playername	Lomana Tresor LuaLua
fullname	Lomana Trésor LuaLua
height
dateofbirth	December 28, 1980
cityofbirth	Kinshasa
countryofbirth	Zaire (now DR Congo)
position	Striker, Winger
years1	1998–2000
years2	2000–2004
years3	2004
years4	2004–2007
years5	2007–2008
years6	2008–2009
years7	2009–2010
years8	2010–2011
clubs1	Colchester United
clubs2	Newcastle United
clubs3	→ Portsmouth (loan)
clubs4	Portsmouth
clubs5	Olympiacos
clubs6	Al-Arabi
clubs7	Olympiacos
clubs8	Omonia
caps1	61
caps2	59
caps3	15
caps4	72
caps5	21
caps6	11
caps7	17
caps8	19
goals1	15
goals2	5
goals3	4
goals4	15
goals5	5
goals6	2
goals7	4
goals8	4
nationalyears1	2002–
nationalteam1	DR Congo
nationalcaps1	27
nationalgoals1	6
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Lomana Trésor LuaLua (; born 28 December 1980) is a Congolese footballer who is currently a free agent and plays for the Congo DR national football team.

LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in 68 appearances which prompted Newcastle United to sign him. However, the competition for places meant he was less of a regular in the first team, and after four seasons and 88 appearances, he transferred to Portsmouth, the club that had previously loaned him for three months while at Newcastle. He remained there for three seasons, but his spell was marred by disciplinary problems and malaria. After this, he moved to Greek club Olympiacos and spent a season there, helping them to win their fourth straight Super League Greece title, before joining Al-Arabi in 2008. LuaLua received his first cap in 2002, and has since represented his national team in the 2004 and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.

LuaLua is also known for setting up the ''LuaLua Foundation'', which provides care for orphans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for being a patron for the Haslar Visitors Group. He has a brother, Kazenga LuaLua, who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion, and two cousins who play professional football, Albacete striker Trésor Kandol and Bristol City's Yannick Bolasie. During the 2006 African Cup of Nations, LuaLua's son died of pneumonia and he considered retiring from football after receiving abuse over the internet. However, he continued playing.

Early life

LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), in 1980, but moved to England as a young boy in 1989. His family settled in Forest Gate in London; there, he attended Forest Gate Community School and started to play football at the age of 16, while also being involved in gymnastics. LuaLua represented his school at football after he was spotted kicking a tennis ball around in the playground. He was playing for Leyton Sixth Form College, where he studied performing arts, when he was spotted at the age of 17 by second division side, Colchester United. Geoff Harrop, a scout for Colchester College's football team, was impressed by LuaLua's performance, "He was taking on the whole team by the end of the game and it wasn't hard to pick him out among 22 young 17-year-olds." Harrop invited the striker for a trial at Colchester United and he was signed by the club.

His brother, Kazenga LuaLua, is also a professional footballer, and two of his cousins also play professionally; Yannick Bolasie, and Trésor Kandol.

Club career

Colchester United

LuaLua joined Colchester United in September 1998. Initially, he struggled to adapt and he preferred going to nightclubs over playing for Colchester, Harrop says, "It took a lot of hard work by the staff at Colchester. Micky Cook, the director of youth, had to spend endless hours with him and [manager] Steve Wignall and then [the next manager] Steve Whitton had to spend a lot of time with him talking him through the tactical side of the game and what his role was within the team". LuaLua scored within four minutes of his debut where he appeared as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat to Chesterfield. In two seasons, he made 68 league and cup appearances for Colchester, 44 starts and 24 substitute appearances, scoring a total of 21 goals. His performances attracted the attention of several Premiership clubs and despite manager Steve Whitton's denial that LuaLua was for sale, LuaLua joined Newcastle United in September 2000 for a fee of £2.25 million. An earlier offer by Newcastle of £300,000 for LuaLua made by former manager, Ruud Gullit, had been rejected, but the much increased bid offered financial security and assistance towards a new ground and was one that Colchester felt they could not turn down.

