Ademola Lookman

Nigerian winger, Ademola has won the African best player award, and let us take a look at the career of the latest African King.

Nigeria Super Eagles star Ademola Lookman has been named the best African player for the year 2024. Let's take a look at his career and achievements.

Lookman was one of the best players at the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire, in January/February 2024, where he scored three goals as Nigeria won silver at the tournament. He was also named in the best XI of the tournament.

Last season, he scored a hat trick in the final of the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League to help Atalanta win their first-ever European title against unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen. That was the first time a hat trick was scored in the final of any European competition.

This season, Lookman has been instrumental for both club and country, helping Atalanta to the top of the Serie A table and Nigeria qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

He scored 2 goals for Nigeria during the qualifiers, and for Atalanta, he has scored 11 goals in all competitions and provided 5 assists in 18 matches.

Below are the teams Ademola Lookman has played for:

National teams

• Nigeria (04/03/2022 - ongoing)
• England Under 19 (01/01/2016 - 31/07/2016)
• England Under 20 (16/03/2017 - 27/05/2019)
• England Under 21 (01/09/2017 - 31/03/2019)

Clubs

• Charlton Athletic FC (01/07/2015 - 05/01/2017)
• Everton FC (05/01/2017 - 31/01/2018)
• Everton Under 23 (01/04/2017 - 31/01/2018)
• RB Leipzig (31/01/2018 - 30/06/2018)
• Everton FC (01/07/2018 - 25/07/2019)
• RB Leipzig (25/07/2019 - 30/09/2020)
• Fulham FC (30/09/2020 - 30/06/2021)
• RB Leipzig (01/07/2021 - 31/08/2021)
• Leicester City FC (31/08/2021 - 30/06/2022)
• RB Leipzig (01/07/2022 - 05/08/2022)
• Atalanta (05/08/2022 - ongoing)

The quest on everybody's mind now is if Ademola Lookman will remain at Atalanta at the end of the season, or he will move to another top club in Europe's top five leagues, or he will remain with the Serie A league leaders.