Lukaku celebrating his first goal against Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Romelu Lukaku is a Belgian professional footballer who represents the Belgium national football team as a striker. Aged 17, he made his debut for his country in a 1–0 defeat to Croatia in Brussels in March 2010. His first and second international goals came on his eighth appearance for Belgium, in a 2–0 friendly victory over Russia.

As of 19 November 2023, Lukaku is his country's top scorer with 83 goals in 113 appearances.[1] The Belgian Football Association confirmed that he had broken the national record when Lukaku scored his 31st international goal in a match against Japan in November 2017.[2] FIFA, however, did not initially recognise the record as three goals had been scored against Luxembourg in a friendly in May 2014 later declared by the organisation as an unofficial friendly due to too many substitutions being made.[1][3] He scored twice against Tunisia in the group stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, a game after which football journalist Nick Ames praised him for a "laudable act of sportsmanship" as he had indicated to the referee that he had not been fouled in the penalty area, denying himself the chance of a hat-trick.[4] The two goals took his overall tally in the 2018 World Cup to four and made him Belgium's highest scorer in a single World Cup tournament,[4] and made him the first player since Diego Maradona in the 1986 FIFA World Cup to score back-to-back braces (two goals in a single game).[5]

As of November 2023, Lukaku has scored four hat-tricks during his international career,[1] including the treble against Luxembourg, with the others coming in a 9–0 win against Gibraltar in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in August 2017, a 3–0 victory against Sweden in a Euro 2024 qualifier in March 2023, and four goals in a 5–0 win over Azerbaijan in November 2023, also a Euro 2024 qualifier.[1] Lukaku has scored more goals in friendlies than in any other format, with 23. He has scored eighteen goals in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, five in FIFA World Cup finals, 21 in qualifying for the UEFA European Championship, six in the European Championship finals and ten in the UEFA Nations League.[1] Lukaku scored his four most recent goals in the aforementioned 5–0 UEFA Euro qualifying win against Azerbaijan in November 2023.[6]

International goals

As of match played 19 November 2023
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lukaku goal.
Key
‡ Indicates match was not officially recognised by FIFA
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 817 November 2010Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion, Voronezh, Russia Russia1–02–0Friendly[7]
2 2–0
3 1615 August 2012King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Netherlands3–24–2[8]
4 2311 October 2013Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia Croatia1–02–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[9]
5 2–0
6 2826 May 2014Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium Luxembourg1–05–1‡Friendly[10]
7 3–1
8 4–1
9 291 June 2014Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden Sweden1–02–0[11]
10 331 July 2014Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil United States2–02–1 (a.e.t.)2014 FIFA World Cup[12]
11 3712 November 2014King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Iceland3–13–1Friendly[13]
12 4329 March 2016Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal Portugal1–21–2[14]
13 4428 May 2016Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  Switzerland1–12–1[15]
14 451 June 2016King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Finland1–11–1[16]
15 465 June 2016 Norway1–03–2[17]
16 4818 June 2016Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France Republic of Ireland1–03–0UEFA Euro 2016[18]
17 3–0
18 536 September 2016GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus1–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification[19]
19 2–0
20 547 October 2016King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina4–04–0[20]
21 5613 November 2016 Estonia7–18–1[21]
22 8–1
23 5725 March 2017 Greece1–11–1[22]
24 6131 August 2017Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium Gibraltar3–09–0[23]
25 5–0
26 9–0
27 623 September 2017Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens, Greece Greece2–12–1[24]
28 6310 October 2017King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Cyprus4–04–0[25]
29 6410 November 2017 Mexico2–13–3Friendly[26]
30 3–3
31 6514 November 2017Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium Japan1–01–0[27]
32 6627 March 2018King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Saudi Arabia1–04–0[28]
33 2–0
34 686 June 2018 Egypt1–03–0[29]
35 6911 June 2018 Costa Rica2–14–1[30]
36 3–1
37 7018 June 2018Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia Panama2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup[31]
38 3–0
39 7123 June 2018Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia Tunisia2–05–2[32]
40 3–1
41 767 September 2018Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland1–04–0Friendly[33]
42 7711 September 2018Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland2–03–02018–19 UEFA Nations League A[34]
43 3–0
44 7812 October 2018King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Switzerland1–02–1[35]
45 2–1
46 808 June 2019 Kazakhstan3–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying[36]
47 8111 June 2019 Scotland1–03–0[37]
48 2–0
49 829 September 2019Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1–04–0[38]
50 8310 October 2019King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium San Marino1–09–0[39]
51 4–0
52 8416 November 2019Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia Russia4–04–1[40]
53 8611 October 2020Wembley Stadium, London, England England1–01–22020–21 UEFA Nations League A[41]
54 8714 October 2020Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland1–02–1[42]
55 2–1
56 8918 November 2020Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium Denmark2–14–2[43]
57 3–1
58 9024 March 2021 Wales3–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[44]
59 9127 March 2021Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic1–11–1[45]
60 936 June 2021King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Croatia1–01–0Friendly[46]
61 9412 June 2021Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia Russia1–03–0UEFA Euro 2020[47]
62 3–0
63 9621 June 2021 Finland2–02–0[48]
64 982 July 2021Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany Italy1–21–2UEFA Euro 2020[49]
65 992 September 2021Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2–15–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification[50]
66 3–1
67 1005 September 2021King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Czech Republic1–03–0[51]
68 1017 October 2021Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy France2–02–32021 UEFA Nations League Finals[52]
69 10524 March 2023Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden Sweden1–03–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[53]
70 2–0
71 3–0
72 10628 March 2023RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany Germany2–03–2Friendly[54]
73 10717 June 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Austria1–11–1UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[55]
74 10820 June 2023Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia1–03–0[56]
75 2–0
76 11012 September 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium3–05–0[57]
77 4–0
78 11113 October 2023Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Austria3–03–2[58]
79 11216 October 2023King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Sweden1–11–1[note 1][61]
80 11319 November 2023 Azerbaijan1–05–0[6]
81 2–0
82 3–0
83 4–0

Hat-tricks

No. Opponent Goals Result Venue Competition Date
1  Luxembourg 3 – (1–0', 3–1', 4–1') 5–1 Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium Friendly 26 May 2014
2  Gibraltar 3 – (3–0', 5–0', 9–0') 9–0 Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 31 August 2017
3  Sweden 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–0 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 24 March 2023
4  Azerbaijan 4 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 4–0') 5–0 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 19 November 2023

Statistics

As of match played 19 November 2023[62]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Belgium's Euro 2024 qualifying match at home to Sweden was abandoned at half-time with the score 1–1 due to security reasons, after two Swedish supporters were killed in a terrorist shooting in Brussels.[59] On 19 October 2023, UEFA decided that the half-time score would be considered final and the match would not be resumed.[60]

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