Romelu Menama Lukaku Bolingoli - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Belgian player, who obtained 119 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps; he scored 85 international goals for his National Team and thereby entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. He holds the Belgian record of goals since November 10, 2017 (when he equalled the total of Bernard Voorhoof and Paul Van Himst). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Older brother of Jordan Lukaku.


Born: 13- 5-1993 in Antwerpen
Country: Belgium 
Caps:  119	(W73-D23-L23 – GF262-GA114 – %71.01)
Goals:	85	(% 0.71 per match)
Age First Cap:	 16 yr 294 d    3- 3-2010 vs. Croatia 0-1
Age Last Cap:    31 yr  49 d    1- 7-2024 vs. France 0-1
National Team Career: 14 yr 120 d


 Cap  Goals     Date	Venue    	Opponent       Score	Competition

  1	       3- 3-10	Brussel 	Croatia  	0-1 [*]	
  2	      19- 5-10	Brussel 	Bulgaria	2-1	
  3	      11- 8-10	Turku   	Finland 	0-1	
  4	       3- 9-10	Brussel 	Germany 	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
  5	       7- 9-10	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-3	European Ch. Qual.
  6	       8-10-10	Astana  	Kazakhstan	2-0 	European Ch. Qual.
  7	      12-10-10	Brussel 	Austria 	4-4	European Ch. Qual.
  8   2   2   17-11-10	Voronezh	Russia  	2-0	
  9	  2    9- 2-11	Gent    	Finland 	1-1	
 10	  2   10- 8-11	Celje   	Slovenia	0-0	
 11	  2    2- 9-11	Baku    	Azerbaijan	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 12	  2    6- 9-11	Brussel 	United States	1-0	
 13	  2   11-10-11	Düsseldorf	Germany 	1-3	European Ch. Qual.
 14	  2   29- 2-12	Heraklion	Greece  	1-1	
 15	  2    2- 6-12	London  	England 	0-1	
 16   1   3   15- 8-12	Brussel 	Netherlands	4-2	
 17	  3    7- 9-12	Cardiff 	Wales   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 18	  3   14-11-12	Bucuresti	Romania 	1-2 [*]
 19	  3    6- 2-13	Brugge  	Slovakia	2-1	
 20	  3   29- 5-13	Cleveland	United States	4-2	
 21	  3    7- 6-13	Brussel 	Serbia  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 22	  3   14- 8-13	Brussel 	France  	0-0	
 23   2   5   11-10-13	Zagreb  	Croatia 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 24	  5   15-10-13	Brussel 	Wales   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 25	  5   14-11-13	Brussel 	Colombia	0-2	
 26	  5   19-11-13	Brussel 	Japan   	2-3	
 27	  5    5- 3-14	Brussel 	Ivory Coast	2-2	
 28   3   8   26- 5-14	Genk    	Luxembourg 	5-1 [*]	
 29   1   9    1- 6-14	Stockholm	Sweden  	2-0	
 30	  9    7- 6-14	Brussel 	Tunisia 	1-0	
 31	  9   17- 6-14	Belo Horizonte	Algeria 	2-1	World Cup
 32	  9   22- 6-14	Rio de Janeiro	Russia  	1-0	World Cup
 33   1  10    1- 7-14	Salvador	United States	2-1	World Cup
 34	 10    5- 7-14	Brasília	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
 35	 10   10-10-14	Brussel 	Andorra 	6-0	European Ch. Qual.
 36	 10   13-10-14	Zenica  	Bosnia-Herzeg.	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 37   1  11   12-11-14	Brussel 	Iceland 	3-1	
 38	 11    7- 6-15	Saint-Denis	France  	4-3	
 39	 11   12- 6-15	Cardiff 	Wales   	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 40	 11    3- 9-15	Brussel 	Bosnia-Herzeg.	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 41	 11   13-10-15	Brussel 	Israel  	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 42	 11   13-11-15	Brussel 	Italy   	3-1	
 43   1  12   29- 3-16	Leiria  	Portugal	1-2	
 44   1  13   28- 5-16	Genève  	Switzerland	2-1	
 45   1  14    1- 6-16	Brussel 	Finland 	1-1	
 46   1  15    5- 6-16	Brussel 	Norway  	3-2	
 47	 15   13- 6-16	Lyon    	Italy   	0-2	European Champ.
 48   2  17   18- 6-16	Bordeaux	Ireland 	3-0	European Champ.
 49	 17   22- 6-16	Nice    	Sweden  	1-0	European Champ.
 50	 17   26- 6-16	Toulouse	Hungary 	4-0	European Champ.
 51	 17    1- 7-16	Lille   	Wales   	1-3	European Champ.
 52	 17    1- 9-16	Brussel 	Spain   	0-2	
 53   2  19    6- 9-16	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 54   1  20    7-10-16	Brussel 	Bosnia-Herzeg.	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 55	 20    9-11-16	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1-1	
 56   2  22   13-11-16	Brussel 	Estonia 	8-1	World Cup Qualifier
 57   1  23   25- 3-17	Brussel 	Greece  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 58	 23   28- 3-17	Sochi   	Russia  	3-3	
 59	 23    5- 6-17	Brussel 	Czech Republic 	2-1 [*]	
 60	 23    9- 6-17	Tallinn 	Estonia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 61   3  26   31- 8-17	Liège   	Gibraltar	9-0	World Cup Qualifier
 62   1  27    3- 9-17	Piraeus 	Greece  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 63   1  28   10-10-17	Brussel 	Cyprus  	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 64   2  30   10-11-17	Brussel 	Mexico  	3-3	
 65   1  31   14-11-17	Brugge  	Japan   	1-0	
 66   2  33   27- 3-18  Brussel         Saudi Arabia    4-0
