Editing Lomana LuaLua (section)

==Early life==
LuaLua was born Trésor Lua Lua Lomana – Lua Lua, his grandfather's given name, was passed to him and his brother [[Kazenga LuaLua|Kazenga]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} – in [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]] (now [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]), in 1980, but moved to [[England]] as a young boy in 1989.<ref name=DRC>{{cite news | title = DRC go for foreign stars| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1604486.stm | publisher = BBC Sport| date = 17 October 2001| access-date =8 September 2007}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A sporting chance |url=http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachers/issue24/secondary/features/Sportinschools_Secondary/ |publisher=Teachernet |date=1 January 2003 |access-date=8 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903182743/http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachers/issue24/secondary/features/Sportinschools_Secondary/ |archive-date=3 September 2010 }}</ref><ref name="treasure hunt">{{cite news | title = LuaLua treasure hunt is on again| url = http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-1253054-details/LuaLua+treasure+hunt+is+on+again/article.do | archive-url = https://archive.today/20110606103920/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-1253054-details/LuaLua+treasure+hunt+is+on+again/article.do | url-status = dead | archive-date = 6 June 2011 | work = Evening Standard |location=London| date = 13 September 2002| access-date =8 September 2009|last=Hughes|first=Matt}}</ref> His activity in gymnastics was the base of his trademark [[goal celebration]], seven back flips and a backward somersault.<ref>{{cite news | title = Africa's airborne acrobats| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1944257.stm | publisher = BBC Sport| date = 22 April 2002| access-date =8 September 2007}}</ref> LuaLua represented his school at football after he was spotted kicking a tennis ball around in the playground.<ref name="LuaLua lured to Newcastle">{{cite news | title = LuaLua lured to Newcastle| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/4771780/Lua-Lua-lured-to-Newcastle.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130505114308/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/4771780/Lua-Lua-lured-to-Newcastle.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 May 2013 | work = The Daily Telegraph| date = 20 September 2000| access-date =9 September 2009|last=Ley|first=John | location=London}}</ref> He was playing for [[Leyton Sixth Form College]], where he studied performing arts, when he was spotted at the age of 17 by [[Football League One|second division]] side, [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]]. Geoff Harrop, a [[Scout (sport)|scout]] for [[Colchester Sixth Form College|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.<ref name="treasure hunt"/><ref name="LuaLua stirs the memories">{{cite news | title = LuaLua stirs the memories| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2209234.stm | publisher = BBC Sport| date = 23 August 2003| access-date =8 September 2007|last=Roach|first=Stuart}}</ref>

His brother, [[Kazenga LuaLua]], is also a professional footballer,<ref name="Kaz">{{cite news|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2009/06/13/going-is-tough-in-second-tier-kaz-72703-23869212/|title=Going is tough in second tier: Kaz|last=Ryder|first=Lee |date=13 June 2009|work=Evening Chronicle |quote=And the kid brother of ex-Toon star Lomana has already had a taste of the Championship with Doncaster Rovers this year. |access-date=7 January 2011}}</ref> and two of his cousins also play professionally, [[Yannick Bolasie]]<ref name="Argyle winger">{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_4834381,00.html|title=Bees land Argyle winger|date=22 January 2009|publisher=Sky Sports| quote=Bolasie, cousin of former Newcastle ace Tresor Lomana LuaLua, joined Argyle last summer. |access-date=6 July 2009}}</ref> and [[Trésor Kandol]].<ref name="Kandol">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/sport/football/champion/charltonathletic/charltonathletic/4186369.Kandol_glad_to_be_back_in_the_thick_of_it/ |title=Kandol glad to be back in the thick of it |date=9 March 2009 |publisher=This Is Local London |quote=But Kandol returned with a bang against the Hornets, celebrating both goals with the backflip routine famously utilised by his cousin Lomana Lualua. |access-date=6 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604033656/http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/sport/football/champion/charltonathletic/charltonathletic/4186369.Kandol_glad_to_be_back_in_the_thick_of_it/ |archive-date=4 June 2011}}</ref>