Didis Lutumba-Pitah

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Didis Lutumba-Pitah
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Finland
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Etar
Number 26
Youth career
0000–2014 PK-35
2015–2016 Honka
2017–2018 HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Club career

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.

Personal life

Lutumba-Pitah is of Congolese descent. His younger brother Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba is also a professional footballer for Veikkausliiga club KuPS. [9]

Career statistics

As of 12 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cupEuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Honka Akatemia 2015 Nelonen 3535
2016 Kolmonen 15444198
Total1894400002213
Klubi 04 2017 Kakkonen 22800228
2018 Ykkönen 17300173
Total39110000003911
AC Kajaani 2019 Ykkönen16011171
RoPS 2021Ykkönen29141332
HIFK 2022 Veikkausliiga 181544 [lower-alpha 2] 0275
Hegelmann 2023 A Lyga 342202 [lower-alpha 3] 0382
Etar 2023–24 Bulgarian First League 15200152
2024–25 Bulgarian Second League 400040
Total192000000192
Career total173261610402019536

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