Atalanta
12 Oct
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini has said his vote for the 2024 Ballon d’Or will go to his Nigeria forward, Ademola Lookman. Lookman made the 30-man shortlist for this year’s award billed for October 28. He is the only African who made the cut after his impressive performance last season where he scored 17 goals,…
5 Oct
Mateo Retegui struck a hat-trick in Atalanta's 5-1 home hammering of Genoa in Serie A on Saturday, condemning his struggling former club to a heavy defeat. Italy forward Retegui's treble at the Gewiss Stadium took his goal tally for Atalanta to seven since signing from Genoa in the summer after Gianluca Scamacca suffered a serious…
27 Sep
Victor Boniface has said he will pick himself ahead of Ademola Lookman for the 2024 CAF Player of the Year award. Boniface stated this in a video interview on Sporty TV and posted on X. “It’s probably between me and Lookman,” he replied when quizzed about who he thinks are the favourites for the award.…
25 Sep
Como earned their first Serie A win in over two decades on Tuesday, stunning Atalanta 3-2 in a match which had been pushed back a day following a massive downpour in Bergamo which had made the pitch unplayable. Cesc Fabragas' Como came back from Davide Zappacosta's 18th-minute volley to claim all the points in the…
19 Sep
Arsenal legend, Ian Wright, has named Ademola Lookman as one players Arsenal must cage if they want to defeat Atalanta in today’s UEFA Champions League tie, reports nowarsenal.com.
15 Sep
Ademola Lookman made sure that Atalanta warmed up for their return to the Champions League with the winner in Sunday's 3-2 victory over Fiorentina in Serie A. Nigeria forward Lookman did not feature in Atalanta's first three league matches after agitating for a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. But the 26-year-old netted the decisive strike in…
19 Aug 2024
Ademola Lookman is not in the Atalanta squad for tomorrow’s Serie A season opener against Lecce amid reports he requested a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, reports footballitalia.net.
14 Aug 2024
Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman, will be up in arms against some of the world’s best players when his Atalanta clashes against Real Madrid, today in a game that decides Europe’s best team for the 2023/24 season.
25 May 2024
Ademola Lookman arrived in Dublin at the start of this week having lost the AFCON final with Nigeria and the Coppa Italia final with Atalanta already in 2024.
23 May 2024
Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman, was majestic in his strides as his hat-trick, yesterday, gave Italy’s Atalanta a 3-0 victory over hitherto unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa Cup final.
22 May 2024
Ademola Lookman scored a stunning hat-trick as Atalanta ended Bayer Leverkusen's 51-match unbeaten run to win the Europa League final 3-0 on Wednesday and claim their first trophy for 61 years.
22 May 2024
Super Eagles’ forwards, Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella, will hope to add to their recent Bundesliga triumph with Bayer Leverkusen today when their side takes on compatriot, Ademola Lookman’s Atalanta in the Europa League final.
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