Romelu Lukaku is a Belgian professional footballer who represents the Belgium national football team as a striker. Aged 17, he made his debut for his country in a 1–0 defeat to Croatia in Brussels in March 2010. His first and second international goals came on his eighth appearance for Belgium, in a 2–0 friendly victory over Russia.
As of 9 June 2025[update], Lukaku is his country's top scorer with 89 goals in 124 appearances, and ranks as the second-highest European men's international goalscorer, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo. The Belgian Football Association confirmed that Lukaku had broken the national record when he scored his 31st international goal in a match against Japan in November 2017. FIFA, however, did not initially recognise the record as three goals had been scored against Luxembourg in a friendly in May 2014 later declared by the organisation as an unofficial friendly due to too many substitutions being made. He scored twice against Tunisia in the group stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, a game after which football journalist Nick Ames praised him for a "laudable act of sportsmanship" as he had indicated to the referee that he had not been fouled in the penalty area, denying himself the chance of a hat-trick. The two goals took his overall tally in the 2018 World Cup to four and made him Belgium's highest scorer in a single World Cup tournament, and made him the first player since Diego Maradona in the 1986 FIFA World Cup to score back-to-back braces (two goals in a single game).
As of June 2025, Lukaku has scored four hat-tricks during his international career, including the treble against Luxembourg, with the others coming in a 9–0 win against Gibraltar in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in August 2017, a 3–0 victory against Sweden in a Euro 2024 qualifier in March 2023, and four goals in a 5–0 win over Azerbaijan in November 2023, also a Euro 2024 qualifier. Lukaku has scored more goals in friendlies than in any other format, with 25. He has scored 19 goals in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, five in FIFA World Cup finals, 21 in qualifying for the UEFA European Championship, six in the European Championship finals and thirteen in the UEFA Nations League. Lukaku scored his most recent goal in a 4–3 World Cup qualifying win against Wales in June 2025.
International goals
- As of match played 9 June 2025
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lukaku goal.
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| No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 8 | 17 November 2010 | Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion, Voronezh, Russia | Russia | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 3 | 16 | 15 August 2012 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Netherlands | 3–2 | 4–2 | ||
| 4 | 23 | 11 October 2013 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia | Croatia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 6 | 28 | 26 May 2014 | Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 5–1‡ | Friendly | |
| 7 | 3–1 | |||||||
| 8 | 4–1 | |||||||
| 9 | 29 | 1 June 2014 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | Sweden | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 10 | 33 | 1 July 2014 | Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil | United States | 2–0 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 2014 FIFA World Cup | |
| 11 | 37 | 12 November 2014 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Iceland | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 12 | 43 | 29 March 2016 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal | Portugal | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||
| 13 | 44 | 28 May 2016 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 14 | 45 | 1 June 2016 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Finland | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 15 | 46 | 5 June 2016 | Norway | 1–0 | 3–2 | |||
| 16 | 48 | 18 June 2016 | Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 | |
| 17 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 18 | 53 | 6 September 2016 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | Cyprus | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 19 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 20 | 54 | 7 October 2016 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 21 | 56 | 13 November 2016 | Estonia | 7–1 | 8–1 | |||
| 22 | 8–1 | |||||||
| 23 | 57 | 25 March 2017 | Greece | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||
| 24 | 61 | 31 August 2017 | Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium | Gibraltar | 3–0 | 9–0 | ||
| 25 | 5–0 | |||||||
| 26 | 9–0 | |||||||
| 27 | 62 | 3 September 2017 | Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens, Greece | Greece | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 28 | 63 | 10 October 2017 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Cyprus | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 29 | 64 | 10 November 2017 | Mexico | 2–1 | 3–3 | Friendly | ||
| 30 | 3–3 | |||||||
| 31 | 65 | 14 November 2017 | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium | Japan | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 32 | 66 | 27 March 2018 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 33 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 34 | 68 | 6 June 2018 | Egypt | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 35 | 69 | 11 June 2018 | Costa Rica | 2–1 | 4–1 | |||
| 36 | 3–1 | |||||||
| 37 | 70 | 18 June 2018 | Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia | Panama | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup | |
| 38 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 39 | 71 | 23 June 2018 | Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia | Tunisia | 2–0 | 5–2 | ||
| 40 | 3–1 | |||||||
| 41 | 76 | 7 September 2018 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | Scotland | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | |
| 42 | 77 | 11 September 2018 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A | |
| 43 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 44 | 78 | 12 October 2018 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Switzerland | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 45 | 2–1 | |||||||
| 46 | 80 | 8 June 2019 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | ||
| 47 | 81 | 11 June 2019 | Scotland | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 48 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 49 | 82 | 9 September 2019 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 50 | 83 | 10 October 2019 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | San Marino | 1–0 | 9–0 | ||
| 51 | 4–0 | |||||||
| 52 | 84 | 16 November 2019 | Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Russia | 4–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 53 | 86 | 11 October 2020 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | England | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A | |
| 54 | 87 | 14 October 2020 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 55 | 2–1 | |||||||
| 56 | 89 | 18 November 2020 | Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium | Denmark | 2–1 | 4–2 | ||
| 57 | 3–1 | |||||||
| 58 | 90 | 24 March 2021 | Wales | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 59 | 91 | 27 March 2021 | Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 60 | 93 | 6 June 2021 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Croatia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
| 61 | 94 | 12 June 2021 | Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | Russia | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 | |
| 62 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 63 | 96 | 21 June 2021 | Finland | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||
| 64 | 98 | 2 July 2021 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | Italy | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2020 | |
| 65 | 99 | 2 September 2021 | Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 66 | 3–1 | |||||||
| 67 | 100 | 5 September 2021 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Czech Republic | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 68 | 101 | 7 October 2021 | Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy | France | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals | |
| 69 | 105 | 24 March 2023 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | Sweden | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | |
| 70 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 71 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 72 | 106 | 28 March 2023 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | Germany | 2–0 | 3–2 | Friendly | |
| 73 | 107 | 17 June 2023 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Austria | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | |
| 74 | 108 | 20 June 2023 | Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 75 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 76 | 110 | 12 September 2023 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 3–0 | 5–0 | |||
| 77 | 4–0 | |||||||
| 78 | 111 | 13 October 2023 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Austria | 3–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 79 | 112 | 16 October 2023 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Sweden | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 80 | 113 | 19 November 2023 | Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 5–0 | |||
| 81 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 82 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 83 | 4–0 | |||||||
| 84 | 115 | 8 June 2024 | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | ||
| 85 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 86 | 121 | 20 March 2025 | Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain | Ukraine | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs | |
| 87 | 122 | 23 March 2025 | Cegeka Arena, Genk, Belgium | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 88 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 89 | 124 | 9 June 2025 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Wales | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Hat-tricks
| No. | Opponent | Goals | Result | Venue | Competition | Date |
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| 1 | Luxembourg | 3 – (1–0', 3–1', 4–1') | 5–1 | Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium | Friendly | 26 May 2014 |
| 2 | Gibraltar | 3 – (3–0', 5–0', 9–0') | 9–0 | Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | 31 August 2017 |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') | 3–0 | Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | 24 March 2023 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 4 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 4–0') | 5–0 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 19 November 2023 |
Statistics
- As of match played 9 June 2025
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See also
- List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
- List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
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