Joshua Kitolano

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Joshua Kitolano
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Kitolano with Sparta Rotterdam in 2023
Personal information
Full name Joshua Gaston Kitolano
Date of birth (2001-08-03) 3 August 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Malawi
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sparta Rotterdam
Number 6
Youth career
–2017 Gulset
2017 Odd
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Odd 108 (7)
2022– Sparta Rotterdam 87 (9)
International career
2016 Norway U15 8 (1)
2017 Norway U16 14 (2)
2018 Norway U17 12 (2)
2019 Norway U18 9 (0)
2019 Norway U19 6 (0)
2021 Norway U20 1 (0)
2020– Norway U21 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 June 2023

Joshua Gaston Kitolano (born 3 August 2001, in Malawi [1] ) is a Norwegian football player who plays as midfielder for the Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam. [2]

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Club career

On 21 June 2022, Kitolano signed a four-year contract with Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam that came into effect at the end of July 2022. He moved together with fellow Odd player Tobias Lauritsen. [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2025 [4] [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Odd 2018 Eliteserien 16000160
2019 Eliteserien21151262
2020 Eliteserien274274
2021 Eliteserien28230312
2022 Eliteserien16010170
Total10879100001178
Sparta Rotterdam 2022–23 Eredivisie 3441000354
2023–24 Eredivisie24420264
2024–25 Eredivisie2701000280
2025–26 Eredivisie210021
Total879400000919
Career total16516131000020817

Personal life

Kitolano, who has seven siblings, came to Norway from DR Congo in October 2005. [5] Kitolano's older brother John plays for Aalesund, whilst his oldest brother Eric plays for Molde.

References

  1. "Fra flyktninger til proffspillere: – De har et talent fra Gud". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 13 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 Joshua Kitolano at Soccerway
  3. "NOREN LAURITSEN EN KITOLANO NAAR SPARTA" (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. "Joshua Kitolano". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. Høidalen, Ida (8 March 2018). "Kitolano-brødrene: – Hadde aldri kommet dit vi er alene". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2018.