Ademola Lookman

Ademola Lookman
Personal information
Full name Ademola Lookman Olajade Lookman[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997[2][3]
Place of birth Wandsworth, England[4]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[5]
Playing position Forward / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Charlton Athletic
Number 7
Youth career
2008–2014 Waterloo FC
2014–2015 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Charlton Athletic 42 (9)
National team‡
2016 England U19 5 (0)
2016– England U20 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:52, 26 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:52, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Ademola Lookman Olajade Lookman (born 20 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Charlton Athletic

Club career

Lookman joined Charlton's academy in 2014 after signing from Waterloo FC, a youth football club based in the London Borough of Lambeth.[6] His impressive goal scoring record for Charlton's U18 and U21 teams led to him making a rapid ascent through the Charlton academy ranks and he made his first-team debut for the Addicks on 3 November 2015.[3] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on 5 December 2015,[7] and then followed that up with a brace in a 2-2 draw with Bolton Wanderers on 15 December 2015.[8] Lookman was given the number 7 squad number ahead of the start of Charlton's 2016/2017 League One campaign. He began the season on the substitutes bench. Lookman came off the bench to score his first goal of Charlton Athletic's 2016/2017 campaign against Bolton Wanderers at The Valley. Lookman came off the bench to score twice, including a stunning long range effort, in Charlton Athletic's 3-1 FA cup win over Scunthorpe United. He could continued to impress for Charlton in the 2016/2017 season: scoring another goal, this time agaist Bristol Rovers.

International career

Lookman received his first international call up on 16 May 2016 being named in the England U19 squad for a double header against Mexico.[9] He was subsequently named in the England squad for the European U19 Championships the same summer.[10]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 19. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Stubley, Greg (10 August 2015). "U18s report Barnsley 3–3 Charlton". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 Jones, George (3 November 2015). "Match report: MK Dons 1–0 Charlton". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "findmypast.co.uk". findmypast.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Ademola Lookman". 11v11. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=114672&headline=Charlton%20keen%20to%20secure%20teenage%20prospect%20Ademola%20Lookman%20to%20new%20contract&sectionIs=sport&searchyear=2015
  7. ↑ "Brighton 3-2 Charlton". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Charlton 2-2 Bolton". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  9. ↑ http://www.thefa.com/news/england/development/2016/may/england-under-19s-squad-named-for-mexico-150516
  10. ↑ Association, The Football. "The England Under-19s squad has been named for the 2016 Euro Finals in Germany - England - The FA". thefa.com.
  11. ↑ Kajumba, Adrian (5 May 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool join hunt for £6m-rated Charlton wonderkid Ademola Lookman". mirror.co.uk.

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