| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | HJK | ||
| 2017–2019 | KäPa | ||
| 2020 | Honka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Honka II | 30 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | MP | 52 | (11) |
| 2024– | KuPS | 33 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2025 | |||
Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba (born 7 December 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Veikkausliiga side KuPS.
Born in Helsinki, Finland, Luyeye-Lutumba is of Congolese descent. He started to play football in the youth sector of HJK. Later he joined the renowned Käpylän Pallo youth academy in Helsinki, when he was 14 years old. In 2020, Luyeye-Lutumba moved to FC Honka organisation, and made his senior debut with the club's reserve team Honka II in the third-tier Kakkonen in 2020.
Ahead of the 2022 season, Luyeye-Lutumba moved to Mikkeli after signing with Mikkelin Palloilijat, playing in the second-tier Ykkönen. [1] On 17 February 2023, he extended his contract for the 2023 season. [2] Coached by Juha Pasoja, the team unexpectedly finished 3rd in Ykkönen in 2023.
On 17 November 2023, Luyeye-Lutumba signed a two-year deal with Kuopion Palloseura in Veikkausliiga, with an option for an additional year. [3] He debuted with his new club on 27 January 2024, in a Finnish League Cup loss against Ilves. [4] On 6 April, Luyeye-Lutumba debuted in the league in a 3–1 home win against HJK Helsinki. [5] On 22 May, he scored his first goals in the league, a brace in a 3–1 away win against Vaasan Palloseura. [6] In his first season with KuPS in Finnish first-tier, Luyeye-Lutumba contributed to win the titles of the 2024 Finnish Cup and the Finnish Championship, completing the club's first ever double. He missed the last part of the season due to injury.
On 27 June 2025, Luyeye-Lutumba scored his first hat-trick in Veikkausliiga, a 3–0 home win against HJK Helsinki, thus breaking KuPS's five-game winless and goalless run.
His older brothers Didis Lutumba-Pitah and Fortuna Namputu are also professional footballers. [7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Honka Akatemia | 2020 | Kakkonen | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| MP | 2022 | Ykkönen | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 29 | 4 | |
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 8 | |||
| Total | 52 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 12 | ||
| KuPS | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 [c] | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | |
| Total | 33 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 115 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 141 | 28 | ||
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