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]
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![]() Lotomba with Young Boys in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mvula Jordan Lotomba[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-09-29) 29 September 1998 (age 24) | ||
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 | 60 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2017–2019 | Switzerland U21 | 9 | (1) |
2020– | Switzerland | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:49, 21 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022 |
Lotomba was trained in the Lausanne-Sport academy. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 24 July 2016 against Grasshopper Club Zürich.[3]
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]
On 3 August 2020, Lotomba signed for Nice in a deal worth around €5 million.[7][8]
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]
Lotomba was born in Switzerland, and is of Congolese descent through his father and of Angolan descent through his mother.[11][12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
Total | 60 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 | ||
Career total | 114 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 2 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Switzerland | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 7 | 1 |
Young Boys
Nice
OGC Nice – current squad | |
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Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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