Who Is Ademola Lookman?
Ademola Lookman is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Atalanta. He also playa for the Nigeria national team.
Ademola Lookman was born on October 20, 1997 in Wandsworth, Greater, London, United Kingdom. He is currently 26 years old. He is a Yoruba man.
Ademola Lookman attended St. Thomas the Apostle College in Peckham where he achieved three A*s and five As at GCSE.
Lookman’s Football Background
In 2014, Ademola Lookman joined Charlton Athletic ‘s academy after signing from Waterloo, a youth football club based in the London Borough of Lambeth.
In 2015, he made his senior debut, playing as a forward for Charlton Athletic of the Championship. He signed for Everton in January 2017, where he played mainly as a winger. He has represented England from under-19 to under-21 levels. In 2022, he made his debut for Nigeria.
Ademola Lookman received his first international call-up when he was named in the England U19 squad named for Mexico. He was subsequently named in the squad for the European U19 Championships that summer. In early 2017, he turned down the opportunity to switch allegiance to Nigeria after an approach from the national coach, Gernot Rohr.
On February 10, 2022, Ademola Lookman requested to represent the Nigerian national team which was approved by FIFA.
On March 25, 2022, he made his debut for Nigeria in their scoreless draw with Ghana as part of the third round of the African section of qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
On January 27, 2024, Ademola Lookman scored two goals to send the Nigeria Super Eagles into the AFCON 2023 quarter-finals.
Ademola Lookman is currently single.
Congratulations to Nigeria.
Culled from: Joshua Lekhithah (Facebok)