{"id":13623,"date":"2019-08-15T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=13623"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:58:26","slug":"puma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/sports\/puma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku\/","title":{"rendered":"PUMA bringt eine Sonderedition des KING Fu\u00dfballschuhs f\u00fcr Romelu Lukaku auf den Markt"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/de\/\">Startseite<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/de\/category\/sports\/\">Sport<\/a>\/\n        PUMA bringt eine Sonderedition des KING Fu\u00dfballschuhs f\u00fcr Romelu Lukaku auf den Markt\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/H1-King-RL.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/category\/sports\/\">Sport<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Fsports%2Fpuma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Fsports%2Fpuma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/sports\/puma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Fsports%2Fpuma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >Lukaku tritt in die Fu\u00dfstapfen seines Vaters<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >PUMA bringt eine Sonderedition des KING Schuhs f\u00fcr Romelu Lukaku auf den Markt<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">15. August 2019 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;PUMA launches a special edition of the KING football boot for Romelu Lukaku&quot;, \"text\": &quot;Being born to a father who played in the Belgian first division as a professional striker, Belgium\\u2019s record scorer Romelu Lukaku grew up with an innate talent for scoring goals.\\nWhile he is definitely leaving his own mark in football, as he makes his way to the very top, he now literally follows in his father\\u2019s footsteps. \\n&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/sports\/puma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/sports\/puma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/sports\/puma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Fsports%2Fpuma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Fsports%2Fpuma-launches-a-special-edition-of-the-king-football-boot-for-romelu-lukaku%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Der belgische Rekordtorsch\u00fctze Romelu Lukaku wurde als Sohn eines St\u00fcrmerprofis in der ersten belgischen Liga geboren und wuchs mit einem angeborenen Talent zum Toreschie\u00dfen auf.<\/span>\n<span class=\"textStyle_intro\">W\u00e4hrend er auf seinem Weg an die Spitze des Fu\u00dfballs definitiv seine eigenen Spuren hinterl\u00e4sst, tritt er nun buchst\u00e4blich in die Fu\u00dfstapfen seines Vaters. <\/span>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/>PUMAs <strong>K\u00d6NIG PLATIN RL<\/strong> ist eine Sonderausgabe des Stiefels, die nur f\u00fcr ihn entwickelt wurde, um seine Hartn\u00e4ckigkeit, seine harte Arbeit und seine Hingabe zu w\u00fcrdigen. F\u00fcr ihn hat der Schuh noch mehr zu bieten.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" ><p>Den PUMA KING Romelu Lukaku zu tragen, ist ein sch\u00f6nes Gef\u00fchl, denn indirekt bin ich mit diesem Schuh voll verbunden. Als mein Vater in der ersten belgischen Liga spielte, trug er den PUMA KING und erzielte damit seine Tore. Ich freue mich, dass ich jetzt die neue Version trage, die er vor 25 Jahren getragen hat. Das ist ziemlich geil.<\/p>\n<br\/><br\/>Romelu Lukaku<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Die Geburt einer Legende<\/span>\n<br\/>Die lange Erfolgsgeschichte von PUMA KING begann bereits im <strong>1966<\/strong> als die Fu\u00dfballlegende <strong>Eus\u00e9bio da Silva Ferreira<\/strong> erzielte bei der Weltmeisterschaft 1966 neun Tore f\u00fcr Portugal in PUMA-Schuhen.<br\/>\n<br\/>Danach machten sich PUMA und er daran, einen Schuh zu entwickeln, der selbst zu einer Legende werden sollte: Der <strong>KING Eus\u00e9bio.<\/strong> Mit diesem Schuh erzielte Eus\u00e9bio in der Saison 1968 42 Tore und wurde der <strong>bester Torsch\u00fctze aller Fu\u00dfballligen in Europa.<\/strong><br\/>\n<strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Was war \u00fcberhaupt das Besondere an diesem Stiefel?<\/strong>\n<br\/>Es war das erste deutlich erkennbare <strong>Flachschnitt<\/strong> Fu\u00dfballschuh mit einer Au\u00dfensohle und einem Schaft, die <strong>flexibler<\/strong> als bei kaum einem anderen Produkt auf dem Markt. Mit einem speziellen Schnitt, der dem Fu\u00df einen engen Kontakt mit dem Ball erm\u00f6glicht, hat sich PUMA auf eine <strong>verbesserte Ballkontrolle.<\/strong> Und der KING-Fu\u00dfballschuh hat die Erwartungen erf\u00fcllt.