Jordan Lotomba

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Jordan Lotomba
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Lotomba with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name Mvula Jordan Lotomba [1]
Date of birth (1998-09-29) 29 September 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Feyenoord
Number 30
Youth career
2005–2008 Champagne Sports
2008–2013 Yverdon-Sport
2013–2016 Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Lausanne-Sport 41 (0)
2017–2020 Young Boys 54 (0)
2020–2024 Nice 123 (2)
2024– Feyenoord 0 (0)
International career
2017–2019 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
2020– Switzerland 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 25 August 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 Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Switzerland national team. [2]

Contents

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

Lotomba with Young Boys in 2017 Jordan Lotomba.jpg
Lotomba with Young Boys in 2017

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

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]

Feyenoord

On 2 September 2024, Lotomba joined Dutch club Feyenoord on a three-year contract. [11]

International career

Lotomba made his Switzerland national team debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Croatia. [12]

On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final 26-man squad for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. [13]

Personal life

Lotomba was born in Switzerland, and is of DR Congolese descent through his father and of Angolan descent through his mother. [14] [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 August 2024 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 220506 [lower-alpha 1] 1331
2018–19 500050
2019–20 270206 [lower-alpha 2] 0350
Total5407012100731
Nice 2020–21 Ligue 1 301105 [lower-alpha 3] 0361
2021–22 30040340
2022–23 330007 [lower-alpha 4] 0400
2023–24 28121302
2024–25 20000020
Total123271120001423
Career total1772141241002154
  1. Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 5 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202010
202130
202231
Total71

Honours

Young Boys

Nice

Individual

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