Luca Koleosho

Club career

Espanyol He debuted at the senior level with Espanyol B in the fourth tier Segunda División RFEF during the 2021–22 season.

He made his first team debut with Espanyol in a 0–0 La Liga tie with Granada on May 22, 2022, coming as a late substitute in the 90th minute. Koleosho scored his first goal for the senior side in Espanyol's final match of the 2022–23 La Liga season against Almería, netting the third goal for his club in a 3–3 draw on June 4, 2023.

Burnley On July 25, 2023, Koleosho joined Premier League side Burnley for a transfer fee of £2.6m, plus £860,000 in add-ons, signing a four-year deal with the club. He made his debut for the Clarets on August 11, starting in a 3–0 league defeat to Manchester City. On December 2, he scored his first Premier League goal in a 5–0 victory over Sheffield United.

Loan to Espanyol On 21 August 2025, it was announced that Koleosho would return to La Liga club Espanyol on a season long loan.

Paris FC On 9 January 2026, Koleosho left Espanyol and joined Ligue 1 side Paris FC on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy. On 18 January 2026, he made his debut for Paris, scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 league victory over Nantes.

On 29 July 2026, Paris FC made the transfer permanent and signed a five-season contract with Koleosho.

International career Koleosho is eligible to represent the United States, Canada, Nigeria, and Italy, as he was born and raised in the United States to a Nigerian father and an Italian-Canadian mother.

United States In August 2019, Koleosho appeared with the United States U15 team, making four appearances. In April 2022, Koleosho was called up to a United States under-20 training camp in Carson, California. After his call-up to Canada's senior side in June 2022, Koleosho confirmed he had not closed the door on representing the United States. He departed the camp after the cancellation of the Iran friendly and the subsequent cancellation of the replacement Panama friendly. In September 2022, Koleosho was re-called to Canada ahead of friendlies against Qatar and Uruguay. In May 2023, Koleosho was listed on the Canada preliminary rosters for the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.

Italy In March 2023, Koleosho accepted a call-up to the Italy under-19 national team, joining a training camp in preparation to the Elite round of the qualifications to the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He was subsequently included in the 20-man squad that took part in the aforementioned round. He debuted with them as a late substitute in a 0–0 friendly tie with Slovenia U19 on March 25.

In June 2023, he was included in the Italian squad for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Malta, where the Azzurrini eventually won their second continental title.

On November 21, 2023, he made his debut for the Italian under-21 national team in a 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against the Republic of Ireland.

In May 2026, Koleosho was one of the players who were called up with the Italy national senior squad by interim head coach Silvio Baldini, for the friendly matches against Luxembourg and Greece on 3 and 7 June 2026, respectively.

On June 3, 2026, he made his debut for the Italy national senior squad in a friendly match against Luxembourg.

Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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2021–22 La Liga

2022–23 La Liga

2023–24 Premier League

2024–25 Championship

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Paris FC (loan) 2025–26

Honours Italy U19 UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2023