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)
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)
2017Laval (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

On 16 August 2023, he signed with ÍBV from Iceland.[15]

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 statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Châteauroux 2012–13 Ligue 2 3000000030
Total 3000000030
Châteauroux II 2012–13 CFA 2 20600206
Total 20600206
Clermont 2013–14 Ligue 2 321001000331
2014–15 181103000221
Total 502104000552
Clermont II 2013–14 CFA 2 210021
2014–15 720072
Total 930093
Caen 2015–16 Ligue 1 160101000180
2016–17 0000100010
2017–18 100102000130
Total 260204000320
Caen II 2015–16 CFA 2 510051
2016–17 700070
2017–18 10400104
Total 22500225
Laval (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 2 12100121
Career total 1421730800015317
  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.[17] The match originally ended 2–2.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Jordan Nkololo profile". Soccerway. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. "JORF n° 0024 du 29 janvier 2004 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 2137. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. "Player Profile - Jordan Nkololo". Ligue 1. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. "Demba Ba and four other players linked with Aston Villa transfers". Metro. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. "Le Joncour et Nkololo arrivent à Caen". L'Équipe.fr. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. "Jordan Nkololo prêté à Laval (L2)". Stade Malherbe Caen. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. "Jordan Nkololo prêté jusqu'à la fin de la saison". Stade Lavallois. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  8. Jordan N’Kololo novi igrač Istre, nogometplus.net, 5 February 2019
  9. Riga vienojas ar 27 gadus veco Maiklu Džordanu, rigafc.lv, 2 December 2019
  10. ""Sūduva" papildė krašto saugų grandį | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
  11. "Jordan N'Kololo".
  12. alyga.lt: KŽ 3-3 Sūduva
  13. sportas.lt: KŽ 3-3 Sūduva
  14. "Клуб КПЛ объявил о подписании игрока с опытом игры во Франции - Футбол".
  15. "Michael Jordan Í ÍBV (Stadfest)" [Michael Jordan in IBV (confirmed)] (in Icelandic). fotbolti.net. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  16. "Le frère de Jordan Nkololo (SM Caen) débarque à Avranches". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  17. "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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