Lookman playing for Charlton Athletic in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman | ||
Date of birth | 20 October 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position |
Forward Winger |
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Club information | |||
Current team
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Everton | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2013 | Waterloo | ||
2013–2015 | Charlton Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Charlton Athletic | 45 | (10) |
2017– | Everton | 8 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | England U19 | 5 | (0) |
2016–2017 | England U20 | 15 | (4) |
2017– | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:21, 1 July 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:38, 5 September 2017 (UTC) |
Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman (born 20 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Everton and the England national under-21 team.
Lookman made his senior debut in 2015, playing as a forward for Charlton Athletic of the Championship, and in January 2017 signed for Everton, who have used him mainly as a winger. He has represented England from under-19 to under-21 levels.
Lookman was born in Wandsworth, London. He attended St Thomas the Apostle College in Peckham where he achieved three A*s and five As at GCSE.
Lookman joined Charlton Athletic's academy in 2014 after signing from Waterloo, a youth football club based in the London Borough of Lambeth. His goalscoring 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. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on 5 December 2015, and then followed that up with a brace in a 2–2 draw with Bolton Wanderers ten days later.
Lookman signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Everton on 5 January 2017 for an undisclosed fee, reported as an initial £7.5m potentially rising to £11m with add-ons. He made his debut for the club ten days in a 4–0 victory over Manchester City, replacing Ross Barkley in the 90th minute and scoring the team's fourth goal. Lookman made his first Euro appearance for Everton in a 1–0 win over MFK Ružomberok in the Europa League third qualifying round first leg.