Roméo Lavia

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Roméo Lavia
Personal information
Full name Roméo Lavia
Date of birth (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 18)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 90
Youth career
0000–2012 S.C. Woluwe
2012–2020 Anderlecht
2020–2021 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Manchester City 0 (0)
National team‡
2019 Belgium U15 1 (0)
2019 Belgium U16 1 (1)
2021– Belgium U19 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2021

Roméo Lavia[1] (born 6 January 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Belgium under-19 national team.

Club career[]

Anderlecht[]

Lavia is a youth product of the Belgian club Anderlecht. He arrived at eight years old at their training centre in Neerpede nearby Brussels.

At a local international youth tournament for players under the age of 15 he got noticed for the first time by Pep Guardiola. The Spanish trainer was there on invitation of his Manchester City player Kevin De Bruyne who is co-organiser of this tournament that also bears his name, the KDB Cup.[2]

Manchester City[]

At the age of sixteen Lavia left Anderlecht in the summer of 2020 for Manchester City where he signed his first professional contract. He joined the U18 where he quickly stood out. In November that year after only eleven appearances he was already promoted to the U23. Together with the EDS team the Belgian youngster won the Premier League 2 championship in April 2021 and was voted player of the season.

Since the summer of 2021 Lavia started training with the first team where Man City captain Fernandinho took him under his wings. He got awarded a selection into squad of the Citizens that will play the Champions League of season 2021–22. The midfielder made his official debut at 17 years old for the first team on 21 September 2021 in the third round of the Carabao Cup season 2021–22 against Wycombe Wanderers.[3] He got a yellow card.

International career[]

Born in Belgium, Lavia is of Ghanaian descent.[4] In 2019, he played one official game for the Belgium U15 youth team and also one for the Belgium U16 in which he scored once.[5] He since played a lot of friendlies in where he's often team captain.

Style of play[]

Lavia is a defensive midfielder. His biggest examples are Barcelona player Sergio Busquets and his Man City team mate Fernandinho. He enjoys recovering the ball, pressing high using intelligence, tenacity, and pace, and making line-breaking passes from deep.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 7 January 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2021–22[7] Premier League 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup

Honours[]

Manchester City

  • Champion U23, Premier League 2: 2020–2021

Individual

  • English Youth League Winner, Premier League 2: 2020–2021

References[]

  1. ^ "Romeo Lavia Profile, News & Stats | Premier League". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Romeo Lavia: Man City wonderkid aiming to follow in Fernandinho's footsteps | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Manchester City v Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Ghana's Romeo Lavia opens up on Manchester City move - Kickgh.com". www.kickgh.com.
  5. ^ "Royal Belgian FA". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  6. ^ Kulig, Jacek (4 July 2021). "Analysis: Why Romeo Lavia is turning heads at Manchester City by The American Cityzen". Football Talent Scout. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Games played by Roméo Lavia in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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