Story of Ademola olajide Alade Aylola Lookman (MON)

Edited and compiled by Adeleke Faith Abiodun

The Polytechnic Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Ademola Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman MON(born 20 October 1997) 27 years old was born in Wandsworth, England. His parents were from Nigeria His parents are Ademola Lookman Sr and Mrs Lookman. Though little is known about them since he has not shared their profession and personal details about them.

Ademola Lookman was tall in 5ft 9 in (1.74 m) and his weight 75kg (165ibs) He started his career in Waterloo Fc from 2008 to 2013 but explicitly enumeration like goal and assists from that time aren’t broadly recruit.

Nevertheless, He is known for his majestic performances that led to his move to Charlton Athletic in the years 2013 to 2017 and he played 45 games and scored 10 goals. From Charlton Athletic he went to Everton in England (he went back home to do something amazing in when he was born) he played in Everton in the years 2017 to 2019 just one years he had 36 appearances and scored just 1 goal throughout his 2 years in Everton he went to RasenBallsport Leipzig (RB Leipzig) on 1 year loan deal and he played 11 pair for RasenBallSport Leipzig and scored 5 goal after finishing his 1 year loan deal RasenBallSport Head Coach decided to work with Ademola Lookman again by signing Ademola Lookman from Everton in 3 years deal from 2019 to 2022 and during the 3 years he had several injuries that doesn’t allow him to enjoy himself throughout the year 2019 to 2022 he only played 11 consecutive games and have zero (0) goal During the time RB Leipzig Recieve a 1 year loan deal offer from Fulham in England and they accept it in the year 2020 to 2021 he played 34 consecutive matches and scored just 4 goals.

Futher more, Ademola Lookman went to Leicester city in England on one year loan deal from RB Leipzig in the year 2021 to 2022 and he played 26 games and scored 6 goals

In addition, When he finished his loan deal in Leicester in the 2021, He went to Atalanta in Italian (series A) from 2022 till date and he played 76 appearances so far and scores 33 goals and still counting 9 goals and 4 assists in (serie A) this season in 17 successive games so far and scores 3 goals and 1 assist in 6 games this season in UEFA Champions League

Lastly Ademola Lookman won UEFA Europa League last season for Atalata by scoring hat tricks in the final against Bayern Leverkusen and penniless a record Ademola Lookman penniless the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single Europa League season during the 2023/2024 campaign. He had an incredible run, helping his team significantly in the tournament.

Talking about international career
Ademola Lookman starting with England under_19 in the year 2016 and he played 5 succeeding games with them and he had zero goal continuously He upgrade from Under 19 to under 20 in the same year of 2016 to 2017 he take part in 15 games and scored 4 goals. He keeps playing for England youth team in the year 2017 to 2019 he take part for England under 21 and he played 11 consecutive games and scored just 1 goal

In addition Ademola Lookman switched his professional country to Nigeria and got his first called up in the year 2022 Ademola Lookman started playing for the Nigeria national team in 2022. He was called up by coach Augustine Eguavoen for the international matches Lookman made his debut for Nigeria on March 25, 2022, in a scoreless draw against Ghana as part of the third round of the African section of qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup .

In the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Lookman played consecutively, scoring crucial goals for Nigeria. He scored both goals in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Cameroon in the round of 16 and the only goal in a 1-0 win over Angola in the quarter-final .

He played 23 appearances so far for Super eagles of Nigeria and scored 8 goals and still counting

When we are talking about Media records

Men’s football while Representing England
He won FIFA U- 20 World Cup for England

While Representing super eagles Nigeria in the Africa cup of Nations (Afcon) 2023 they finished in second position against Cameron

And he won UEFA Europa league in the year 2023 for Atalanta against Bayer Leverkusen It was held at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, on 22 May 2024, between Italian club Atalanta and German club Bayer Leverkusen. Atalanta won the match 3–0 for their first European trophy and their first trophy in 61 years courtesy of a hat-trick by Ademola Lookman.

Moreover, Ademola Lookman won the Men’s player of the year in African.

African Ballon d’or 2024 Lookman wins ahead of finalists Adingra, Guirassy, Hikimi, Ronwen Williams.