Newcastle United

LuaLua had been brought to the attention of Newcastle manager, Bobby Robson, by Mick Wadsworth, manager at Newcastle United, who was a former manager of Colchester. Robson watched LuaLua before deciding to negotiate the transfer, and said, "I see [LuaLua] as a special talent. He has to learn how to play with the other players but he's a special new talent. He has to be nursed and cherished and taught. But we are buying long-term a very promising talent, a very promising player." LuaLua signed a five-year contract with the club. He made his first-team debut in a 1–0 home defeat to Charlton Athletic in September 2000 and made 23 league and cup appearances for Newcastle in the 2000–01 season without scoring. He scored twice in Newcastle's Intertoto Cup campaign at the beginning of the 2001–02 season but his first Premiership goal did not come until April 2002, when he scored a last-minute winner in a 3–2 away win against Derby County. He scored a further two goals in the remaining four games of the season. LuaLua's goalscoring form continued to the beginning of the 2002–03 season when he scored three goals in his first four games. Tougher competition for a first-team place meant that LuaLua made only 22 appearances in this season. In January 2003, LuaLua urged Robson to rotate the squad, saying, "I think I deserve a chance now, as do many of the lads on the fringes of the team. Although some people might have the idea that those of us not in the team like sitting on the bench and getting paid good money, nothing could be further from the truth. I'm not in this for the money, I want to play for the first team and show what I can do on a regular basis." LuaLua also spent much of the beginning of the 2003–04 season on the bench and in November 2003, complained about his lack of first-team football and indicated that he would consider leaving Newcastle. In the ''Newcastle Chronicle'', Robson responded, saying he would not take advice from a player about how to manage the side: "How dare he say this? I run this football club... LuaLua has been a pretty poor professional about all this. What he should do is keep his mouth shut and get out there and do what he is paid for." In the end, he made 88 league and cup appearances for Newcastle, scoring nine goals, having started 21 games and made 67 appearances as a substitute.

Portsmouth

In February 2004, after returning from the 2004 African Cup of Nations, he joined Portsmouth on a three-month loan deal with a view to a permanent deal at the end of the season. LuaLua scored on his debut for Portsmouth in a 4–3 away defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in February 2003. During this loan spell he scored in the 89th minute in a 1–1 draw for Portsmouth against parent club Newcastle. The result lifted Portsmouth out of the bottom three of the Premiership. This also lead to a change in legislation for the FA introducing standard rules meaning a player on loan could not play against their parent club. He scored four goals in 15 appearances for Portsmouth as they finished in mid-table in their debut season in the Premiership. Manager Harry Redknapp was sufficiently impressed with LuaLua's performances that when his loan spell ended at the end of the 2003–04 season, he signed LuaLua permanently at a cost of £1.75 million.

LuaLua made 26 league and cup appearances, scoring six goals, including two against local rivals Southampton, in the 2004–05 season. The season was marred by a groin injury at the beginning and a hamstring injury in May 2005. Disciplinary problems led to charges by the Football Association of abusive behaviour in December 2004 and improper conduct after he was sent off against Blackburn Rovers in January 2005, for which he received an extra one-match ban and a fine of £5,000 in addition to a three-match ban for the dismissal. He made 26 appearances in the 2005–06 season, scoring seven goals, but missed several games in the autumn after contracting malaria on a visit to Africa to play for DR Congo. He also missed several games due to international duty at the 2004 African Cup of Nations and missed games in April 2006 after damaging his foot while doing his acrobatic goal celebration during a game against Arsenal. His disciplinary problems continued when he was warned by the Football Association over his future conduct; this came after he admitted a charge of improper conduct in relation to comments made about referee Uriah Rennie after a 3–1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur in December. LuaLua signed a new three-year contract in July 2006; it was set to keep him at Portsmouth until 2009. An ankle injury suffered in a pre-season friendly led to LuaLua missing the beginning of the 2006–07 season. He struggled to break back into the first-team, making only eight starts out of 24 appearances, and scored only two goals in that season. Manager Harry Redknapp warned him that he needed to "...start performing" and that he had to "...start producing next season". However, he joined Greek club Olympiacos in August 2007 and Redknapp admitted that, "Lua wants to move on... I've no doubt he'll go away and be a great player for Olympiacos. He wants a change, he wants to play in a role behind the strikers and he wants to move abroad. He will get to play in the Champions League by moving to Greece. He has been a top Premier League player and he'll be a top player for them."

Olympiakos

On 12 August 2007, LuaLua signed a three-year contract with Olympiacos for an estimated fee of £2.8 million (€4.1 million). He made his league debut on 2 September, in a 0–0 draw against Panathinaikos. His Champions League debut came on 18 September in a 1–1 draw against Lazio. LuaLua scored his first two goals on 23 September in a 6–2 win over OFI.

