Joshua Gaston Kitolano (born 3 August 2001, in Malawi[1]) is a Norwegian football player who plays as midfielder for the Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.[2]
.jpg) Kitolano with Sparta Rotterdam in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Gaston Kitolano | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Malawi | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Gulset | ||
| 2017 | Odd | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Odd | 108 | (7) |
| 2022– | Sparta Rotterdam | 69 | (8) |
| 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 U21 | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023 | |||
Club career
editOn 21 June 2022, Kitolano signed a four-year contract with Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam that came into effect at the end of July 2022. He moved together with fellow Odd player Tobias Lauritsen.[3]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| 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 | Eliteserien | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 2020 | Eliteserien | 27 | 4 | — | — | 27 | 4 | |||||
| 2021 | Eliteserien | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| 2022 | Eliteserien | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 108 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 8 | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 69 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 177 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 16 | ||
Personal life
editKitolano, who has seven siblings, came to Norway from DR Congo in October 2005.[5] Kitolano's older brother John plays for Aalesund, whilst his oldest brother Eric plays for Molde.
References
edit- ^ "Fra flyktninger til proffspillere: – De har et talent fra Gud". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 13 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ a b 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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