Jordan Lotomba
Mvula Jordan Lotomba (born 29 September 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Switzerland national team.[2]
![]() Lotomba with Young Boys in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mvula Jordan Lotomba[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| 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 | (2) |
| 2017–2020 | Young Boys | 54 | (0) |
| 2020– | Nice | 53 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017–2019 | Switzerland U21 | 9 | (1) |
| 2020– | Switzerland | 5 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:47, 22 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022 | |||
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
Having joined Young Boys in the summer of 2017 he scored the goal that sealed victory against Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA champions league.[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]
International career
Lotomba made his Switzerland national team debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Croatia.[9]
On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final 26-man squad for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[10]
Personal life
Lotomba was born in Switzerland, and is of Congolese descent through his father and of Angolan descent through his mother.[11][12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 March 2022[13]
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | – | 33 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | ||
| Nice | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 107 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 2 | ||
- Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 29 March 2022
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | |
References
- "Mvula Jordan Lotomba". Swiss Football Association (in German). Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- Jordan Lotomba at WorldFootball.net
- "Grasshopper vs. Lausanne-Sport - 24 July 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fourfourtwos-100-best-teenagers-world-2017-100-91%3F_format%3D
- Homewood, Brian (28 April 2018). "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- "A seventh recruit for OGC Nice". Ligue 1. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Jordan Lotomba est Niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- "Official | OGC Nice sign right-back Jordan Lotomba from Young Boys". Get French Football News. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "Switzerland v Croatia game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
- "Switzerland's full 26-man Euro 2020 squad". The Athletic. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- Ruffieux, François (18 February 2018). "Lotomba, une force vive pour le Lausanne-Sport". 24 Heures (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- Redaction Voila (4 August 2017). "DECOUVREZ JORDAN MVULA LOTOMBA DE BSC YOUNG BOYS". voila.cd (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- "Jordan Lotomba". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