On 16 January 2008, LuaLua opened the scoring with a 30-yard volley in the Greek Cup fifth round, which saw Olympiacos progress to the quarter-finals in a 4–0 win against Panathinaikos. LuaLua missed both the knockout stages against Chelsea, having suffered from ankle and dislocated shoulder injuries, the latter, which he received in a 1–1 draw against Asteras Tripolis. As a result, he missed most of the season, but returned on 20 April 2008 to help Olympiacos win their fourth Super League Greece title, beating Iraklis 3–1. Before the 2008 Greek Cup Final on 17 May, LuaLua fell out of favour and was deemed surplus to requirements. In total, he made 30 appearances for Olympiacos, scoring six goals.

Al-Arabi

Following his injury spell at Olympiacos, LuaLua joined Qatari based club Al-Arabi on a one-year contract in July 2008. On 30 October, Al-Arabi won the Sheikh Jassem Cup, beating Al-Rayyan Club 3–0 in the final with LuaLua scoring one goal in the seventh minute. In the 21st week of the 2008–09 season, on 20 February 2009, LuaLua scored his first league goal for the club in a 4–2 defeat to Al-Khor. His only other goal for that season came in a 1–0 win over Al-Kharitiyath on 16 April.

Return to Olympiakos

During December 2009, LuaLua left Al-Arabi by mutual consent and rejoined Olympiakos on a six month contract with an option for the club to extend the contract for two years. LuaLua scored his first goals upon return to Olympiakos, with two against Asteras Tripolis.

Omonia

LuaLua signed a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee with Omonia in July 2010, reuniting with Takis Lemonis for the second time since Olympiakos in 2008. He scored his first goal on his league debut on 18 September 2010 in a 4–0 win against Alki Larnaca, coming on as a substitute for Georgios Efrem. On 18 May, LuaLua won the Cypriot Cup with Omonoia in a 4–3 (penalties) win over previous cup holders Apollon Limassol.

International career

LuaLua was first named by the DR Congo national team in the preliminary squad for the African Nations Cup finals in Mali in January 2002. He played in the 0–0 draw with Togo, 1–0 loss to Cameroon, 3–1 win over Ivory Coast and the quarter-final match against Senegal, which DR Congo lost 2–0 amid some controversy. LuaLua blamed the referee Domenico Messina for the defeat, "We had a lot of fouls which the referee didn't give and there was a penalty right in front of him but he just let the match go on, sometimes they [the Senegalese] fell over without being touched, screamed and the referee just gave the foul to them."

DR Congo's qualifying campaign for the 2004 African Nations Cup in Tunisia began six months after the 2002 tournament ended, with a match against Libya on 8 September, Libya won the match 3–2. LuaLua initially indicated that he might not play in the match, but did so reluctantly after threats were made to his family, which caused him to reconsider his international career. Robson commented, "He didn't want to go and play in that match. But he said he had to go because his grandmother had been threatened." He played in the 2–0 win over Botswana in October 2002, when he scored inside five minutes but was later sent off for dissent. He was suspended for two matches and his next appearance was in the 0–0 draw with Botswana in July 2003, which secured qualification for the finals of the competition. LuaLua initially expressed doubts that he would take part in the finals due to club commitments. He was, however, included in the squad and named as captain in the absence of regular captain, Shabani Nonda, who missed the tournament due to a knee injury. LuaLua said on being named as captain, "When Shabani plays, it takes the pressure off me but now everyone's now looking to me for leadership and I feel honoured." He appeared in the first match of the tournament, a 2–1 defeat to Guinea, but in the next match against the hosts Tunisia, he was sent off, reacting angrily and taking several minutes to leave the pitch. DR Congo went on to lose the match and were eliminated from the tournament. Following his sending off, LuaLua considered giving up international football and criticised the behaviour of the Tunisia players during the match and the organisation of the tournament. He later criticised the national football federation of DR Congo, Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association, blaming them for the poor state of the national side, but said that he would continue to be available for international selection because "I can never turn my back on my country. I play for Congo because I am proud to do it", and apologised to his country for his sending off against Tunisia.

LuaLua received a four-match suspension for the sending-off and missed several 2006 World Cup qualifying round matches during the summer of June 2004. He was selected for the World Cup qualifier against South Africa in September, but missed the match due to injury, and was dropped for the next qualifier against Ghana in October. He missed the 1–1 draw with Ghana in March 2005 after a dispute with the DR Congo football association but committed himself to the match against Uganda in June. He scored in a friendly against Guinea played in Paris in August, a match used as preparation for the World Cup qualifying matches the following month. LuaLua played for DR Congo in the 2–1 win over Cape Verde in September but contracted malaria and missed the final World Cup qualifier against South Africa in October.

