Joshua Kitolano

Joshua Kitolano
	Kitolano with Sparta Rotterdam in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Joshua Gaston Kitolano
Date of birth	3 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Malawi
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sparta Rotterdam
Number	18
Youth career
0000–2017	Gulset
2017	Odd
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2022	Odd
2022–	Sparta Rotterdam
International career‡
2016	Norway U15
2017	Norway U16
2018	Norway U17
2019	Norway U18
2019	Norway U19
2021	Norway U20
2020–	Norway U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023

Last updated January 16, 2025

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]

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 11 January 2025^[4]^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Odd	2018	Eliteserien	16	0	0	0	—				16	0
	2019	Eliteserien	21	1	5	1	—				26	2
	2020	Eliteserien	27	4	—		—				27	4
	2021	Eliteserien	28	2	3	0	—				31	2
	2022	Eliteserien	16	0	1	0	—				17	0
	Total		108	7	9	1	0	0	0	0	117	8
Sparta Rotterdam	2022–23	Eredivisie	34	4	1	0	—		0	0	35	4
	2023–24	Eredivisie	24	4	2	0	—		—		26	4
	2024–25	Eredivisie	17	0	1	0	—		0	0	18	0
	Total		75	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	79	8
Career total			183	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	196	16

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.

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References

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

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[1] "Fra flyktninger til proffspillere: – De har et talent fra Gud". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 13 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[sw-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.

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