Lomana LuaLua

Lomana LuaLua in the jersey of Karabükspor (2013 )

Lomana Trésor LuaLua ( ​​born December 28, 1980 in Kinshasa, Zaire ) (also Lomana Lua Lua written ) is a Congolese football player. He is currently playing in the Turkish first division club Karabükspor. His position is in the attack or as an attacking midfielder. His younger brother Kazenga LuaLua is also a professional footballer and is available at Lomanas former club Newcastle United.

Career

Association

In 1998, he began his professional career at Colchester United. After two seasons with that club in the Football League Second Division, he came to the attention of several Premier League clubs, including Newcastle United, where he eventually signed.

In Newcastle he played while in 2002/ 03 in the Champions League, but was not really successful in four years. After just seven league operations in 2003/ 04 he moved to Portsmouth, where he was until 2007 under contract.

In the 2007/2008 season LuaLua played with the shirt number 32 for the Greek giants Olympiakos Piraeus. In the summer of 2008 changes Lomana LuaLua after al -Arabi in Qatar. For the winter of 2010, however, he went back to Olympiakos Piraeus. On July 4, 2010 Olympiakos has given the transfer of Lomana Trésor LuaLua known to Omonia Nicosia.

For the summer of 2012, he joined the Turkish first division club Karabükspor.

In the spring of 2014 LuaLua moved within the Süper Lig to Çaykur Rizespor.

National

When Africa Cup 2004 LuaLua was only 23 years already captain of the team. However, his team lost all three group games and retired. LuaLua himself had seen the red card in the match against Tunisia.

At the Africa Cup in 2006, he was a captain there. He even led the DR Congo team to the quarter-finals but unfortunately they lost the match against Egypt. For the African Cup of Nations 2008, DR Congo could not qualify, nor for the African Cup of Nations 2010.