Michaël Jordan Nkololo (born 9 November 1992) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and forward for Saudi club Al-Shaeib.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michaël Jordan Nkololo | ||
Date of birth | (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Créteil, France | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder / Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Shaeib | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Châteauroux | 3 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Châteauroux II | 20 | (6) |
2013–2015 | Clermont | 50 | (2) |
2013–2015 | Clermont II | 9 | (3) |
2015–2018 | Caen | 26 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Caen II | 22 | (5) |
2017 | → Laval (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2018 | Hermannstadt | 17 | (1) |
2019 | Istra 1961 | 2 | (0) |
2020 | Riga | 18 | (3) |
2021 | Volyn Lutsk | 6 | (1) |
2021 | Sūduva | 16 | (7) |
2022 | Kyzylzhar | 15 | (1) |
2022– | Al-Shaeib | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | DR Congo | 5 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:35, 10 October 2016 (UTC) |
Nkololo began his career at Châteauroux and made his debut on 31 August 2012 in the 2–1 defeat away to Guingamp, coming on as a late substitute for Yohan Hautcoeur.[1] He made a total of three league appearances for Châteauroux, whilst making twenty appearances and scoring six goals, including one on his debut against La Flèche RC, for the club's reserve team.[1] He left in 2013.[1]
Nkololo joined Clermont in 2013 and was a first team regular in the 2013–14 season making 32 appearances in the league, scoring once and assisting four times.[2] Nkololo went on trial at Premier League club Aston Villa in January 2015.[3] He departed Clermont in 2015, he participated in fifty Ligue 2 matches for the club across two seasons.[1] He also scored three goals in nine games for Clermont II.[1]
He joined Caen ahead of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.[4] He played sixteen times in his first season for Caen, as well as five times in Championnat de France Amateur 2 for Caen II.[1] After zero appearances in the first six months of 2016–17, Nkololo left Caen on 17 January 2017 to join Ligue 2 side Laval.[5][6]
Nkololo played for Romanian side Hermannstadt in 2018, where he scored two goals: one in Liga I against Dinamo București, another one in Cupa României against FC Voluntari.
In February 2019, Nkololo joined Croatian club NK Istra 1961 until June 2020.[7]
In December 2019, he joined the reigning Latvian champions Riga FC.[8]
In June 2021 Lithuanian FK Sūduva introduced a new member of the club.[9][10] On 2 August 2021 he scored first goal for the new team in A Lyga against Kauno Žalgiris[11][12]
In February 2022 he signed with FC Kyzylzhar from Kazakhstan.[13]
Nkololo has represented DR Congo at senior level, he has scored two goals in four appearances for his country.[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Châteauroux | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Châteauroux II | 2012–13 | CFA 2 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |||
Total | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |||||
Clermont | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
2014–15 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
Total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | |||
Clermont II | 2013–14 | CFA 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
2014–15 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||
Total | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||||
Caen | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
Caen II | 2015–16 | CFA 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
2016–17 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
2017–18 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||||
Total | 22 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |||||
Laval (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
Career total | 142 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 153 | 17 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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DR Congo | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | |
2017 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 October 2015 | Stade de la Cité de l'Oie, Visé, Belgium | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2 | 15 November 2015 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0[note 1] | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |