AFCON 2023: How Ademola Lookman Rose To Become Naija’s Rave Of The Moment

Atalanta attacker, Ademola Lookman, will look back and bless the day he made the decision to switch allegiance to Nigeria, having earlier played for England during his youth career with whom he won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in 2017.

It would have been difficult for Lookman who was born in Wandsworth, Greater London to agree to play for the Super Eagles, having had a great performance for England at the 2017 U-20 World Cup which took place in South Korea.

Lookman scored three goals in the tournament, two against Costa Rica in the round of 16 and one goal against Italy in the semi-finals as England beat Venezuela 1–0 in the final, the country’s first success in a global tournament since the 1966 World Cup.

The school of thought would have seen the winger aspire to play for the senior men’s team of England popularly known as the Three

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