Jordan Lotomba
Lotomba with Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mvula Jordan Lotomba[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-29) 29 September 1998
Place of birth Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team 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 (0)
2017–2020 Young Boys 54 (0)
2020– Nice 106 (1)
International career‡
2017–2019 Switzerland U21 9 (0)
2020– Switzerland 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022

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]

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]

Nice

On 3 August 2020, Lotomba signed for Nice for €7m[7][8]

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 DR Congolese descent through his father and of Angolan descent through his mother.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 220506[lower-alpha 1]1–331
2018–19 5000––50
2019–20 270206[lower-alpha 2]0–350
Total 5407012100731
Nice 2020–21 Ligue 1 301105[lower-alpha 3]0–361
2021–22 30040––340
2022–23 330007[lower-alpha 4]0–400
2023–24 13000––130
Total 106150120001231
Career total 1601120241001962
  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

International

As of match played 5 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 202010
202130
202231
Total71

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. 1 2 Jordan Lotomba at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Grasshopper vs. Lausanne-Sport - 24 July 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fourfourtwos-100-best-teenagers-world-2017-100-91%3F_format%3D
  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. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ "Switzerland v Croatia game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Switzerland's full 26-man Euro 2020 squad". The Athletic. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Ruffieux, François (18 February 2018). "Lotomba, une force vive pour le Lausanne-Sport". 24 Heures (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  12. ↑ Redaction Voila (4 August 2017). "DECOUVREZ JORDAN MVULA LOTOMBA DE BSC YOUNG BOYS". voila.cd (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Jordan Lotomba". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner". Golden11. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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