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Lookman Nominated For Serie A Forward of the Year Award

Nigerian star player, Ademola Lookman has been nominated for the Serie A Forward of the Year award.
He was nominated alongside Inter Milan duo, Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram, as well as AC Milan’s Rafael Leao.
Atalanta manager, Gain Piero Gasperini is also in the running for the Coach of the Year award.
Lookman has been in fine form for Atalanta this season.
The 27-year-old has notched eight goals and five assists in 14 appearances across all competitions.
The Nigerian registered 17 goals and 10 assists across all competitions for La Dea last season.
The winger finished 14th in the 2024 Ballon d’or ranking.
He is the overwhelming favourite to win the 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year award.
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Ballon d’Or: I Would Vote For Ademola Lookman – Atalanta Coach, Gasperini Says

Gian Piero Gaseperini, the Atalanta manager, has said his Ballon d’Or vote would go to Ademola Lookman.

Lookman is the only African player nominated for the award this year.

The Super Eagles wrote his name in history books, after he scored a hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final.

Gasperini has now said that feat is enough for him to vote Lookman.

He told Sky: “My personal Ballon d’Or vote would go to Ademola Lookman.

“His magic skills helped us to win the Europa League.”

The winner of the 2024 Ballon d’Or will be announced on October 28.

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Ademola Lookman Names Most Skillful, Fastest Players In Super Eagles Squad

Ademola Lookman, the Atalanta forward, has named the most skillful and fastest players in the current Super Eagles squad.

In a recent interview with the Counter Attack Podcast, Lookman identified himself, Victor Boniface and Samuel Chukwueze as the most skillful players in the Super Eagles.


“I will say me but if I couldn’t say me, I will have to say Chukwueze and Boniface,” Lookman said.

The 26-year-old also named himself, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Ola Aina as the fastest players in the team.

“Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ola Aina, and I have got to put myself in there,” he added.

Lookman was instrumental for Nigeria in their last two 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda.

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Ballon d’Or: Calvin Bassey Was Jumping When I Told Him – Lookman On Sharing News Of His Nomination

Ademola Lookman, the Super Eagles forward, has revealed that his colleague, Calvin Bassey was the first player he told when he learned about his nomination for the 2024 Ballon d’Or award.

Lookman was recently named among the 30 candidates for this year’s Ballon d’Or.

The Atalanta winger is competing against top players like Vinicius Júnior, Rodri, Jude Bellingham, and Dani Carvajal.

Speaking with the Counter Attack Podcast, Lookman said: “I was on the bus on the way back from training. I saw our handle posted that I have been nominated for the Ballon d’Or. I was a bit surprised.

“Obviously, I am in a room with Calvin Bassey and when I told him, he was just jumping up and down. He was very happy and was like you don’t really understand. That was when I took it in.”

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AFCON 2025 Qualifier: Lookman Reacts To Super Eagles Victory Over Benin Republic

Nigerian footballer, Ademola Lookman has reflected on the Super Eagles’ impressive victory over the Cheetahs of Benin Republic.

Lookman was the hero as the Super Eagles started their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a thrilling 3-0 victory over their neighbour at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Saturday.

The Atalanta winger scored Nigeria’s first and third goal of the game.

The 26-year-old was also named Man of the Match after the game.

Lookman took to the social media to celebrate the team’s victory.

“Take off ⚽️ ⚽️ ✔️” he wrote on X.

The Super Eagles will now shift attention to Tuesday’s away clash with the Amavubi of Rwanda.

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Super Eagles Forward Ademola Lookman Nominated For Ballon d’Or 2024 Award (Full List)

Ademola Lookman, the Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, has been nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or award.

Lookman made the award nomination list after his heroics in the Europa League final where he scored a hat-trick as Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen.

Other nominees in the men’s player of the year nomination list includes Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr, Man City’s midfielder Rodri and Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal.

Ademola Lookman only African in full list of Ballon d’Or contenders

Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid

Kylian Mbappe – Real Madrid

Lautaro Martinez – Inter

Ademola Lookman – Atalanta

Alejandro Grimaldo – Bayer Leverkusen

Dani Carvajal – Real Madrid

William Saliba – Arsenal

Lamine Yamal – Barcelona

Bukayo Saka – Arsenal

Hakan Calhanoglu – Inter

Rodri – Man City

Declan Rice- Arsenal

Harry Kane – Bayern Munich

Cole Palmer – Chelsea

Vitinha – PSG

Vinicius Jr – Real Madrid

Martin Odegaard – Arsenal

Dani Olmo – Barcelona

Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen

Mats Hummels – Roma

Erling Haaland – Man City

Nicolas Williams – Athletic Bilbao

Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen

Artem Dovbik – Roma

Toni Kroos – Real Madrid

Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid

Phil Foden – Man City

Ruben Dias – Man City

Federico Valverde – Real Madrid

Emiliano Martinez – Aston VIlla

Date of ceremony, awards up for grabs

The main award is set to hold on 28 October at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

