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In this Congolese name, the surname is Lukaku and the post-surname is Bolingoli.

Romelu Lukaku

Lukaku playing for Chelsea in 2021

Personal information

Full name

\nRomelu Lukaku Bolingoli^[1]

Date of birth

\n13 May 1993 (age 31)^[2]

Place of birth

\nAntwerp, Belgium

Height

\n1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)^[3]

Position(s)

\nStriker

Team information

Current team

\nNapoli

Number

\n11

Youth career

1999\u20132003

\nRupel Boom

2003\u20132004

\nKFC Wintam

2004\u20132006

\nLierse

2006\u20132009

\nAnderlecht

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2009\u20132011

\nAnderlecht

\n73

\n(33)

2011\u20132014

\nChelsea

\n10

\n(0)

2012\u20132013

\n\u2192 West Bromwich Albion (loan)

\n35

\n(17)

2013\u20132014

\n\u2192 Everton (loan)

\n31

\n(15)

2014\u20132017

\nEverton

\n110

\n(53)

2017\u20132019

\nManchester United

\n66

\n(28)

2019\u20132021

\nInter Milan

\n72

\n(47)

2021\u20132024

\nChelsea

\n26

\n(8)

2022\u20132023

\n\u2192 Inter Milan (loan)

\n25

\n(10)

2023\u20132024

\n\u2192 Roma (loan)

\n32

\n(13)

2024\u2013

\nNapoli

\n22

\n(9)

International career^\u2021

2008

\nBelgium U15

\n4

\n(1)

2011

\nBelgium U18

\n1

\n(0)

2009

\nBelgium U21

\n5

\n(1)

2010\u2013

\nBelgium

\n120

\n(85)

Medal record

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ Belgium\n
FIFA World Cup\n
$\"Third$	2018	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:12, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
\u2021 National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:35, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli (Dutch pronunciation: [\u02c8ro\u02d0me\u02d0lu lu\u02c8ka\u02d0ku]; born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Belgium national team.\n

Lukaku began his senior club career playing for Anderlecht, where he won a Belgian Pro League title and finished as the league's top goalscorer. In 2011, he joined Chelsea in a transfer worth \u00a310 million (\u20ac12 million), but limited playing time resulted in loans to West Bromwich Albion and Everton; in 2014, Lukaku signed with Everton in a then club-record transfer worth \u00a328 million (\u20ac32 million), going on to finish as the league's second-top goalscorer. He subsequently signed with Manchester United in a transfer worth \u00a375 million (\u20ac88 million), but after a breakdown in relations with the club, Lukaku departed for Inter Milan in 2019, in a club-record deal worth \u20ac80 million (\u00a368.1 million), where he won a Serie A title and the Serie A Most Valuable Player award.\n

In 2021, Lukaku returned to Chelsea in a club-record transfer worth \u00a397.5 million (\u20ac115 million), becoming the seventh-most expensive player, the most expensive Belgian player and, at the time, the most expensive player of all time in cumulative transfer fees. However, after one season, he was sent out on loan back to Italy to Inter Milan and Roma before joining another Italian club Napoli on a permanent deal. \n

Belgium's all-time top goalscorer, Lukaku made his senior international debut in 2010, and has represented his country at six major tournaments: the 2016, 2020 and 2024 UEFA European Championships and the 2014, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups; he finished as joint second-highest goalscorer to win the Bronze Boot in 2018.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Anderlecht\n	2008\u201309^[224]\n	Belgian First Division\n	1	0	0	0	\u2014	0	0	\u2014	1	0\n
2009\u201310^[224]\n	Belgian Pro League\n	33	15	1	0	\u2014	11^[c]	4	\u2014	45	19\n
2010\u201311^[224]\n	Belgian Pro League\n	37	16	2	0	\u2014	11^[d]	4	\u2014	50	20\n
2011\u201312^[224]\n	Belgian Pro League\n	2	2	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	2	2\n
Total\n	73	33	3	0	\u2014	22	8	\u2014	98	41\n
Chelsea\n	2011\u201312^[225]\n	Premier League\n	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	\u2014	12	0\n
2013\u201314^[226]\n	Premier League\n	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	1^[e]	0	3	0\n
Total\n	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	0\n
West Bromwich Albion (loan)\n	2012\u201313^[227]\n	Premier League\n	35	17	2	0	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	38	17\n
Everton (loan)\n	2013\u201314^[226]\n	Premier League\n	31	15	1	1	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	33	16\n
Everton\n	2014\u201315^[228]\n	Premier League\n	36	10	2	2	1	0	9^[f]	8	\u2014	48	20\n
2015\u201316^[229]\n	Premier League\n	37	18	3	3	6	4	\u2014	\u2014	46	25\n
2016\u201317^[230]\n	Premier League\n	37	25	1	1	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	39	26\n
Total\n	141	68	7	7	9	4	9	8	\u2014	166	87\n
Manchester United\n	2017\u201318^[231]\n	Premier League\n	34	16	6	5	2	0	8^[g]	5	1^[e]	1	51	27\n
2018\u201319^[232]\n	Premier League\n	32	12	3	1	1	0	9^[g]	2	\u2014	45	15\n
Total\n	66	28	9	6	3	0	17	7	1	1	96	42\n
Inter Milan\n	2019\u201320^[233]\n	Serie A\n	36	23	4	2	\u2014	11^[h]	9	\u2014	51	34\n
2020\u201321^[234]\n	Serie A\n	36	24	3	2	\u2014	5^[g]	4	\u2014	44	30\n
Total\n	72	47	7	4	\u2014	16	13	\u2014	95	64\n
Chelsea\n	2021\u201322^[235]\n	Premier League\n	26	8	6	3	4	0	6^[g]	2	2^[i]	2	44	15\n
Inter Milan (loan)\n	2022\u201323^[236]\n	Serie A\n	25	10	4	1	\u2014	8^[g]	3	0	0	37	14\n
Roma (loan)\n	2023\u201324^[237]\n	Serie A\n	32	13	2	1	\u2014	13^[f]	7	\u2014	47	21\n
Napoli\n	2024\u201325^[238]\n	Serie A\n	22	9	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	24	9\n
Career total\n	503	233	42	21	20	4	91	48	4	3	660	309\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Belgium^[N1]\n	2010	8	2\n
2011	5	0\n
2012	5	1\n
2013	8	2\n
2014	11	6\n
2015	5	0\n
2016	14	11\n
2017	9	9\n
2018	14	14\n
2019	5	7\n
2020	5	5\n
2021	12	11\n
2022	3	0\n
2023	9	15\n
2024	7	2\n
Total	120	85\n

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Club career

Early career

Anderlecht

Chelsea

Transfer

2011\u201312: Debut season

2012\u201313: Loan to West Bromwich Albion

2013\u201314: Loan to Everton

Everton

2014\u201316: Rise to stardom

2016\u201317: Sustained individual success

Manchester United

Transfer

2017\u201318: Debut season and drop in form

2018\u201319: Final season in Manchester

Inter Milan

2019\u201320: Club record transfer and Europa League runner-up

2020\u201321: Serie A champion

Return to Chelsea

2021\u201322: FIFA Club World Cup champion and loss of form

2022\u201323: Return to Inter Milan on loan and Champions League runner-up

2023\u201324: Loan to Roma

Napoli

International career

2008\u20132017: Youth level and early international career

2017\u20132018: All-time Belgium top scorer

2018\u20132022: Belgium's Golden Generation

2023\u2013present

Style of play

Influences

Personal life

Media and endorsements

Activism

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Notes

See also

References

External links

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Talks

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