Romelu Lukaku

Some Lesser Known Facts About Romelu Lukaku

•  Does Romelu Lukaku smoke?: No

• Does Romelu Lukaku drink alcohol?: No

• He inherited the love for football from his father. His father was a huge Premier League fan. He would sit with his father and watch matches for hours. 

• He was addicted to video games in his childhood; though, unlike many footballers, he was good at studies.

• Seeing his passion, his father enrolled him at the local club, “Rupel Boom”, when Romelu was just 5 years old. 

• He stayed 4 years at the club. He was scouted from another club, Lierse. He joined the club’s academy in 2004.

• He scored 121 goals in 68 matches for Lierse. After the club’s relegation from the “Belgian Pro League”, he joined Anderlecht. 

• Romelu featured in a documentary when he was in school, titled “De school van Lukaku,” as himself.

• He scored 15 goals in the 2009-2010 season for Anderlecht to win the most goals in the Belgian Pro League Award for the 2009-2010 season. His performance was one of the reasons that led to Anderlecht winning the Belgian Title.

• On 17 November 2010, he scored his first two international goals against Russia representing Belgium in a friendly.

• In 2011, he joined Chelsea and signed a 5-year contract with the club. He was then loaned to West Bromwich Albion for the next two seasons. He was then loaned to Everton in 2013. He felt comfortable in Everton and signed a five-year contract with the club. 

• He was the squad member of Belgium in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

• In December 2015, he scored seven goals in seven games, making him the first Everton player to score 7 consecutive goals across all competitions.

• He was part of the Belgium squad in the UEFA Euro 2016. 

• In July 2017, he joined the English Giant, Manchester United. He made his debut for the club in the UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid.

• In 2018, he was named in the 23 man Belgium squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

• He is very good friends with fellow Manchester United player, Paul Pogba who he knows from his teen years.

• He is multilingual. He can speak-Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese and English.