Is called Adeloma Lookman and this Wednesday he went down in the history of Atalanta in Italy by being the great protagonist in the resounding victory against Bayer Leverkusen in the final of the Europa League.
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The Nigerian footballer, born in England, was the architect of Atalanta winning the title, scoring the three winning goals.
Nigerian Ademola Lookman, author of the hat-trick that gave Atalanta victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final, in what is the first European title for the Italian team and second in the record, declared that they did history.
Lookman celebrates one of his goals.
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“Very happy, tonight we did it together, we made history and the trophy will return with us to Bergamo,” said the protagonist of the night with the first hat trick of his career to Sky Sports Italia. “The ambition of this club… last season we had a great season and then this season is fantastic. Then we celebrate with the people,” he said.
Who is Lookman?
He was International in all the lower categories with England, with which he was under-20 world champion, but before the difficulties in receiving a call for the senior team, in 2022 he decided to play with Nigeria.
Lookman, Atalanta figure.
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Leipzig was the German club that anticipated the greats of England and took it by paying 18 million euros. But his stay there was brief. He returned to Everton, had a second spell at Leipzig before moving to Fulham and Leicester.
In the 2022-2023 season he arrived in Italy to play for Atalanta, where he has just had, at 26 years old, the best performance of his career.
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