Kazenga LuaLua
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| Kazenga LuaLua | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 December 1990 | |
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, DR Congo | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Right Winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Newcastle United | |
| Number | 38 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 2005–2007 | Newcastle United | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2007– 2009 |
Newcastle United → Doncaster Rovers (loan) |
5 (0) 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kazenga LuaLua (born 10 December 1990) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a winger for Newcastle United. He is the younger brother of Lomana LuaLua. It is a common misconception that they are cousins but the matter was cleared up by Lomana LuaLua himself during an interview.
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[edit] Career
Born in Kinshasa, LuaLua moved to England shortly after his birth. He moved to Newcastle as a youngster, as his older brother Lomana was signed by Newcastle United. Kazenga has since progressed in Newcastle's youth academy, and currently plays for the reserve team. He was called up to the senior squad for the first time with Newcastle for the third round FA Cup game against Birmingham City on 6 January 2007. At just sixteen years and 27 days old, LuaLua would have been the youngest player to play for Newcastle: the record is currently held by Steve Watson.[1]
He was part of the Newcastle youth team that reached the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup in the 2005–06 season. LuaLua finally made his first-team debut on 6 January 2008, coming on in the 74th minute of a third round FA Cup game against Stoke City as a substitute for Damien Duff.[2]
LuaLua made his Premier League debut on 19 January 2008, coming on as a substitute again for Duff at St. James's Park in a match against Bolton Wanderers and went on to make several appearances for the first team later that season, before joining Doncaster Rovers of the Championship on loan.[3]
[edit] Statistics
- As of 21:31, 4 March 2009
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Newcastle United | 2007-08 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
[edit] References
- ^ "Steve Watson Soccernet profile". ESPN. 2002-07-16. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/archive/england/players/WatsonSteve.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
- ^ Craig Hope (2008-01-07). "Sam Speaks: Cup Kids A Big Bonus". http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1208093,00.html.
- ^ "Doncaster sign Premier League duo". http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/7966010.stm.
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