 67      33    2- 6-18	Brussel 	Portugal        0-0
 68   1  34    6- 6-18	Brussel 	Egypt           3-0
 69   2  36   11- 6-18	Brussel 	Costa Rica      4-1
 70   2  38   18- 6-18  Sochi           Panama          3-0	World Cup
 71   2  40   23- 6-18  Moskva          Tunisia         5-2	World Cup
 72      40    2- 7-18  Rostov-na-Donu  Japan           3-2	World Cup
 73      40    6- 7-18  Kazan           Brazil          2-1	World Cup
 74      40   10- 7-18  Sankt Peterburg France          0-1	World Cup
 75      40   14- 7-18  Sankt Peterburg England         2-0	World Cup
 76   1  41    7- 9-18  Glasgow         Scotland        4-0
 77   2  43   11- 9-18  Reykjavík       Iceland         3-0     UEFA Nations League A
 78   2  45   12-10-18  Brussel         Switzerland     2-1     UEFA Nations League A
 79      45   16-10-18  Brussel         Netherlands     1-1
 80   1  46    8- 6-19  Brussel         Kazakhstan      3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 81   2  48   11- 6-19  Brussel         Scotland        3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 82   1  49    9- 9-19  Glasgow         Scotland        4-0     European Champ. Qual.
 83   2  51   10-10-19  Brussel         San Marino      9-0     European Champ. Qual.
 84   1  52   16-11-19  Sankt Peterburg Russia          4-1     European Champ. Qual.
 85      52    5- 9-20  København       Denmark         2-0     UEFA Nations League A
 86   1  53   11-10-20  London          England         1-2     UEFA Nations League A
 87   2  55   14-10-20  Reykjavík       Iceland         2-1     UEFA Nations League A
 88      55   15-11-20  Heverlee        England         2-0     UEFA Nations League A
 89   2  57   18-11-20  Heverlee        Denmark         4-2     UEFA Nations League A
 90   1  58   24- 3-21  Heverlee        Wales           3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 91   1  59   27- 3-21  Praha           Czech Republic  1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 92      59    3- 6-21  Brussel         Greece          1-1 
 93   1  60    6- 6-21  Brussel         Croatia         1-0 
 94   2  62   12- 6-21  Sankt Peterburg Russia          3-0     European Championship
 95      62   17- 6-21  København       Denmark         2-1     European Championship
 96   1  63   21- 6-21  Sankt Peterburg Finland         2-0     European Championship
 97      63   27- 6-21  Sevilla         Portugal        1-0     European Championship
 98   1  64    2- 7-21  München         Italy           1-2     European Championship
 99   2  66    2- 9-21  Tallinn         Estonia         5-2     World Cup Qualifier
100   1  67    5- 9-21  Brussel         Czech Republic  3-0     World Cup Qualifier
101   1  68    7-10-21  Torino          France          2-3     UEFA Nations League A
102      68    3- 6-22  Bruxelles       Netherlands     1-4     UEFA Nations League A
103      68   27-11-22  Doha            Morocco         0-2	World Cup
104      68    1-12-22  Al-Rayyan       Croatia         0-0	World Cup
105   3  71   24- 3-23  Solna           Sweden          3-0     European Champ. Qual.
106   1  72   28- 3-23  Köln            Germany         3-2     
107   1  73   17- 6-23  Brussel         Austria         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
108   2  75   20- 6-23  Tallinn         Estonia         3-0     European Champ. Qual.
109      75    9- 9-23  Baki            Azerbaijan      1-0     European Champ. Qual.
110   2  77   12- 9-23  Bruxelles       Estonia         5-0     European Champ. Qual.
111   1  78   13-10-23  Wien            Austria         3-2     European Champ. Qual.
112   1  79   16-10-23  Brussel         Sweden          1-1 [1] European Champ. Qual.
113   4  83   19-11-23  Bruxelles       Azerbaijan      5-0     European Champ. Qual.
114      83   26- 3-24  London          England         2-2
115   2  85    8- 6-24  Bruxelles       Luxembourg      3-0
116      85   17- 6-24  Frankfurt       Slovakia        0-1     European Championship
117      85   22- 6-24  Köln            Romania         2-0     European Championship
118      85   26- 6-24  Stuttgart       Ukraine         0-0     European Championship
119      85    1- 7-24  Düsseldorf      France          0-1     European Championship

[*] matches are not recognized as full A by FIFA, but they are for the Belgian FA
[1] match abandoned at half-time after terrorist attack in Brussels claimed the
    lives of two Swedish football fans; result stood


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   119    73   23   23   262- 114     169       71.01


Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies		44	25
European Ch. Qualifier	24	21
World Cup Qualifier	16	18
European Championship	14	 6
World Cup		12	 5
UEFA Nations League A    9      10

Total caps / goals:    119	85


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