| Erving Botaka | |
| Fullname: | Erving Dzho Botaka-Ioboma |
| Birth Date: | 5 October 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Pushkino, Russia |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | Torpedo Moscow |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Solyaris Moscow |
| Caps1: | 16 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | Kazanka Moscow |
| Caps2: | 8 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018 |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | Veles Moscow |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs6: | Veles Moscow |
| Caps6: | 38 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs7: | Ufa |
| Caps7: | 48 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Arsenal Tula |
| Caps8: | 23 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 25 May 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 11 June 2021 |
Erving Dzho Botaka-Ioboma (Russian: Эрвинг Джо Ботака-Иобома; born 5 October 1998) is a Russian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Arsenal Tula.
He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Solyaris Moscow on 20 July 2016 in a game against FSK Dolgoprudny.[1]
In July 2018 his failed transfer back to Torpedo Moscow caused a stir when it was reported the club canceled his contract because the ultras refused to allow a black footballer to play for the club. Torpedo later denied this via an official statement but the Torpedo ultras were adamant with their own statement.[2]
He made his Russian Football National League debut for Luch Vladivostok on 24 July 2019 in a game against FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.
On 11 June 2021, he signed a long-term contract with Russian Premier League club Ufa, reuniting with his former Veles coach Aleksei Stukalov.[3] He made his RPL debut for Ufa on 18 September 2021 in a game against FC Khimki.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Solyaris Moscow | 2016–17 | PFL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Kazanka Moscow | 2017–18 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Samgurali Tsqaltubo | 2018 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Veles Moscow | 2018–19 | PFL | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Luch Vladivostok | 2019–20 | FNL | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Veles Moscow | 2019–20 | PFL | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | FNL | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |||
| Ufa | 2021–22 | RPL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 100 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 13 | |||