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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michaël Jordan Nkololo | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Créteil, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder / Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ÍBV | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Châteauroux | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Châteauroux II | 20 | (6) |
| 2013–2015 | Clermont | 50 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | Clermont II | 9 | (3) |
| 2015–2018 | Caen | 26 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Caen II | 22 | (5) |
| 2017 | → Laval (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2018 | Hermannstadt | 17 | (1) |
| 2019 | Istra 1961 | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Riga | 18 | (3) |
| 2021 | Volyn Lutsk | 12 | (3) |
| 2021 | Sūduva | 18 | (8) |
| 2022 | Kyzylzhar | 20 | (6) |
| 2022–2023 | Al-Shaeib | 12 | (1) |
| 2023– | ÍBV | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | DR Congo | 12 | (4) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:35, 10 October 2016 (UTC) | |||
Michaël Jordan Nkololo (born 9 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and forward for Icelandic club ÍBV.[1] Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team.
Early life
Nkololo was born in Créteil, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, to Zairean parents born in Léopoldville. He acquired French nationality on 28 January 2004, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.[2]
Club career
Châteauroux
Nkololo began his career at Châteauroux and made his debut on 31 August 2012 in the 2–1 defeat away to Guingamp, coming on as a late substitute for Yohan Hautcoeur.[1] He made a total of three league appearances for Châteauroux, whilst making twenty appearances and scoring six goals, including one on his debut against La Flèche RC, for the club's reserve team.[1] He left in 2013.[1]
Clermont Foot
Nkololo joined Clermont in 2013 and was a first team regular in the 2013–14 season making 32 appearances in the league, scoring once and assisting four times.[3] Nkololo went on trial at Premier League club Aston Villa in January 2015.[4] He departed Clermont in 2015, he participated in fifty Ligue 2 matches for the club across two seasons.[1] He also scored three goals in nine games for Clermont II.[1]
Caen
He joined Caen ahead of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.[5] He played sixteen times in his first season for Caen, as well as five times in Championnat de France Amateur 2 for Caen II.[1] After zero appearances in the first six months of 2016–17, Nkololo left Caen on 17 January 2017 to join Ligue 2 side Laval.[6][7]
Hermannstadt
Nkololo played for Romanian side Hermannstadt in 2018, where he scored two goals: one in Liga I against Dinamo București, another one in Cupa României against FC Voluntari.
Istra 1961
In February 2019, Nkololo joined Croatian club NK Istra 1961 until June 2020.[8]
Riga FC
In December 2019, he joined the reigning Latvian champions Riga FC.[9]
FK Sūduva
In June 2021 Lithuanian FK Sūduva introduced a new member of the club.[10][11] On 2 August 2021 he scored first goal for the new team in A Lyga against Kauno Žalgiris[12][13]
FC Kyzylzhar
In February 2022 he signed with FC Kyzylzhar from Kazakhstan.[14]
ÍBV
International career
Nkololo has represented DR Congo at senior level, he has scored two goals in four appearances for his country.[1]
Personal life
Jordan is the brother of the footballer Béni Nkololo.[16]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 4 July 2018.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Châteauroux | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Châteauroux II | 2012–13 | CFA 2 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |||
| Total | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |||||
| Clermont | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | |||
| Clermont II | 2013–14 | CFA 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Caen | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| Caen II | 2015–16 | CFA 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 22 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |||||
| Laval (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 142 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 153 | 17 | |||
- ↑ Includes the Coupe de France.
- ↑ Includes the Coupe de la Ligue.
International
- As of 17 January 2017.[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
International goals
- As of 17 January 2017. Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.[1]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 October 2015 | Stade de la Cité de l'Oie, Visé, Belgium |  Nigeria | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 15 November 2015 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo |  Burundi | 1–0 | 3–0[note 1] | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Notes
- ↑ FIFA awarded DR Congo a 3–0 win as a result of Burundi fielding the ineligible player Gaël Bigirimana.[17] The match originally ended 2–2.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Jordan Nkololo profile". Soccerway. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ "JORF n° 0024 du 29 janvier 2004 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 2137. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ↑ "Player Profile - Jordan Nkololo". Ligue 1. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Demba Ba and four other players linked with Aston Villa transfers". Metro. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Le Joncour et Nkololo arrivent à Caen". L'Équipe.fr. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "Jordan Nkololo prêté à Laval (L2)". Stade Malherbe Caen. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ "Jordan Nkololo prêté jusqu'à la fin de la saison". Stade Lavallois. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ Jordan N’Kololo novi igrač Istre, nogometplus.net, 5 February 2019
- ↑ Riga vienojas ar 27 gadus veco Maiklu Džordanu, rigafc.lv, 2 December 2019
- ↑ ""Sūduva" papildė krašto saugų grandį | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
- ↑ "Jordan N'Kololo".
- ↑ alyga.lt: KŽ 3-3 Sūduva
- ↑ sportas.lt: KŽ 3-3 Sūduva
- ↑ "Клуб КПЛ объявил о подписании игрока с опытом игры во Франции - Футбол".
- ↑ "Michael Jordan Í ÍBV (Stadfest)" [Michael Jordan in IBV (confirmed)] (in Icelandic). fotbolti.net. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Le frère de Jordan Nkololo (SM Caen) débarque à Avranches". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ↑ "DISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW – 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA™ QUALIFIERS" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2016.
External links
- Michaël Nkololo profile at foot-national.com
- Jordan Nkololo at FootballDatabase.eu
- Michaël Nkololo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)