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Atalanta boss Gasperini vows to vote for Ademola Lookman in 2024 Ballon d’Or race

Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini has made known his choice for this year’s Ballon d’Or award, Afrosport reports. The 66-year-old Italian is backing Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman to win the honours following his breathtaking performances from last season. Lookman, who is the only African footballer nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or award, helped the Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles, to a second-placed finish at the...

Serie A: Ademola Lookman on target in Atalanta’s comeback win over Fiorentina

by Samod Bello

16 September 2024

Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman finished with a goal and an assist in Atalanta's 3-2 comeback win over Fiorentina at the Gewiss Stadium on Sunday in matchday four in Serie A. Following a summer window, filled with reports of a possible move away from the Bergamo-based club, the former Leicester City and Everton man, who was playing in his first league game for Gian Piero Gasperini’s side...

UEFA Super Cup: Real Madrid, Atalanta gear up for tough test in Warsaw

by Ibikunle Salako

14 August 2024

Champions League winners Real Madrid and Europa League champions Atalanta will lock horns in a winner-take-all tie in this year’s UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday (today) at Poland’s National Stadium in Warsaw. The reigning La Liga are gunning for a record sixth UEFA Super Cup title, which will make them the most successful side in the competition in history as they are currently tied on five...

Lookman sends message to Nigerians after Europa League final hat-trick

by Kunle Fayiga

23 May 2024

Ademola Lookman has praised Nigerians for the supports he has constantly gotten from them after making headlines in Wednesday's UEFA Europa League final in Dublin. The 26-year-old became the first player to score a hat-trick in an Europa League final as Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-0, ending the latter's 51-game unbeaten run while lifting their first-ever European title in their maiden European final. It has left...

UEL Final: Boniface, Lookman & five other Africans in search of European glory

by Ibikunle Salako

22 May 2024

As the curtains continue to draw on club football for the 2023–24 season, major finals will be played across European leagues, as well as huge showdowns on different continental stages, one of them being the Europa League. The second division of European club football will see a new champion crowned when German champions Bayer Leverkusen take on Italian side Atalanta in the competition’s final at the...

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Atalanta boss Gasperini vows to vote for Ademola Lookman in 2024 Ballon d’Or race

Serie A: Ademola Lookman on target in Atalanta’s comeback win over Fiorentina

UEFA Super Cup: Real Madrid, Atalanta gear up for tough test in Warsaw

Lookman sends message to Nigerians after Europa League final hat-trick

UEL Final: Boniface, Lookman & five other Africans in search of European glory

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