Roger Menama Lukaku is a former Belgian

Belgium

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/Congolese

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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 football player. He played for KV Oostende, KV Mechelen en Germinal Ekeren. He is the father of footballers Romelu Lukaku

Romelu Lukaku

Romelu Benjamin Lukaku is a Belgian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Chelsea and the Belgium national team....

 and Jordan Lukaku

Jordan Lukaku

Jordan Lukaku is a Belgian footballer who plays as a Left Winger for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht and the Belgium U19 team. He is also the younger brother of Belgium and Premier League club Chelsea forward Romelu Lukaku....

.

Career

As a 23-year-old, Roger Lukaku began his career in Belgium. His first club was Belgian Second Division

Belgian Second Division

The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...

 club FC Boom

K. Boom F.C.

K. Boom F.C. was a Belgian football club founded in 1913 as Boom Football Club in the town of Boom near Antwerp. It received the matricule n°58.They last played in the Belgian First Division in the 1992/1993 season....

. With this club he achieved promotion to the Belgian First Division in 1992. The club was relegated in 1993 and Lukaku moved to RFC Seraing.

With RFC Seraing he finished 3rd in the Belgian First Division. He stayed with RFC Seraing for two seasons before moving to Germinal Ekeren. Again his club finished in 3rd place.

In 1996 he played for Turkish

Turkey

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 side Gençlerbirligi SK but he returned to Belgium after only one season to play for KV Mechelen. In 1998 he changed club and played for Belgian First Division side KV Oostende.

After the relegation of the club in 1999 the 33-year-old stopped playing professional football. He continued to play in lower divisions for Aat, KFC Wintam and in 2006 for KGR Katelijne where he finished his playing career.

Lukaku played for the Zaire national football team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup

1994 FIFA World Cup

The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...

 qualifying rounds. He also participated at the 1994

1994 African Cup of Nations

-Group B:---------Group C:---------Group D:---------Knockout Stages:-Quarterfinals:-------------Semifinals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:-Scorers:5 goals Rashidi Yekini4 goals Joël Tiéhi...

 and 1996 African Cup of Nations

1996 African Cup of Nations

-Group B:---------------------Group C:------------ withdrew, so their three matches were canceled.*vs. , January 16, 1996*vs. , January 19, 1996*vs...

 finals.

Personal life

He currently lives in Boom, the city where he first played professional football.