| Jordan Lotomba | |
| Fullname: | Mvula Jordan Lotomba[1] |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Currentclub: | Nice |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Youthyears1: | 2005–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | Champagne Sports |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Yverdon-Sport |
| Youthyears3: | 2013–2016 |
| Youthclubs3: | Lausanne-Sport |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Lausanne-Sport |
| Caps1: | 41 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Young Boys |
| Caps2: | 54 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020– |
| Clubs3: | Nice |
| Caps3: | 122 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Switzerland U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020– |
| Nationalteam2: | Switzerland |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 17:30, 18 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 5 June 2022 (UTC) |
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. He has also played for the Switzerland U21.
Lotomba was trained in the Lausanne-Sport academy. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 24 July 2016 against Grasshopper Club Zürich.[2]
Having joined Young Boys in the summer of 2017, he scored a 90th-minute goal that sealed a 2–0 victory against Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions League third qualifying round, which qualified his club to the play-offs on away goals.[3]
He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[4] 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.
On 3 August 2020, Lotomba signed for Ligue 1 side Nice for €7m.[5] [6] Later that year, on 23 December, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against Lorient.[7] On 19 May 2024, he scored his second Ligue 1 goal on the final matchday of the 2023–24 season in the stoppage time of a 2–2 away draw against Lille.[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 DR Congolese descent through his father and of Angolan descent through his mother.[11] [12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Young Boys | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | |||
| Nice | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 2 | |||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 122 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 176 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 4 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 1 | ||
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