Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 November 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Finland | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Etar | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | PK-35 | ||
2015–2016 | Honka | ||
2017–2018 | HJK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Honka II | 18 | (9) |
2016 | Honka | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Klubi 04 | 38 | (11) |
2019 | AC Kajaani | 11 | (0) |
2021 | RoPS | 29 | (1) |
2022 | HIFK | 19 | (1) |
2023 | Hegelmann | 34 | (2) |
2024– | Etar | 19 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2024 |
Didis Lutumba-Pitah (born 13 November 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer playing as a winger for Bulgarian Second League side Etar Veliko Tarnovo. Besides his native Finland, Lutumba-Pitah has played in Lithuania and Bulgaria.
Lutumba-Pitah played in the youth sectors of PK-35 and FC Honka, before debuting at a senior level with Honka's reserve team in 2015 in lower divisions. He went on to join HJK Helsinki and continued with the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in the third-tier Kakkonen and in the second-tier Ykkönen.
On 5 February 2021, he signed with Ykkönen club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) and joined his former Klubi 04 coach Mikko Mannila. [1]
On 23 February 2022, Lutumba-Pitah joined HIFK in Veikkausliiga, and made his league debut in the 2022 season. [2] [3] After the relegation at the end of the season, Lutumba-Pitah left HIFK.
In January 2023, he moved to Lithuania after signing with FC Hegelmann in the country's top-tier A Lyga. [4] [5] [6] During the season, he also represented the club in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers. [7] [8]
In January 2024, Lutumba-Pitah joined Etar Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgarian First League. He contributed in 15 league appearances and scored two goals during the latter half of the season, but eventually the club were relegated to Bulgarian Second League.
Lutumba-Pitah is of Congolese descent. His younger brother Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba is also a professional footballer for Veikkausliiga club KuPS. [9]
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Honka Akatemia | 2015 | Nelonen | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | |||
2016 | Kolmonen | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 19 | 8 | |||
Total | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | ||
Klubi 04 | 2017 | Kakkonen | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 8 | ||
2018 | Ykkönen | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | |||
Total | 39 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 | ||
AC Kajaani | 2019 | Ykkönen | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
RoPS | 2021 | Ykkönen | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||
HIFK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 27 | 5 | |
Hegelmann | 2023 | A Lyga | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
Etar | 2023–24 | Bulgarian First League | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 2 | ||
2024–25 | Bulgarian Second League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
Career total | 173 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 36 |
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