LuaLua was recalled to the DR Congo squad for a friendly against Tunisia played near Paris in November 2005, as part of the countries' preparation for the 2006 African Nations Cup held in Egypt in January and February 2006. He was unable to play, however, after he was one of several players refused a visa by French immigration authorities. He was named as the captain of DR Congo for the tournament in place of Shabani Nonda who was injured for a second successive Nations Cup. He then delayed his departure to be available to his club Portsmouth for a crucial league match, missing a friendly with Senegal. Despite a pay dispute leading to the DR Congo players threatening to boycott the match, which was only resolved shortly before the kickoff, he returned to the side for DR Congo's opening match of the tournament against Togo, assisting in one goal and scoring the other in a 2–0 win. He appeared against Angola and Cameroon as DR Congo qualified for the quarter-finals stage of the tournament, only to be beaten by the hosts Egypt. LuaLua's 18-month old son died while he was playing in the tournament, but the news was not given to him until after DR Congo was eliminated from the tournament as the DR Congo football authorities felt it better not to tell him so as to avoid distracting him.

In the 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia in April 2007, LuaLua scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory; the result extended their lead at the top of their group. He did not travel to Ethiopia for the away fixture in June, which DR Congo lost, as the authorities failed to send LuaLua his travel documents in time. Following the failure of DR Congo to qualify for the tournament in October, the DR Congo sports minister, Pardonne Kaliba, suspended the manager, Henri Depireux, and removed the captaincy from LuaLua.

LuaLua returned to the DR Congo squad in the 2010 World Cup qualifier against Egypt in June 2008. After returning to Greece, he complained of severe stomach pain and was rushed to hospital to have his appendix removed, ruling him out of subsequent matches for four to six weeks, as DR Congo moved to the top of Group 12 in the second round. Despite topping the group at that point, DR Congo were later eliminated at this stage and therefore failed to progress to the third round of qualifying.

Personal life

In 2005, LuaLua became patron of the Haslar Visitors Group, a charity that works with detainees in an immigration removal centre. In the following year, he set up the ''LuaLua Foundation'', building a hostel, sport and education complex in Kinshasa to provide care and education for orphaned children in DR Congo. He is also actively involved in the Show Racism The Red Card campaign and was involved in the launch of a new video entitled "A Safe Place", which features Premiership footballers talking about their experiences with racism. LuaLua is a born-again Christian and his former teammate at Portsmouth, Linvoy Primus, was quoted saying "We are not scared to say we pray together before games. About 45 minutes before a game we link our arms and just pray that we can glorify God."

LuaLua is known for a spectacular goal celebration, which consists of seven back flips and a backward somersault; the celebration stems from his interest in gymnastics. LuaLua wrote the foreword in the autobiography of his former manager Steve Wignall, the book was called "You Can Have Chips".

Career statistics

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International goals

Stade des Martyrs, Democratic Republic of the Congo 16 August 2005 21 January 2006 29 April 2007 20 August 2008 11 October 2008

# !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition !! Ref
1	13 October 2002	DR Congo ||		1 – 0	2 – 0	2004 African Cup of Nations qualification
2	|	Stade Yves-du-Manoir (Montpellier)>Stade Yves-du-Manoir, France		2 – 1	3 – 1	Exhibition game>Friendly
3	|	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Egypt		2 – 0	2 – 0	2006 Africa Cup of Nations
4	|	Stade des Martyrs, DR Congo		2 – 0	2 – 0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5	|	Dreux, France		2 – 1	2 – 1	Friendly
6	|	Kamuzu Stadium, Malawi		1 – 0	1 – 2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round>2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

;Olympiacos

Greek Super Cup (1): 2006–07

Superleague Greece (1): 2007–08

Greek Football Cup (1): 2007–08

;Al-Arabi

Sheikh Jassem Cup (1): 2008–09

Omonia

Cypriot Cup: 2011

Cyprus FA Shield: 2010

References

External links

Lomana LuaLua at BBC Sport

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playername	Matt Phillips
fullname	Matthew Phillips
dateofbirth	March 13, 1991
cityofbirth	Aylesbury
countryofbirth	England
height
position	Winger
currentclub	Blackpool
clubnumber	23
youthyears1	1999–2008
youthclubs1	Wycombe Wanderers
years1	2008–2010 | clubs1 Wycombe Wanderers | caps1 78 | goals1 8
years2	2010– | clubs2 Blackpool | caps2 25 | goals2 1
nationalyears1	2010 | nationalteam1 England U19 | nationalcaps1 5 | nationalgoals1 2
nationalyears2	2011 | nationalteam2 England U20 | nationalcaps2 5 | nationalgoals2 0
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Matthew "Matt" Phillips (born 13 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Blackpool.

