Jordan Lotomba

Jordan Lotomba
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*
Years Team Apps (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, correct as of 22:04, 30 November 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]

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

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 30 November 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 22 0 5 0 6[a] 1 – 33 1
2018–19 5 0 0 0 – – 5 0
2019–20 27 0 2 0 6[b] 0 – 35 0
Total 54 0 7 0 12 1 0 0 73 1
Nice 2020–21 Ligue 1 30 1 1 0 5[c] 0 – 36 1
2021–22 30 0 4 0 – – 34 0
2022–23 33 0 0 0 7[d] 0 – 40 0
2023–24 28 1 2 1 – – 30 2
2024–25 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 0
Total 123 2 7 1 12 0 0 0 142 3
Feyenoord 2024–25 Eredivisie 6 1 0 0 5[e] 0 – 11 1
Career total 183 3 14 1 29 1 0 0 226 5
  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 team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2020 1 0
2021 3 0
2022 3 1
Total 7 1
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first.[17]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 March 2022 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland  Kosovo 1–1 1–1 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. ^ a b Jordan Lotomba at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Grasshopper vs. Lausanne-Sport - 24 July 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. 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. ^ a b c d "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.