The following awards will be up for grabs:

The Ballon d’Or – awarded to the best male player

The Ballon d’Or Feminin – awarded to the best female player

The Yashin Trophy – awarded to the best male goalkeeper

The Kopa Trophy – awarded to the best male player under the age of 21

The Gerd Muller Trophy – awarded to the best male striker

The Socrates Award – awarded to one player for their humanitarian work

Men’s club of the year award

Women’s club of the year award

Men’s coach of the year award

Women’s coach of the year award

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Lookman Is A More Technical Player Than Osimhen – Ex-Super Eagles Coach, Peseiro Says

Jose Peseiro, a former Super Eagles coach, has rated Atlanta winger, Ademola Lookman as a more technical player than Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen.

Peseiro worked with both players, as he led Nigeria to a second-place finish at the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast earlier this year.

He has now weighed in on transfer speculations involving both players.

Lookman and Osimhen have both been linked with Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain over the summer.

“Ademola is more technical than Osimhen, more inclined to create the game, and who is now also scoring. He is performing very well this year,” Peseiro told SportItalia via Football London.

“He grew up with (Atalanta manager) Gian Piero Gasperini; now he is always playing, and we are happy with him. High level, he too can aspire to do great things.

“It’s no coincidence that they’ve both grown this year. This is because they’re both within a good system of play.

“Atalanta and Napoli want the ball; they want to play and attack. In these conditions, players get excited like this. Italian football has changed a lot in the last few years.”

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Nigerian Star, Lookman Wins Atlanta’s Player of the Season Award

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman has been named Player of the Season by his Italian Serie A club Atalanta.
Recall that he also won the award for the previous season.

This past season, he scored a history-making hat-trick for Atalanta to win a first-ever European honour, the UEFA Europa League, at the expense of undefeated Bayer Leverkusen.

In the Serie A, Lookman, 26, netted 11 goals and provided eight assists in 31 appearances last season.
Atalanta will play in the UEFA Champions League in the coming season.
He was also joint leading scorer for the Super Eagles at the delayed 2023 AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire in February.
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Serie A: Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman Voted Atalanta’s Player Of The Month

Ademola Lookman, the Super Eagles winger, has been voted Atalanta’s Player of the Month for May and June.

Lookman, 26, beat Gianluca Scamacca and Ederson to the individual accolade.

The talented winger scored six goals and provided three assists in the two months.

The former Leicester City player was the hero of Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League final victory over Bayer Leverkusen.

Lookman scored a superb hat-trick in the encounter played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

He finished the campaign with 17 goals and eight assists across all competitions.

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Ademola Lookman’s Goal Wins UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Goal of the Season

Nigerian striker, Ademola Lookman’s goal has won the 2023/24 Europa League goal of the season.
This is according to UEFA’s Technical Observer Panel.
The panel named Ademola Lookman’s second strike of the final for Atalanta against Leverkusen Goal of the Season.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s acrobatic finish against Ajax for Marseille earned runner-up spot, while Mohammed Kudus claimed third for his solo effort in West Ham’s 5-0 victory at home to Freiburg.
2023/24 Europa League Goal of the Season:
1 Ademola Lookman (Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen) – final, 22/05/24
2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille 4-3 Ajax) – Matchday 5, 30/11/23
3 Mohammed Kudus (West Ham 5-0 Freiburg) – round of 16 second leg, 14/03/24
4 Rafael Leão (Slavia Praha 1-3 Milan) – round of 16 second leg, 14/03/24
5 João Pedro (Brighton 1-0 Marseille) – Matchday 6, 14/12/23
6 Darwin Núñez (Sparta Praha 1-5 Liverpool) – round of 16 first leg, 07/03/24
7 Robert Andrich (Roma 0-2 Leverkusen) – semi-final first leg, 02/05/24
8 Victor Boniface (Leverkusen 5-1 Qarabağ) – Matchday 3, 26/10/23
9 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille 4-0 Villarreal) – round of 16 first leg, 07/03/24
10 David Douděra (Milan 4-2 Slavia Praha) – round of 16 first leg, 07/03/24