SOCCER PLAYER

Romelu Lukaku

1993 - Today

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Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːmeːlu luˈkaːku]; born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Belgium national team. Lukaku began his senior club career playing for Anderlecht, where he won a Belgian Pro League title and finished as the league's top goalscorer. In 2011, he joined Chelsea in a transfer worth £10 million (€12 million), but limited playing time resulted in loans to West Bromwich Albion and Everton; in 2014, Lukaku signed with Everton in a then club-record transfer worth £28 million (€32 million), going on to finish as the league's second-top goalscorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romelu Lukaku has received more than 23,405,331 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Romelu Lukaku is the 586th most popular soccer player (down from 506th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 243rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Romelu Lukaku ranks 586 out of 21,273. Before him are Christian Vieri, José Ángel Iribar, Américo Lopes, David de Gea, Jorge Campos, and Sandro Puppo. After him are Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne, Wayne Rooney, Ján Popluhár, Włodzimierz Smolarek, and Rainer Bonhof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Romelu Lukaku ranks 3. Before him are Ariana Grande, and Mia Khalifa. After him are Paulo Dybala, Harry Kane, Paul Pogba, IU, Mauro Icardi, Antonio Rüdiger, Hakim Ziyech, Tiffany Trump, and Jan Oblak.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Romelu Lukaku ranks 240 out of 1,190. Before him are Herri met de Bles (1480), Patrick Bauchau (1938), Frans Masereel (1889), Juliana of Liège (1193), Leo Tindemans (1922), and Jean Rey (1902). After him are Emile Vandervelde (1866), Guy Thys (1922), Henri Milne-Edwards (1800), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Guillaume Lekeu (1870), and Jacques Feyder (1885).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Romelu Lukaku ranks 8. Before him are Paul Van Himst (1943), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Eden Hazard (1991), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Jan Ceulemans (1957), and Thibaut Courtois (1992). After him are Enzo Scifo (1966), Frans Janssens (1945), Odilon Polleunis (1943), Marc Wilmots (1969), Bernard Voorhoof (1910), and Jean-Marc Bosman (1964).

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