Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Shuguto Kitolano [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 18 October 1999||
Place of birth | DR Congo | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aalesund | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Gulset | ||
2014–2016 | Odd | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Odd | 11 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Molde (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2020 | → Odd (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Odd | 32 | (0) |
2022– | Aalesund | 53 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Norway U15 | 2 | (0) |
2015 | Norway U16 | 9 | (0) |
2016 | Norway U17 | 9 | (0) |
2017 | Norway U18 | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Norway U19 | 11 | (0) |
2019 | Norway U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2019 |
John Shuguto Kitolano (born 18 October 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as defender for Norwegian First Division club Aalesund. [3]
On 9 August 2018, Kitolano moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee. [4]
On 20 January 2020, Kitolano joined Molde on loan until the end of the 2021 season. [5]
Kitolano has played a total of 37 games for Norway at international youth level. [6]
Kitolano, who has seven siblings, came to Norway from DR Congo in October 2005. [7] Kitolano's younger brother Joshua plays for Sparta Rotterdam, whilst older brother Eric plays for Molde.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Odd | 2017 | Eliteserien | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
2018 | Eliteserien | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Total | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s | 2018–19 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
2019–20 | — | — | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Molde (loan) | 2020 | Eliteserien | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
Odd (loan) | 2020 | Eliteserien | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Odd | 2021 | Eliteserien | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
2022 | Eliteserien | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
Total | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 0 | ||||
Aalesund | 2022 | Eliteserien | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
2023 | Eliteserien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 85 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 1 |
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