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Biography
Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli was born on 13 May 1993, to the family of Roger Lukaku and Adolphine Lukaku in Antwerp, Belgium and he is currently Twenty-nine years old. Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli is a Belgian professional footballer and plays the role of a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan, Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli is on loan from Premier League club Chelsea, and the Belgium national team.
Lukaku started his senior club career by 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 £10 million (€12 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 £28 million (€32 million), going on to finish as the league’s second-top goalscorer.
He eventually signed with Manchester United in a transfer worth £75 million (€88 million), but after a disintegration in relations with the club, Lukaku departed for Inter Milan in 2019 in a club-record deal worth €80 million (£68.1 million) and won a Serie A title and Serie A, Most Valuable Player.
In 2010, Lukaku made his senior international debut and has represented his country at five major tournaments: ranging from the 2016 and 2020 UEFA European Championships and the 2014, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups; he finished as joint second highest goal scorer to win the Bronze Boot in 2018.
In 2021, Lukaku returned to his former club Chelsea, a decade after he had originally joined the club, for a reported club record fee of £97.5 million.
In making the move, Lukaku became the most expensive player of all time with cumulative transfer fees of almost £285 million, surpassing Neymar.
According to Lukaku in an interview, he said that he did request Inter Milan to reach to an agreement with Chelsea stating, “I didn’t want to go behind Inter’s back. They got me out of the shit. I was in a deep hole at Manchester United. After training I went to [head coach Simone] Inzaghi’s office. I didn’t want to ruin the atmosphere because I was no longer with my head in Milan. So I asked him: Please find an agreement.
In same 2021, Lukaku scored on his return debut in the 15th minute, converting Reece James’ cross, in a 2–0 away win over Arsenal.
On 12 September, Lukaku scored twice at home against Aston Villa, the first time he had scored at Stamford Bridge.
Two days later, Lukaku scored his first European goal for Chelsea, against Zenit in the Champions League.
In same 2021, Lukaku was one of five Chelsea players included in the final 30-man shortlist for the 2021 Ballon d’Or.
In late December 2021, During Lukaku’s interview with Sky Italia, he made mention of not being “happy” with the situation at Chelsea, and that head coach Thomas Tuchel “has chosen to play with another system” comparing the teams’ tactics with that at Inter Milan.
In the same interview, he went further to express his wish to return to Inter “in the near future” because of the love he has for the club.
Thus, Tuchel dropped Lukaku from the squad altogether for a match against title challengers Liverpool, which ended 2–2.
After series of discussions with Tuchel, Lukaku apologized by saying thus “I’m sorry for the upset I have caused”, he then went on to say that he “wanted to move forward”.
He was restored to the first team and started in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final win against Tottenham Hotspur but was fined for his comments.
Lukaku finished the season by scoring 8 goals in 26 league games, although he has been judged by ESPN to be the worst signing of the Premier League season because of poor goals. Lukaku is the Belgium’s all-time top goal scorer.
| Full Name: | Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli |
| Current club: | Inter Milan, Belgium national football team |
| Born: | May 13, 1993 |
| Place of Birth: | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgium |
| Height: | 6 feet 1 inches |
| Parents: | Roger Lukaku (father) and Adolphine Lukaku (mother) |
| Siblings: | Jordan Lukaku |
| Wife • Spouse: | Sarah Mens |
| Children: | Romeo Lukaku |
| Occupation: | Football player |
| Net Worth: | $20 million. |
Early Life & Education
Romelu Menema Lukaku Bolingoli was born on 13 May 1993, to the family of Roger Lukaku and Adolphine Lukaku in Antwerp, Belgium and he is currently Twenty-nine years old.
He has passion for football right from tender age more reason his parents enrolled him to a local club, Rupel Boom at the age of five years.
His great football talent made him to move to top clubs in the Belgian Pro League club during his youth years. He played for Lierse for 2 years and scored 121 goals in 68 matches.
Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli is the first son among the two children, his parents had.
Lukaku’s childhood was an awesome one because he has an only brother Jordan Lukaku, his cousin, Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo.whom he always plays with and as well amazing friend, Vinnie Frans. Although he grew up from a very poor background, his parents barely see something to eat.
Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli is a Belgian professional footballer and plays the role of a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan, Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli is on loan from Premier League club Chelsea, and the Belgium national team.
His childhood wasn’t that rosy because of his parents’ situation.
Lukaku started his senior club career by playing for Anderlecht, where he won a Belgian Pro League title and finished as the league’s top goal scorer.
In 2011, he joined Chelsea in a transfer worth £10 million (€12 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 £28 million (€32 million), going on to finish as the league’s second-top goal scorer.
During his youth days, Lukaku did a one-year study at Saint-Guidon Institute, a school in Brussels.
Personal Life
Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli was born on 13 May 1993, to the family of Roger Lukaku and Adolphine Lukaku in Antwerp, Belgium and he is currently Twenty-nine years old. Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli is a Belgian professional footballer and plays the role of a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan, Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli is on loan from Premier League club Chelsea, and the Belgium national team. Lukaku is married to Sarah Mens from Netherlands and they both had a child named Romeo Lukaku. Lukaku has an only brother named Jordan Lukaku and a cousin name Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, who plays left sided winger for mechelen and a best friend named Vinnie Frans.
Lukaku was born into a very poor parents, roger and Adolphine Lukaku, but he made them proud by becoming and joining football club.
Lukaku became the subject of a television documentary series called De School Van Lukaku (Lukaku’s School) shown on the Dutch-speaking Eén network.
