Jason Eyenga Lokilo (born 17 September 1998) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Eyenga Lokilo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-09-17) 17 September 1998 (age 24)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2014 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2015–2017 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Lorient (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Doncaster Rovers | 32 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Górnik Łęczna | 25 | (2) |
| 2022– | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | DR Congo U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:51, 10 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2017 | |||
Lokilo was born in Brussels, Belgium on 17 September 1998.
Lokilo was a member of the Anderlecht academy between 2007 and 2014.[4] He signed for Crystal Palace in July 2015,[5] spending the following two seasons playing for their youth teams. Following a number of appearances for the first team in pre-season games, Lokilo made his senior debut for Crystal Palace on 22 August 2017 against Ipswich Town in the EFL Cup.[6]
In August 2018, he joined French club FC Lorient on a season-long loan.[7]
In January 2020, he joined League One club Doncaster Rovers on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season,[8] at which time he was released by Crystal Palace.[9] On 2 August 2020, he re-joined Doncaster Rovers on a one-year deal.[10] In June 2021 he left Doncaster Rovers after failing to agree a new deal.[11]
On 9 September 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Polish club Górnik Łęczna.[12]
On 24 June 2022, Lokilo moved to Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands with a contract for two seasons, with an option for a third season.[13]
Lokilo was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.[14] Lokilo debuted for the DR Congo U20 in an 8–0 friendly loss to the England U17s on 7 October 2015.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Lorient (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 2019–20 | League One | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Doncaster Rovers | 2020–21 | League One | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Górnik Łęczna | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 66 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 2 | ||
Sparta Rotterdam – current squad | |
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