The Belgian professional footballer who is currently 19 years old and plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Southampton and the Belgium national team Roméo Lavia is a youth product of the Belgian club Anderlecht. He arrived at eight years old at their training center in Neerpede nearby Brussels.
Lavia played one official game for the Belgium U15 youth team and also one for the Belgium U16 in which he scored once in 2019. He has since played a lot of friendlies in which he is often team captain.
Is Roméo Lavia a Ghanaian? Where are Roméo Lavia’s parents from?
Yes, Lavia is a Ghanaian born to a Congolese mother and a Ghanaian father. Through the race of his father, before he joined the Belgian national team, he was eligible to represent the Black Stars of Ghana on the international stage, because his father was from Ghana, and the football federation placed a call to him. He declined the offer to play for the Ghanaian national team, even though he was part of the Belgium U15, U16, and U17 national teams.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