The reality show followed the teenage Lukaku and his classmates during the course of a year at the Saint-Guidon Institute, a school in Brussels, where the footballer was based while with the Anderlecht youth team.
In 2009, the series followed the school as it made a field trip to London, visiting Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground.
Lukaku said at the time, “What a stadium. If one day in my life I will cry, it will be the day I play here. I love Chelsea.” In addition to his native French and Dutch, Lukaku can speak the following languages English, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and a Congolese Swahili dialect, and can also understand German. Lukaku said that his biggest idol was Didier Drogba.
Lukaku was the first Premier League player to join Jay-Z’s management agency Roc Nation Sports. In 2018, he signed a record sponsorship deal with German sportswear company Puma, the company’s largest endorsement deal ever.
In 2019–2020 Serie A season, his first year playing in Italy, Lukaku spoke out against racism he suffered while playing football, particularly.
In 2020, Lukaku honoured George Floyd by kneeling and keeping one fist high in support of Black Lives Matter when he scored in a game with Inter against Sampdoria.
This symbolic action was inspired by American football player Colin Kaepernick who kneeled during the national anthem before every game in 2016 as a peaceful manner of protest against police brutality towards people of colour. However, Lukaku and other players in Europe has taken an active role to take a knee on the pitches.
In 2021, Lukaku said he will be out fighting “against all forms of discrimination, whether religious, linked to skin color, or sexual”
Lukaku is a practicing Catholic, he always prays to God before or after matches. He made the pilgrimage to Lourdes in 2014. He is abstinent.
Career
On 8 August 2019, Lukaku joined Italian club Inter Milan by signing a five-year contract for an agreed fee of €80 million.
lateron he mentioned his reasons for leaving Manchester United, which he claimed that he was made a scapegoat alongside other players such as Paul Pogba and Alexis Sánchez, in addition to club’s failure to protect him against rumours about his future.
On 26 August, Lukaku made his debut for Inter Milan in the opening Serie A matchday against Lecce, thereby netting his side’s third goal with his first shot in a 4–0 home win. The goal meant that Lukaku has found the net in his first league game for five of the six clubs he has represented; Anderlecht, West Brom, Everton, Manchester United, and Inter; he also became only the third Belgian to score for Inter in Serie A, after Enzo Scifo and Radja Nainggolan.
On 1 September, in the club’s second league game of the season at Cagliari, Lukaku scored the match-winning goal from the penalty spot to give Inter a 2–1 victory away from home; however, he was subjected to racial abuse from some of the Cagliari fans.
In the first months since his arrival, Lukaku formed an attacking partnership with Argentine youngster Lautaro Martínez, dubbed “Lu-La” by Italian media. This became after the duo scored a brace each in the 4–3 away win against Sassuolo in October, giving Inter the first triumph since 2016.
On 2 November, Lukaku scored a brace in a 2–1 away win over Bologna in Serie A, which saw him match Ronaldo’s record of nine goals in his first 11 league appearances for the club.
On 27 November, Lukaku scored his first UEFA Champions League goal for Inter in a 3–1 away win against Slavia Prague in the group stage; in addition to that, he also assisted the two other goals scored by Lautaro Martínez and had two goals disallowed himself.
In the final match home against Barcelona, Lukaku scored his side’s only goal in a 2–1 defeat, meaning that Inter was transferred to Europa League for the second season in a row.
On 6 January, he started the new year by scoring a brace in a 3–1 win against Napoli, giving Inter the first league win at Stadio San Paolo since October 1997; he earned praise from the media for his first goal scored in the 14th minute, which came from an individual effort.
On 9 February, Lukaku scored the final goal of the 4–2 home win over cross-town rivals Milan, sending Inter to the top of the table and giving them another double over Milan; it was also his 17th league goal of the season.
On 25 July, Lukaku scored a brace in a 3–0 win at Genoa; in doing so, he became the first Inter player since István Nyers in 1949–1950 season to score 15 away goals in a Serie A season, and the first do to so in his debut season. He ended his first Serie A season with 23 goals, as Inter finished runner-up by just one point to Juventus in the standings; only Ronaldo Twenty-five and Nyers Twenty-six have scored more than him in their debut season at Inter.
On 5 August, Lukaku scored in a 2–0 win over Getafe in the Europa League’s round of 16, helping his side reach the quarterfinals of a European competition for the first time since 2011. It was his 30th goal in all competitions, a new personal best, and he had also scored for the 8th consecutive Europa League match, equaling the all-time record set by Alan Shearer in 2004–2005.
In the quarterfinals on 10 August, he broke the record, by scoring in his ninth consecutive match in the competition in a 2–1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in Düsseldorf, to send Inter into the semi-finals.
On 17 August, Lukaku scored a brace in a 5–0 win against Shakhtar Donetsk—his tenth consecutive match in the competition—as Inter reached the final.
In the final, he earned and scored a penalty in the 5th minute, but also scored an own goal in the 74th minute, which was however the winning goal for Sevilla in a 3–2 defeat.
Lukaku add up to Ronaldo’s record in 1997–1998 season, by scoring 34 goals in all competitions.
Net Worth
Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli has worked as a Footballer at Inter Milan, Belgium national football team for years now. he has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli has an astonished net worth of $20 million.
Social Media
Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli as humble and hardworking as he is discovered that he also has some social media platforms where he can be connected.
- @Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli (@romelulukaku) is his Instagram handle.
- @Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli (@romelulukaku) is his Twitter handle.
- @Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli (@romelulukaku) is his Facebook handle.
