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]

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. He moved together with fellow Odd player Tobias Lauritsen.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 January 2025[4][2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 19 0 1 0 — 0 0 20 0
Total 77 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 81 8
Career total 185 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 198 16

Personal life

Kitolano, 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

  1. ^ "Fra flyktninger til proffspillere: – De har et talent fra Gud". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 13 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Joshua Kitolano at Soccerway
  3. ^ "NOREN LAURITSEN EN KITOLANO NAAR SPARTA" (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Joshua Kitolano". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. ^ Høidalen, Ida (8 March 2018). "Kitolano-brødrene: – Hadde aldri kommet dit vi er alene". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2018.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kitolano
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