Romel Lukaku - another star of Belgian football

May 13, 1993, the birth of Romel Lukaku. Romel's father was a Congolese, and he moved to Belgium three years before the birth of his son. Roger Lukaku played in the Belgian middle peasants, but his son was predicted a great future. Due to his physique, Romel was often compared to Didier Drogba.

First steps in football

At the age of nine, Lukaku came to the football school in Lierse, and before that he replaced almost ten different football schools in Belgium. Belgian "Anderlecht" joined the struggle for Romela and won it, because his father did not want his son at such an early age to leave Belgium.

In each team for which he played, Romel Lukaku scored more goals than played games. Anderlecht was no exception. For 3 years, Romel was a player of the youth team of the club and scored more than 100 goals in 88 matches. By these indicators could not pass the breeders of the leading clubs in Europe. Scouts of "Chelsea", "Manchester United" and other top clubs of England and Europe turned their attention to Lukaku.

The debut of the football player at the heart of the Belgian grand was in May 2009. For all the time spent in the main part of the club, Lukaku more and more attracted the attention of the leading clubs in Europe. In the 2009-2010 season, Romel was able to win the "Golden Boot" of the Belgian championship with fifteen goals. In the winter of 2009, he scored a productive strike in the game with "Ajax" in the European League. This goal made Lukaku the third youngest author of an effective strike in the history of Eurocups. At the time of the goal he was just over 16 and a half years old.

Going to Chelsea

Rumors of "Chelsea" and Lukak appeared before the Belgian football player began to speak for the main "Anderlecht" team. The Londoners wanted to take Romela to their sports school, but they refused the father of the football player.

In Belgium, Romel continued to progress, and in addition to "Chelsea" in the list of applicants for the forward appeared "Real Madrid", but interest from the "galaktikos" was not confirmed. What can not be said about Chelsea. The club of Roman Abramovich made many proposals to "Anderlecht" about Romel Lukak. "Chelsea" in 2011 announced the signing of a contract with the player. Romel became a player of the London club, but stayed to play in Belgium on loan.

In the next season, Lukaku was leased again. This time the Belgian club was the team-middleweight "West Bromwich Albion". In his first season in the English Premier League, Romel showed fantastic results.

"Everton" - "Chelsea" - "Everton"

Problems with the forwards at the Chelsea throughout the season gave Lukak a chance to become the main player of the "pensioners" in the next season, but he was again leased. This time the Belgian was given to the Everton Liverpool.

In "toffee" Romel Lukaku continued to show good results, and again there were talks that the Belgian will become the main striker of "Chelsea" in the next "next season". In the summer of 2013, in friendly matches, he went to the start and scored goals, but in the matches of the championship of England he again remained on the bench.

In the last days of the summer transfer window Lukaku again moved to Everton on loan, and later the club from Liverpool bought the player from the capital Chelsea.

National team of Belgium

Dick Advocaat in 2010 summoned Lukaku to the matches of the national team of Holland. The debut in the national team took place in early spring 2010. In autumn, Romel Lukaku scored two goals against the Russian national team and helped the team to win the match.

In the summer of 2014 Lukaku, together with the national team of Belgium, performed at the World Championship in Brazil. The European team left the group without problems, in the first match of the playoffs they beat the USA, and in ¼ ceded the national team of Argentina - the future vice-champion.