BIO : WHO IS LUKAKU???

Romelu Menama Lukaku  is a Belgian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on loan from Chelsea and the Belgium national team. He embarked on his football career with local side Rupel Boom, before being joining Lierse. He played for Lierse from 2004 until 2006, scoring 121 goals in 68 games. Lukaku signed a professional contract with Anderlecht for three years, on 13 May 2009. He made his Belgian First Division debut on 24 May 2009 in the championship play off match against Standard Liège. On 6 August 2011, Lukaku transferred to Chelsea  for a fee reported to be around £18 million. Lukaku made his first start for the club in the League Cup against Fulham. On 13 May 2012, he started his first league match against Blackburn Rovers and turned in a man of the match performance. On 18 July 2012, Lukaku scored two goals in Chelsea's first pre-season game as they beat Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders. On 10 August 2012, he joined West Bromwich Albion on a season long loan deal. Lukaku was a member of the Belgium under-21 team and scored a goal on his debut against Slovenia.

Basic Player Info

Full Name	Romelu Lukaku Menama
Nationality	Belgium
Position	Attacker
Current Club	Manchester United
Shirt Number	9

Manchester United

Lukaku joined Manchester United on 10 July 2017, signing a five-year contract with the option of a further year Although the fee was officially undisclosed, it was reported to be worth an initial £75 million, plus £15 million in add-ons. Lukaku's signing came a day after former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney left the club to return to Everton, Rooney's boyhood club. Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Lukaku asked the permission of Zlatan Ibrahimović if he could take over the number 9 shirt from him.Lukaku was confirmed to have been given the number on 14 July.

He made his debut against Real Madrid on 8 August in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup, and scored his first competitive goal for the club in a 2–1 defeat. His league debut came five days later at home to West Ham. Lukaku scored twice in a 4–0 win, becoming the fourth Manchester United player to score two goals on his Premier League debut. On 27 September, Lukaku scored twice in a 4–1 UEFA Champions League win over CSKA Moscow, taking his tally to 10 goals in his first nine appearances. In doing so, he broke the record set by Sir Bobby Charlton who had scored nine goals in his first nine appearances for the club.

International career

Lukaku was a member of the Belgium under-21 team and scored a goal on his debut against Slovenia. On 24 February 2010, Lukaku was named for the first time in the Belgium senior squad for a friendly match against Croatia. On 17 November 2010, he scored his first two international goals in a friendly against Russia. Lukaku scored his first goal in almost two years for the national team, netting the winner in a 4–2 friendly victory over rivals the Netherlands on 15 August 2012.

On 11 October 2013, Lukaku scored two goals as Belgium defeated Croatia 2–1 to secure a place in the World Cup finals In May 2014, Lukaku was named in Belgium's squad for the 2014 World Cup. On 26 May, he scored his first international hat-trick in a pre-tournament friendly against neighbouring Luxembourg. However, as Belgium made seven substitutions during this match instead of the permitted six, it was not recognised as an official match by FIFA On 1 June, he scored first of Belgium's two goals in the 2–0 victory in a friendly match against Sweden. In Belgium's first match of the tournament, a 2–1 win against Algeria in Belo Horizonte, Lukaku started and played 58 minutes before being replaced by Divock Origi In the round of 16, Lukaku came on as a substitute prior to extra time and assisted Kevin De Bruyne's opening goal three minutes later. In the 105th minute, he scored his first goal of the tournament as Belgium defeated the United States 2–1 On 29 March 2016, Lukaku headed a consolation in a 2–1 loss away to Portugal, assisted by his brother, Jordan Lukaku

At UEFA Euro 2016, Lukaku scored a brace in Belgium's 3–0 second group stage match win on 18 June 2016 over the Republic of Ireland.

Style of Play

Lukaku is a left-footed player, who in 2014 was named by The Guardian as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe. Lukaku has also been known to use his physicality to get around defenders.

Personal life

Lukaku was born in Antwerp, a city in northern Belgium, to Congolese parents His father, Roger Lukaku, played professional football and was capped at international level by Zaire. He has a younger brother named Jordan, who has progressed through the youth academy at Anderlecht and currently plays for Lazio in Italy. His cousin Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo plays for Club Brugge.

Lukaku was 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 fluent English, Portuguese, Spanish and a Congolese Swahili dialect, and can also understand German. Lukaku is a practising Catholic who made the pilgrimage to Lourdes in 2014.Lukaku has stated his childhood hero and biggest idol was Didier Drogba.