Eric Kitolano
Eric Kitolano (born 2 September 1997) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays for Molde.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eric Bugale Kitolano | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1997 | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Molde | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Gulset | ||
| 2014–2016 | Odd | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Gulset | 12 | (3) |
| 2016 | Odd | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | Notodden | 21 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Ull/Kisa | 60 | (6) |
| 2020–2022 | Tromsø | 85 | (28) |
| 2023– | Molde | 14 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Norway U18 | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 May 2021 | |||
Career
Kitolano started his career in Gulset IF, playing on the senior team on the sixth tier before joining the junior team of Odd in 2014. He made his senior debut for Odd in the 2016 Norwegian Football Cup, with two cup games against Tollnes and FK Tønsberg. However he was shipped out to Notodden FK, and Ull/Kisa in 2018.
In 2020 Kitolano joined Tromsø IL, helped win promotion from the 2020 1. divisjon by scoring double digits, and made his Eliteserien debut in May 2021 against Bodø/Glimt.[1][2][3]
On 6 January 2023, Kitolano signed for Molde on a three-year contract.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 July 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | Norwegian Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Odd | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| Notodden | 2017 | PostNord-ligaen | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | 24 | 4 | |
| Total | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | 24 | 4 | |||
| Ullensaker/Kisa | 2018 | OBOS-ligaen | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 33 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 32 | 5 | |||
| Total | 60 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | 65 | 8 | |||
| Tromsø | 2020 | OBOS-ligaen | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | 28 | 11 | |
| 2021 | Eliteserien | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | 30 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 3 | - | 32 | 16 | |||
| Total | 85 | 28 | 5 | 3 | - | 90 | 31 | |||
| Molde | 2023 | Eliteserien | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 13 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 13 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 174 | 38 | 20 | 6 | - | 174 | 44 | |||
Personal life
He is the older brother of John and Joshua Kitolano.
References
- Eric Kitolano at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- "Klar for sitt endelege gjennombrot" (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- "Totland har signert" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- "ERIC KITOLANO KLAR FOR MOLDE!". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- "Eric Kitolano". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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