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 26)
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 6 (1)
International career‡
2017–2019 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
2020– Switzerland 7 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:13, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals 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 €7 million. [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 30 November 2024 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 220506 [a] 1–331
2018–19 5000––50
2019–20 270206 [b] 0–350
Total5407012100731
Nice 2020–21 Ligue 1 301105 [c] 0–361
2021–22 30040––340
2022–23 330007 [d] 0–400
2023–24 28121––302
2024–25 200000–20
Total123271120001423
Feyenoord 2024–25 Eredivisie 61005 [e] 0–111
Career total1833141291002265
  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
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 5 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202010
202130
202231
Total71
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first. [17]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 March 2022 Letzigrund, Zürich, SwitzerlandFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1–11–1 Friendly match

Honours

Young Boys

Nice

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Mvula Jordan Lotomba". Swiss Football Association (in German). Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Jordan Lotomba at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Grasshopper vs. Lausanne-Sport - 24 July 2016". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Brewin, Joe (6 November 2017). "FourFourTwo's 100 Best Teenagers in the World 2017: 100-91". fourfourtwo.com.
  5. ↑ Homewood, Brian (28 April 2018). "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "A seventh recruit for OGC Nice". Ligue 1. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jordan Lotomba est Niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Official | OGC Nice sign right-back Jordan Lotomba from Young Boys". Get French Football News. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "But Jordan LOTOMBA (18') / OGC NICE" (in French). Ligue 1. 23 December 2020.
  10. ↑ Midda, Sunil (19 May 2024). "Lille miss out on Champions League qualification as Nice score late to break hearts". Flashscore.com.
  11. ↑ "Feyenoord presenteert de opvolger van Geertruida" [Feyenoord presents successor Geertruida] (in Dutch). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Switzerland v Croatia game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "Switzerland's full 26-man Euro 2020 squad". The Athletic. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  14. ↑ Ruffieux, François (18 February 2018). "Lotomba, une force vive pour le Lausanne-Sport". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  15. ↑ Redaction Voila (4 August 2017). "DECOUVREZ JORDAN MVULA LOTOMBA DE BSC YOUNG BOYS". voila.cd (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Jordan Lotomba". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "Die Schweiz muss sich gegen mutigen Kosovo mit Remis begnügen" (in German). srf.ch. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  18. ↑ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport . 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner". Golden11. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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