Aldo-Nsawila Kalulu Kyatengwa (born 21 January 1996) is a French professional footballer. He plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Sochaux.
![]() Kalulu with Swansea City in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aldo-Nsawila Kalulu Kyatengwa[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1996-01-21) 21 January 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sochaux | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2004 | CO St Fons | ||
2004–2015 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Lyon B | 38 | (4) |
2015–2018 | Lyon | 14 | (3) |
2017 | → Rennes (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Sochaux (loan) | 31 | (11) |
2018–2021 | Basel | 27 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Swansea City (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2021– | Sochaux | 42 | (9) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | France U18 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2015 |
Kalulu is a youth exponent from Lyon. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 12 September 2015 against Lille OSC replacing Jordan Ferri after 78 minutes in a 0–0 home draw.[2]
He scored his first goal against Bastia on 23 September 2015, assisted by Steed Malbranque.[3]
On 26 June 2018, Kalulu signed a three-year deal with Swiss side FC Basel.[4]
Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the result was 2–1 for Basel.[5] Kalulu played in four cup games and scored a goal in the match against Montlingen.
On 5 August 2019, Kalulu signed for EFL Championship club Swansea City on a season-long loan with an option to buy at the end of the season.[6]
On 29 June 2021, he returned to Sochaux and signed a three-year contract.[7]
Kalulu was born in France and is of Congolese descent.[8][9] He is a former youth international for France at U18 level.
Kalulu is the older brother of footballers Gédéon Kalulu and Pierre Kalulu.[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe[nb 1] | Other[nb 2] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lyon | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
Total | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
Rennes (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
Sochaux (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 12 | ||
Basel | 2018–19 | Super League | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
Swansea City (loan) | 2019–20 | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 74 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 16 |
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FC Sochaux-Montbéliard – current squad | |
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