Editing Lomana LuaLua (section)

{{short description|Congolese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lomana LuaLua
| image = Lomana LuaLua'13.JPG
| upright = 1.1
| caption = LuaLua playing for [[Kardemir Karabükspor]] in 2013
| full_name = Trésor Lomana LuaLua<ref name="Hugman2007-08 253">{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08 | year = 2007 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 9781845962463 | page = 253 }}</ref>
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name="Hugman2007-08 253"/>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|12|28|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman2007-08 253"/>
| birth_place = [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]]
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]], [[winger (association football)|winger]]
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1998–2000
| clubs1 = [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]]
| caps1 = 61
| goals1 = 15
| years2 = 2000–2004
| clubs2 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| caps2 = 59
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 2004
| clubs3 = → [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] (loan)
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2004–2007
| clubs4 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| caps4 = 72
| goals4 = 15
| years5 = 2007–2008
| clubs5 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| caps5 = 21
| goals5 = 5
| years6 = 2008–2009
| clubs6 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al-Arabi]]
| caps6 = 11
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2009–2010
| clubs7 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| caps7 = 12
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2010–2011
| clubs8 = [[AC Omonia|Omonia]]
| caps8 = 19
| goals8 = 4
| years9 = 2011–2012
| clubs9 = [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]
| caps9 = 29
| goals9 = 4
| years10 = 2012–2014
| clubs10 = [[Kardemir Karabükspor|Karabükspor]]
| caps10 = 42
| goals10 = 13
| years11 = 2014–2015
| clubs11 = [[Çaykur Rizespor]]
| caps11 = 19
| goals11 = 4
| years12 = 2015–2016
| clubs12 = [[Akhisar Belediyespor]]
| caps12 = 24
| goals12 = 1
| years13 = 2016
| clubs13 = [[Şanlıurfaspor]]
| caps13 = 16
| goals13 = 2
| years14 = 2017–2018
| clubs14 = [[Alsancak Yeşilova S.K.|Merit Alsancak Yeşilova]]
| caps14 = 23
| goals14 = 9
| years15 = 2018–2019
| clubs15 = [[Doğan Türk Birliği]]
| caps15 = 8
| goals15 = 5
| years16 = 2019
| clubs16 = [[Gìrne Halk Evì]]
| caps16 = 7
| goals16 = 4
| years17 = 2019–2020
| clubs17 = [[Peterborough Sports F.C.|Peterborough Sports]]
| caps17 = 1
| goals17 = 0
| totalcaps = 439
| totalgoals = 95
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2013
| nationalteam1 = [[Congo DR national football team|DR Congo]]
| nationalcaps1 = 31
| nationalgoals1 = 7
}}
'''Trésor Lomana LuaLua''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|ɛ|z|ɔr|_|l|ə|ˈ|m|ɑː|n|ə|_|l|u|ˌ|ɑː|l|u|ˈ|ɑː}}; born 28 December 1980) is a [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]]lese former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He is currently the attacking coach for [[Spalding United F.C.|Spalding United]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spaldingvoice.co.uk/zakuani-named-spalding-united-manager-on-permanent-basis-and-lualua-joins-coaching-staff/|title=Zakuani named Spalding United manager on permanent basis and LuaLua joins coaching staff|date=26 October 2020|website=The Spalding Voice}}</ref>

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 F.C.|Colchester United]]. There he scored a total of 21 goals in 68 appearances, which prompted [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] to sign him. However, the competition for places meant he was less of a regular in the [[First team (association football)|first team]], and after four seasons and 88 appearances he transferred to [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], where he had previously been on [[Loan (association football)|loan]] for three months from Newcastle. He remained there for three seasons, but his spell was marred by disciplinary problems and [[malaria]]. After leaving Portsmouth, he moved teams frequently, representing sides in Greece, Qatar, Cyprus and Turkey, in addition to a brief return to English football at [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]. LuaLua received his first of 31 international [[Cap (sport)|caps]] in 2002, and scored seven goals in an eleven-year international career. He represented his national team at four [[Africa Cup of Nations]] tournaments.

LuaLua is also known for setting up the ''LuaLua Foundation'', which provides care for [[orphan]]s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for being a patron for the Haslar Visitors Group. His brother [[Kazenga LuaLua|Kazenga]], and cousins [[Trésor Kandol]] and [[Yannick Bolasie]], all became footballers as well.