Jordan Lotomba
Lotomba with Young Boys in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mvula Jordan Lotomba[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 September 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2008 | Champagne Sports | ||
2008–2013 | Yverdon-Sport | ||
2013–2016 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Lausanne-Sport | 41 | (2) |
2017–2020 | Young Boys | 54 | (0) |
2020– | Nice | 30 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2017–2019 | Switzerland U21 | 9 | (1) |
2020– | Switzerland | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:14, 23 May 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2021 |
Mvula Jordan Lotomba (born 29 September 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Switzerland national team.[2]
Club career[]
Lausanne-Sport[]
Lotomba was trained in the Lausanne-Sport academy. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 24 July 2016 against Grasshopper Club Zürich.[3]
Young Boys[]
Having joined Young Boys in the summer of 2017 he scored the goal that sealed victory against Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA champions league.[4]
He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[5] During the 2019–20 season, Lotomba became a key member of the squad, making 35 appearances for the club as they won a third successive Super League title.[6]
Nice[]
On 3 August 2020, Lotomba signed for OGC Nice in a deal worth around €5 million.[7][8]
International career[]
He made his national team debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Croatia.[9]
On 2 June 2021, Lotomba was included in the final 26-man squad for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[10]
Personal life[]
Lotomba was born in Switzerland, and is of Congolese descent through his father and of Angolan descent through his mother.[11][12]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 23 May 2021[13]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Boys | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6[a] | 1 | – | 32 | 1 | |
2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |||
Total | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1 | ||
Nice | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | |
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
Career total | 84 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 2 |
- ^ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International[]
- As of match played 3 June 2021
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Switzerland | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours[]
Young Boys
References[]
- ^ "Mvula Jordan Lotomba". Swiss Football Association (in German). Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jordan Lotomba at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Grasshopper vs. Lausanne-Sport - 24 July 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fourfourtwos-100-best-teenagers-world-2017-100-91%3F_format%3D
- ^ Homewood, Brian (28 April 2018). "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "A seventh recruit for OGC Nice". Ligue 1. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Jordan Lotomba est Niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Official | OGC Nice sign right-back Jordan Lotomba from Young Boys". Get French Football News. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Switzerland v Croatia game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Switzerland's full 26-man Euro 2020 squad". The Atheltic. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Ruffieux, François (18 February 2018). "Lotomba, une force vive pour le Lausanne-Sport". 24 Heures (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Redaction Voila (4 August 2017). "DECOUVREZ JORDAN MVULA LOTOMBA DE BSC YOUNG BOYS". voila.cd (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Jordan Lotomba". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Yverdon-les-Bains
- Association football midfielders
- Swiss footballers
- Switzerland international footballers
- Switzerland youth international footballers
- Switzerland under-21 international footballers
- Swiss people of Angolan descent
- FC Lausanne-Sport players
- OGC Nice players
- Swiss Super League players
- Ligue 1 players
- UEFA Euro 2020 players
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Swiss football midfielder stubs