Dodi Lukébakio, born on 24 September 1997 (age 28), is a Belgian striker with Benfica. His early career was shaped by loan football, the sort of route that tends to strip away any academy polish fairly quickly. Those spells gave him senior minutes and a harder edge before he settled into more regular top-flight work.
His most productive league season came with Hertha BSC in 2022-2023, when he scored 11 goals in 32 appearances. That remains the clearest marker of his attacking output at club level: enough to show his threat, without requiring anyone to pretend he has been a model of week-to-week certainty.
At Benfica in 2026-2027, he has made five Liga Portugal appearances and has also played twice in Europa League qualifying, scoring once. Across all competitions for Benfica, he has seven appearances and one goal. He has also been involved with Belgium this season, with three World Cup appearances and two in European qualifying for the World Cup.
Lukébakio’s career has been that of an established Belgian forward who developed through loans, found a notable scoring run at Hertha, and is now working for a place and influence at Benfica.
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