Aldo Kalulu

Aldo-Nsawila Kalulu Kyatengwa (born 21 January 1996) is a French professional footballer. He plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for FC Basel.

Aldo Kalulu
Personal information
Full name Aldo-Nsawila Kalulu Kyatengwa[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-21) 21 January 1996
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder, striker
Club information
Current team
 FC Basel
Youth career
2003–2004 CO St Fons
2004–2015 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Lyon B 38 (4)
2015–2018 Lyon 14 (3)
2017 → Rennes (loan) 10 (0)
2017–2018 → Sochaux (loan) 31 (11)
2018– Basel 17 (0)
2019–2020 → Swansea City (loan) 11 (0)
National team‡
2013 France U18 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015

Club career

Lyon

Kalulu is a youth exponent from Lyon. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 12 September 2015 against Lille OSC replacing Jordan Ferri after 78 minutes in a 0–0 home draw.[2]

He scored his first goal against Bastia on 23 September 2015, assisted by Steed Malbranque.[3]

Basel

On 26 June 2018, Kalulu signed a three-year deal with Swiss side FC Basel.[4]

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[5] Kalulu played in four cup games and scored a goal in the match against Montlingen.

Loan to Swansea City

On 5 August 2019, Kalulu signed for EFL Championship club Swansea City on a season-long loan with an option to buy at the end of the season.[6]

International career

Kalulu was born in France and is of Congolese descent.[7][8] He is a former youth international for France at U18 level.

Personal life

Kalulu is the older brother of the footballer Gédéon Kalulu.[9]

Career statistics
As of 9 January 2020[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe[nb 1] Other[nb 2] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyon 2015–16 Ligue 1 10220002000142
2016–17 Ligue 1 410000200061
Total 14320004000203
Rennes (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 1 1001000——110
Sochaux (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 2 31112110——3412
Basel 2018–19 Super League 17041———211
Swansea City (loan) 2019–20 Championship 500000——20
Career total 7414921040008816
  1. Includes UEFA Champions League
  2. Includes Trophée des champions

Honours

Basel

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References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Swansea City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 71. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. "Lyon vs. Lille - 12 September 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. "EN DIRECT. Lyon - Bastia : Kalulu ouvre le score ! (1-0)". Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. "Der FCB verpflichtet den französischen Offensivspieler Aldo Kalulu". FC Basel 1893. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. "Aldo Kalulu: Swansea City sign Basel forward on loan". BBC Sport. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. http://www.africatopsports.com, Publié par Isidore AKOUETE pour Africa Top Sports Journaliste à Africa Top Sports Premier portail sportif Africain (27 December 2017). "Aldo Kalulu : Le Franco-Congolais courtisé par Norwich City".
  8. "ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere. - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  9. "Aldo Kalulu: Rwanda's first football superstar?". ESPN.com. 10 September 2016.
  10. "France - A. Kalulu - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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