Jordan Nkololo

Michaël Jordan Nkololo (born 9 November 1992) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and forward for Latvian Higher League club Riga FC.[1]

Jordan Nkololo
Personal information
Full name Michaël Jordan Nkololo
Date of birth (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992
Place of birth Créteil, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Riga FC
Number 35
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 FC 2 (0)
National team‡
2015– DR Congo 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:20, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:35, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

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.[2] Nkololo went on trial at Premier League club Aston Villa in January 2015.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6]

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.[7]

Riga FC

In December 2019, he joined the reigning Latvian champions Riga FC.[8]

International career

Nkololo has represented DR Congo at senior level, he has scored two goals in four appearances for his country.[1]

Career statistics

Club
As of 4 July 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Châteauroux 2012–13 Ligue 2 300000—0030
Total 300000—0030
Châteauroux II 2012–13 CFA 2 206———00206
Total 206———00206
Clermont 2013–14 Ligue 2 3210010—00331
2014–15 1811030—00221
Total 5021040—00552
Clermont II 2013–14 CFA 2 21———0021
2014–15 72———0072
Total 93———0093
Caen 2015–16 Ligue 1 1601010—00180
2016–17 000010—0010
2017–18 1001020—00130
Total 2602040—00320
Caen II 2015–16 CFA 2 51———0051
2016–17 70———0070
2017–18 104———00104
Total 225———00225
Laval (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 2 121———00121
Career total 142173080—0015317
  1. Includes the Coupe de France.
  2. Includes the Coupe de la Ligue.

International
As of 17 January 2017.[1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
DR Congo 201530
201610
201700
Total40

International goals
As of 17 January 2017. Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.[1]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 October 2015Stade de la Cité de l'Oie, Visé, Belgium Nigeria2–02–0Friendly
215 November 2015Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo Burundi1–03–0[note 1]2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Notes
  1. FIFA awarded DR Congo a 3–0 win as a result of Burundi fielding the ineligible player Gaël Bigirimana.[9] The match originally ended 2–2.
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References
  1. "Jordan Nkololo profile". Soccerway. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. "Player Profile - Jordan Nkololo". Ligue 1. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. "Demba Ba and four other players linked with Aston Villa transfers". Metro. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. "Le Joncour et Nkololo arrivent à Caen". L'Équipe.fr. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  5. "Jordan Nkololo prêté à Laval (L2)". Stade Malherbe Caen. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  6. "Jordan Nkololo prêté jusqu'à la fin de la saison". Stade Lavallois. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. Jordan N’Kololo novi igrač Istre, nogometplus.net, 5 February 2019
  8. Riga vienojas ar 27 gadus veco Maiklu Džordanu, rigafc.lv, 2 December 2019
  9. "DISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW – 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA™ QUALIFIERS" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2016.
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