Kazenga LuaLua
LuaLua with Brighton & Hove Albion
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kazenga LuaLua | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
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Current team
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Queens Park Rangers (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
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| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Newcastle United | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 11 | (4) |
| 2011 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2011– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 111 | (13) |
| 2017– | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:53, 1 September 2015 (UTC). |
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Kazenga LuaLua (born 10 December 1990) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Queens Park Rangers on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion. He previously played for Newcastle United and Doncaster Rovers.
Born in Kinshasa, LuaLua moved to England shortly after his birth. He moved to Newcastle as a youngster, as his older brother Lomana LuaLua was signed by Newcastle United. Kazenga progressed in Newcastle's youth academy, and played for the reserve team. He was called up to the senior squad for the first time for the FA Cup third round game against Birmingham City on 6 January 2007. At just 16 years and 27 days old, LuaLua would have been the youngest player to play for Newcastle: the record is currently held by Steve Watson.
He was part of the Newcastle youth team that reached the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup in the 2005–06 season. LuaLua finally made his first-team debut on 6 January 2008, coming on in the 74th minute of an FA Cup third round game against Stoke City as a substitute for Damien Duff.
LuaLua made his Premier League debut on 19 January 2008, coming on as a substitute again for Duff at St. James's Park in a match against Bolton Wanderers and went on to make several appearances for the first team later that season, before joining Doncaster Rovers of the Championship on loan. On 9 February 2010, LuaLua joined League One side Brighton & Hove Albion on loan, initially for one month. LuaLua was recommended to Brighton manager Gus Poyet by Dennis Wise. LuaLua rejoined Brighton on loan for four months on 30 August 2010. He then made his debut back at Brighton on 11 September 2010 and made it one to remember scoring a rocket 25-yard free kick in style and celebrating with his famous double backflip. He won the Football League Young Player of the Month in October 2010 On 13 November LuaLua broke his leg playing against Hartlepool United in a League One game. LuaLua shortly returned to Newcastle to make his recovery, and expressed his hope that he may play again in the 2010–11 season.Gus Poyet stated that LuaLua played a key part in Brighton's promotion to the Championship.
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