Phillips is a winger and previously played for Wycombe Wanderers. He has represented England at under-19 and under-20 level.

Club career

Wycombe Wanderers

Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Phillips was with Wycombe Wanderers from the age of eight when he was spotted playing in a five-a-side tournament.

A month after his seventeenth birthday, he made his first team debut on 26 April 2008 in the 1–0 defeat to Notts County, the penultimate game of the 2007–08 season as an 82nd minute substitute.

His first start came a week later in the 2–1 win over Bradford City at Adams Park, in which he was voted man of the match by the Wycombe supporters. He made a further substitute appearance in the play-off semi-final home leg, a 1–1 home draw with Stockport County on 11 May.

Phillips signed his first professional contract in July 2008, a year before the end of his youth team scholarship. His first goal for ''the Chairboys'' came on 10 November 2008 in the 4–1 away win over AFC Wimbledon in the First Round of the 2008–09 FA Cup. His first league goal came on 6 December in the 3–2 away defeat to Aldershot Town.

Phillips went on to make a massive contribution to ''the Chairboys'' promotion from League Two in the 2008–09 season becoming a regular on either the left or right wing, impressing with his ability to take on defenders and to cut inside. He was also won the clubs two "Young Player of the Year" awards at the end of the season as well as the League Two "Apprentice of the Year".

Phillips was given the number 18 shirt for the 2009–10 season and continued his good form from the previous season, starting on both flanks.

He made a total of 87 league and cup appearances for Wycombe scoring nine goals.

Blackpool

Phillips signed for Premier League club Blackpool on 31 August 2010 in an original £350,000 deal that could rise to £700,000. His first game was a Friendly to open the new Zemgele Olympic Centre in Jelgava, Latvia against Latvian Higher League side FK Jelgava on 3 September. Manager Ian Holloway later revealed that he had been tracking Phillips for "a long time", saying of him, "Young Matty looked really exciting at times. He was skipping past people like they weren't there and now I've got to get him in our shape and working within it. He is definitely one for not only the long-term future but the immediate future. I am getting quite excited about what he might be able to produce."

He scored in his first Reserves game, a 1–1 draw with West Bromwich Albion at Bloomfield Road on 15 September in the club's first ever Premier Reserve League home fixture.

His first team debut came on 25 September in the 2–1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers. Phillips came on as a substitute in the 84th minute, making an instant impact, scoring his first ever Premier League goal just seconds later. After the match Ian Holloway praised Phillips saying, "I thought he was terrific. He's only 19 and he's someone who I think will have a good future. He played in a different role and smacked one in like that. Hopefully there is a lot, lot more to come from that boy because he has got some bits and pieces that would grace any level of football." Of his debut and goal Phillips said: "I've dreamt of playing in the Premier League since I was a kid, so to play Premier League football is one thing, but to go out there and make a mark on it is another, so I'm delighted." He made his full-debut against Aston Villa at Villa Park, a performance which led manager Ian Holloway to describe him as "at times un-markable".

Club career statistics

|- |2007–08||rowspan="4"|Wycombe Wanderers||rowspan="2"|League Two ||2||0||colspan="4"|-||2||0 |- |2008–09||37||3||2||1||colspan="2"|-||40||4 |- |2009–10||League One||36||5||2||0||1||0||39||5 |- |2010–11||League Two||3||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||4||0 |- |2010–11||Blackpool||Premier League ||25||1||1||0||0||0||26||1 |- 103||9||5||1||2||0||110||10

;Notes: a. ''One play-off appearance included in 2007–08 totals'' b. ''One Football League Trophy appearance included in 2009–10 totals''

International career

In May 2010, Phillips was called into the England under-19 squad for the European Championship Elite Qualifying Round matches against the Republic of Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 28 May, and Ukraine, after initially being named as a standby. On 26 May he made his debut against Republic of Ireland coming on as a 76th minute substitute for Jacob Mellis. Two days later he made his full debut and scored his first international goal in his next game against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In July 2010, Phillips was named in England's 18-man squad for the European Under-19 Championship. He scored a final-minute equaliser against France to send England through to the semi-finals of the tournament.

In February 2011, Phillips made his debut for the England under-20s in a 2-1 defeat to France. In June 2011, he was named in England's 21-man squad for the Under-20 World Cup. He started all three of England's group stage games and the last-16 game against Nigeria, which they lost 1-0.

Honours

Wycombe Wanderers

*League Two third-place promotion: 2008–09

References

External links

Matt Phillips player profile at blackpoolfc.co.uk

Matthew Phillips official website

ESPN Profile

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