football for twenty-one match and scored 12 goals, so that he may be able to repeat and improve your result. However, it is likely that in the near future Romelu leave the club. Already last summer there were rumors that the player has outgrown "Everton", but this summer he certainly move to a more famous and influential club.

for the national team appearances

The Belgian team Lukaku made his debut back in 2010 - when he was only seventeen years old. Since then, he has played 56 games, scoring 22 goals. The first major tournament, which was attended by the striker, became the 2014 world championship. Then he played four matches in the 1/8 finals of the Americans scored a goal and cleared it, thereby withdrawing the Belgians in the quarterfinals.

2016 European Championship Lukaku was already as a full forward bases, he played five matches, but could excel only in one - designed double gates in the Republic of Ireland. Last date Lukaku match for the national team of Belgium was a qualifying match against Estonia in which Romelu marked two goals and one assists.