Joshua Kitolano
Joshua Gaston Kitolano (born 3 August 2001) is a Norwegian football player who plays as midfielder for the Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Gaston Kitolano | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Likasi, DR Congo | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Gulset | ||
| 2017 | Odd | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Odd | 108 | (7) |
| 2022– | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Norway U15 | 8 | (1) |
| 2017 | Norway U16 | 14 | (2) |
| 2018 | Norway U17 | 12 | (2) |
| 2019 | Norway U18 | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Norway U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | Norway U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Norway U20 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2022 | |||
Club career
On 21 June 2022, Kitolano signed a four-year contract with Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam that came into effect at the end of July 2022.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Odd | 2018 | Eliteserien | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 26 | 2 | |||||
| 2020 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 4 | |||||
| 2021 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | |||||
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 108 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 8 | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 110 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 8 | ||
Personal life
Kitolano, who has seven siblings, came to Norway from DR Congo in October 2005.[4] Of them is two sisters who also are talents in football, his younger sisters Nema and Anne. Kitolano's older brother John plays for Aalesund, whilst his oldest brother Eric plays for Tromsø.
References
- Joshua Kitolano at Soccerway
- "NOREN LAURITSEN EN KITOLANO NAAR SPARTA" (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- "Joshua Kitolano". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- Høidalen, Ida (8 March 2018). "Kitolano-brødrene: – Hadde aldri kommet dit vi er alene". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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