Dodi Lukébakio Ngandoli (born 24 September 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Belgium national team.
On 25 October 2015, Lukébakio made his professional debut in the 79th minute as a substitute for Youri Tielemans in a Belgian First Division A match against Club Brugge, which result in a 3âÂÂ1 victory for Anderlecht. On 7 December 2015, Lukébakio signed a new five-year contract. Three days later, he made his first UEFA Europa League debut as a substitute for Imoh Ezekiel in the 66th minute of a 2âÂÂ1 win against QarabaàFK. On 29 January 2016, he played his first full match for Anderlecth, a 2âÂÂ1 away win over Sint-Truden. On 28 February 2016, after coming on as a substitute for Alexander Büttner, he scored an equaliser in the 74th minute in a 3âÂÂ3 draw against Standard Liège.
On 31 August 2016, Lukébakio signed for French club Toulouse FC. On 8 January, he made his debut for Toulouse in the round of 64 of the Coupe de France, as a substitute, replacing Ola Toivonen in the 58th minute of a 2âÂÂ1 home defeat against Olympique de Marseille. On 14 January, Lukébakio made his Ligue 1 debut as a substitute replacing Issiaga Sylla in the 56th minute of a 1âÂÂ0 defeat against Nantes. Lukébakio ended his loan to Touluse with 5 appearances, all as a substitute.
On 2 July 2017, Lukébakio was signed by Charleroi on a season-long loan deal. On 29 July, he made his debut for Charleroi in a Belgian First Division A match against Kortrijk, which result in a 1âÂÂ0 home win for Charleroi. On 5 August, he scored two goals in a match against Royal Excel Mouscron, the match finished with a 5âÂÂ2 away victory for Charleroi. On 5 November, he scored his third goal in the 71st minute of a 3âÂÂ1 away win over Antwerp.
On 30 January 2018, it was announced that Lukébakio would be joining Watford on a four-and-a-half-year deal. On 10 February, he made his Premier League debut during Watford's 2âÂÂ0 defeat away to West Ham United.
On 23 July 2018, Lukébakio joined Fortuna Düsseldorf on a loan deal for the 2018âÂÂ19 season. On 24 November 2018, Lukébakio became the first player in Bundesliga history to net three goals against Manuel Neuer in a 3âÂÂ3 draw against Bayern Munich. The following month, he again found the back of the net in a 2âÂÂ1 win, as Düsseldorf handed the Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund their first league defeat of the season.
On 1 August 2019, Lukébakio transferred to Hertha BSC. He scored Hertha's first goal of the 2019âÂÂ20 Bundesliga season in the team's opening match against Bayern Munich; a 2âÂÂ2 draw.
On 24 August 2023, Lukébakio signed a five-year contract with La Liga side Sevilla. On 17 September, he scored a goal on his debut in a 1âÂÂ0 victory over Las Palmas.
On 1 September 2025, Lukébakio joined Primeira Liga club Benfica for a transfer fee of â¬20 million, plus â¬4 million in bonuses. He signed a five-year contract with the club, with a release clause of â¬50 million.
Lukébakio was born in Belgium to a Congolese-French father and Belgian mother. Lukébakio holds both Congolese and French citizenship from his father. Lukébakio made his debut for the DR Congo national football team in a friendly 1âÂÂ0 loss to Kenya on 4 October 2016. He later switched allegiance to represent Belgium at the U21 level. In October 2020 he was called up to the senior Belgium squad for the friendly against Ivory Coast and the UEFA Nations League matches against England and Iceland on 8, 11 and 14 October 2020, respectively.
On 14 October 2023, Lukébakio scored his first two senior international goals in Belgium's 3âÂÂ2 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying win over Austria.
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
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