<br\/>\n<br\/>Im Laufe der Jahre wurde sie immer wieder optimiert und Legenden wie <strong>Pel\u00e9, Maradona, Lothar Matth\u00e4us und Johan Cruijff<\/strong> getragene Versionen des KING, die wichtige Titel wie Weltmeister (Pel\u00e9 1970) oder bester Spieler der Weltmeisterschaft (Pel\u00e9 1970 und Cruijff 1974) gewonnen haben<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/G1-King-RL.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">Die erste Version von 1966 des Schuhs, der sp\u00e4ter als PUMA KING bekannt wurde.<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/G2-King-RL.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">Der KING PLATINUM RL 2019<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Das leichteste KING, das es je gab<\/span>\n<br\/>W\u00e4hrend <strong>K\u00d6NIG PLATIN RL<\/strong> bleibt dem urspr\u00fcnglichen King-Design treu, f\u00fchrt aber eine Technologie ein, die die Leistung auf dem Spielfeld verbessert. Eine 3D-Touch-Textur wurde dem K-Leder-Obermaterial hinzugef\u00fcgt, um eine bessere Kontrolle zu gew\u00e4hrleisten, und die Passform wurde durch eine eng anliegende, gestrickte Zunge verbessert. Die schlanke Silhouette mit dem superleichten <strong>\u2018RAPIDSPRINT\u2019.\u2019<\/strong> Die wei\u00dfe Au\u00dfensohle sorgt f\u00fcr den schnellsten und leichtesten KING, den es je gab.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u201cDass ich dieses Silo tragen darf, wie die Spieler, zu denen ich als Kind aufgeschaut habe - das ist eine Ehre\u201d.\u201d<\/strong> sagte Romelu.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>KING's von Vater zu Sohn<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1LSI3dDJhT\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Sieh dir diesen Beitrag auf Instagram an<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1LSI3dDJhT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ein Beitrag geteilt von PUMA Football (@pumafootball)<\/a> am <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-08-15T07:31:37+00:00\">Aug 15, 2019 um 12:31 PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 >Mehr \u00fcber den KING<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row articleMulti2 spacing\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der belgische Rekordtorsch\u00fctze Romelu Lukaku wurde als Sohn eines St\u00fcrmerprofis in der ersten belgischen Liga geboren und wuchs mit einem angeborenen Talent zum Toreschie\u00dfen auf.<br \/>\nW\u00e4hrend er auf seinem Weg an die Spitze des Fu\u00dfballs definitiv seine eigenen Spuren hinterl\u00e4sst, tritt er nun buchst\u00e4blich in die Fu\u00dfstapfen seines Vaters. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":true,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":20003,"meta-headline":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"class_list":["post-13623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"fullData":{"ID":13623,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2019-08-15 11:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2019-08-15 09:00:07","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"width\":1140,\"height\":640,\"file\":\"2019\/08\/H1-King-RL.jpg\",\"filesize\":84541,\"sizes\":{\"medium\":{\"file\":\"H1-King-RL-300x168.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":8192},\"large\":{\"file\":\"H1-King-RL-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":49108},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"H1-King-RL-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":4721},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"H1-King-RL-768x431.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":31889},\"trp-custom-language-flag\":{\"file\":\"H1-King-RL-18x10.jpg\",\"width\":18,\"height\":10,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":392}},\"image_meta\":{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\",\"keywords\":[]},\"id\":13625,\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/H1-King-RL.jpg\",\"title\":\"H1-King-RL\",\"aspect_ratio\":1.78125,\"focalPointLeft\":0.5,\"focalPointTop\":0},\"headline\":\"Lukaku follows in his father's footsteps\",\"content\":\"PUMA launches a very special edition of the KING boot for Romelu Lukaku\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003eBeing born to a father who played in the Belgian first division as a professional striker, Belgium\u2019s record scorer Romelu Lukaku grew up with an innate talent for scoring goals.\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003eWhile he is definitely leaving his own mark in football, as he makes his way to the very top, he now literally follows in his father\u2019s footsteps. \\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"aspect\":\"0\",\"style\":\"2b\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;PUMA\u2019s \\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;KING PLATINUM RL\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt; 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