▁his ▁debut ▁for ▁his ▁country ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 – 0 ▁defeat ▁to ▁Cro atia ▁in ▁Br uss els ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁His ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁international ▁goals ▁came ▁on ▁his ▁e ighth ▁appearance ▁for ▁Belg ium , ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 – 0 ▁friendly ▁victory ▁over ▁Russia . ▁As ▁of ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁L uk aku ▁is ▁his ▁country ' s ▁top ▁sc orer ▁with ▁ 5 2 ▁goals ▁in ▁ 8 4 ▁appearances , ▁ahead ▁of ▁Bernard ▁Voor ho of ▁and ▁Paul ▁Van ▁Him st ▁( 3 0 ▁goals ). ▁The ▁Belg ian ▁Football ▁Association ▁confirmed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁broken ▁the ▁national ▁record ▁when ▁L uk aku ▁scored ▁his ▁ 3 1 st ▁international ▁goal ▁in ▁a ▁match ▁against ▁Japan ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁FIFA , ▁however , ▁did ▁not ▁initially ▁recogn ise ▁the ▁record ▁as ▁three ▁goals ▁had ▁been ▁scored ▁against ▁Luxemb ourg ▁in ▁a ▁friendly ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁later ▁declared ▁by ▁the ▁organisation ▁as ▁an ▁uno fficial ▁friendly ▁due ▁to ▁too ▁many ▁substitution s ▁being ▁made . ▁He ▁scored ▁twice ▁against ▁Tun is ia ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁stages ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁FIFA ▁World ▁Cup , ▁a ▁game ▁after ▁which ▁football ▁journalist ▁Nick ▁Am es ▁pra ised ▁him ▁for ▁a ▁" la ud able ▁act ▁of ▁sport sm ans hip " ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁indicated ▁to ▁the ▁ref eree ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁fou led ▁in ▁the ▁penalty