![]() 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 | ||
Team 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 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Young Boys | 54 | (0) |
2020– | Nice | 119 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2019 | Switzerland U21 | 9 | (0) |
2020– | Switzerland | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:03, 20 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022 (UTC) |
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. He has also played for the Switzerland U21.[2]
Club career
[edit]Lausanne-Sport
[edit]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
[edit]Having joined Young Boys in the summer of 2017, he scored a 90th-minute goal that sealed a 2–0 victory against Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions League third qualifying round, which qualified his club to the play-offs on away goals.[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
[edit]On 3 August 2020, Lotomba signed for Ligue 1 side Nice for €7m.[7][8] Later that year, on 23 December, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against Lorient.[9] On 19 May 2024, he scored his second Ligue 1 goal on the final matchday of the 2023–24 season in the stoppage time of a 2–2 away draw against Lille.[10]
International career
[edit]Lotomba made his Switzerland national team debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Croatia.[11]
On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final 26-man squad for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Lotomba was born in Switzerland, and is of DR Congolese descent through his father and of Angolan descent through his mother.[13][14]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 19 May 2024[15]
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 | 5 | 0 | 6[a] | 1 | – | 33 | 1 | |
2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | – | 35 | 0 | |||
Total | 54 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | ||
Nice | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | |
2021–22 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
2022–23 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 2 | ||||
Total | 121 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 3 | ||
Career total | 175 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 4 |
- ^ 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
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of match played 5 June 2022
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Switzerland | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 7 | 1 |
Honours
[edit]Young Boys
Nice
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2021–22[16]
Individual
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2017–18[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mvula Jordan Lotomba". Swiss Football Association (in German). Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ a b Jordan Lotomba at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Grasshopper vs. Lausanne-Sport - 24 July 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Brewin, Joe (6 November 2017). "FourFourTwo's 100 Best Teenagers in the World 2017: 100-91". fourfourtwo.com.
- ^ Homewood, Brian (28 April 2018). "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "But Jordan LOTOMBA (18') / OGC NICE" (in French). Ligue 1. 23 December 2020.
- ^ Midda, Sunil (19 May 2024). "Lille miss out on Champions League qualification as Nice score late to break hearts". Flashscore.com.
- ^ "Switzerland v Croatia game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Switzerland's full 26-man Euro 2020 squad". The Athletic. 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.
- ^ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner". Golden11. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.