Romelu Lukaku, Belgium footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Romelu Lukaku is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Belgium national team. Lukaku ranks second for the all-time European men's top goalscorers in international football, with 93 goals.

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, but limited playing time resulted in loans to West Bromwich Albion and Everton. In 2014, Lukaku signed with Everton in a permanent deal. In the 2016–17 Premier League season, he scored 25 goals and was named in the PFA Team of the Year. In 2017, he signed with Manchester United, where he scored his 100th Premier League goal and featured in the 2018 FA Cup final.

In 2019, following a disappointing second season with United, Lukaku departed for Inter Milan. In his debut season, he helped Inter reach the UEFA Europa League final and was named the competition's Player of the Season. In the following season, he led them to their first Serie A title in 11 years and was awarded both the league's Most Valuable Player and Footballer of the Year. In 2021, Lukaku returned to Chelsea in a club-record transfer worth £97.5 million (€115 million). However, after just one season, he was sent out on loan back to Italy to Inter and Roma before joining Napoli on a permanent deal in 2024. Lukaku was Napoli's top goalscorer en route to winning the 2024–25 Serie A title and was named in the league's Team of the Season.

Belgium's all-time top goalscorer, Lukaku made his senior international debut in 2010, and has represented his country at seven major tournaments: the 2016, 2020, and 2024 UEFA European Championships, and the 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2026 FIFA World Cups; he finished as joint second-highest goalscorer to win the World Cup Bronze Boot in 2018 and was named in the European Championship Team of the Tournament in 2020. A member of his nation's golden generation, he helped Belgium finish in third place at the 2018 World Cup, their best-ever finish.