{{short description|Congolese footballer (born 1992)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jordan Nkololo | image = Jordan Nkololo.JPG | full_name = Michaël Jordan Nkololo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Créteil, France | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.83 m | position = Attacking midfielder / Forward | currentclub = ÍBV | clubnumber = 24 | years1 = 2012–2013 | clubs1 = Châteauroux | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2012–2013 | clubs2 = Châteauroux II | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 6 | years3 = 2013–2015 | clubs3 = Clermont | caps3 = 50 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2013–2015 | clubs4 = Clermont II | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2015–2018 | clubs5 = Caen | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2015–2018 | clubs6 = Caen II | caps6 = 22 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2017 | clubs7 = → Laval (loan) | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2018 | clubs8 = Hermannstadt | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2019 | clubs9 = Istra 1961 | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2020 | clubs10 = Riga | caps10 = 18 | goals10 = 3 | years11 = 2021 | clubs11 = Volyn Lutsk | caps11 = 6 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2021 | clubs12 = Sūduva | caps12 = 16 | goals12 = 7 | years13 = 2022 | clubs13 = Kyzylzhar | caps13 = 15 | goals13 = 1 | years14 = 2022–2023 | clubs14 = Al-Shaeib | caps14 = 12 | goals14 = 1 | years15 = 2023– | clubs15 = ÍBV | caps15 = 7 | goals15 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2015– | nationalteam1 = DR Congo | nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | club-update = 10 November 2023 | ntupdate = 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.<ref name="Soccerway profile">{{cite news|title=Jordan Nkololo profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/michael-jordan-nkololo/246091/|accessdate=17 January 2017|work=Soccerway|date=17 January 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JORF n° 0024 du 29 janvier 2004 - Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/2004/01/29/0024 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |page=2137 |language=fr |format=PDF}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/> 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.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/> He left in 2013.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
===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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Player Profile - Jordan Nkololo|url=http://www.ligue1.com/joueur/nkololo-jordan#bloc_buts&sai=82&com=CF&jou=67349|website=Ligue 1|accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref> Nkololo went on trial at Premier League club Aston Villa in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Demba Ba and four other players linked with Aston Villa transfers|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/29/demba-ba-and-four-other-players-linked-with-aston-villa-transfers-5039251/|website=Metro|date=29 January 2015|accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref> He departed Clermont in 2015, he participated in fifty Ligue 2 matches for the club across two seasons.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/> He also scored three goals in nine games for Clermont II.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
===Caen=== He joined Caen ahead of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Le-joncour-et-nkololo-arrivent-a-caen/565442|title=Le Joncour et Nkololo arrivent à Caen|publisher=L'Équipe.fr|date=9 June 2015|accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref> He played sixteen times in his first season for Caen, as well as five times in Championnat de France Amateur 2 for Caen II.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/> After zero appearances in the first six months of 2016–17, Nkololo left Caen on 17 January 2017 to join Ligue 2 side Laval.<ref name="Joined Laval 1">{{cite news|title=Jordan Nkololo prêté à Laval (L2)|url=http://www.smcaen.fr/2016-2017/depeche/groupe-pro/jordan-nkololo-prete-laval-l2|accessdate=17 January 2017|work=Stade Malherbe Caen|date=17 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118063759/http://www.smcaen.fr/2016-2017/depeche/groupe-pro/jordan-nkololo-prete-laval-l2|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Joined Laval 2">{{cite news|title=Jordan Nkololo prêté jusqu'à la fin de la saison|url=http://www.stade-lavallois.com/actualite/l-actualite/24779-Jordan-Nkololo-prete-jusqua-la-fin-de-la-saison.html|accessdate=17 January 2017|work=Stade Lavallois|date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
===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.<ref>[http://www.nogometplus.net/index.php/domaci_nogomet/ht-prva-liga/istra-1961/jordan-nkololo-novi-igrac-istre/ Jordan N’Kololo novi igrač Istre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610234016/http://www.nogometplus.net/index.php/domaci_nogomet/ht-prva-liga/istra-1961/jordan-nkololo-novi-igrac-istre/ |date=2019-06-10 }}, nogometplus.net, 5 February 2019</ref>
===Riga FC=== In December 2019, he joined the reigning Latvian champions Riga FC.<ref>[https://rigafc.lv/riga-vienojas-ar-27-gadus-veco-maiklu-dzordanu/ Riga vienojas ar 27 gadus veco Maiklu Džordanu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226001316/https://rigafc.lv/riga-vienojas-ar-27-gadus-veco-maiklu-dzordanu/ |date=2019-12-26 }}, rigafc.lv, 2 December 2019</ref>
===FK Sūduva=== In June 2021 Lithuanian FK Sūduva introduced a new member of the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alyga.lt/naujiena/suduva-papilde-krasto-saugu-grandi/7150|title = "Sūduva" papildė krašto saugų grandį | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportas.info/tag/jordan-nkololo/|title = Jordan N'Kololo| date=21 September 2021 }}</ref> On 2 August 2021 he scored first goal for the new team in A Lyga against Kauno Žalgiris<ref>[https://alyga.lt/rungtynes/2021-08-02-k-zalgiris-suduva/1248 alyga.lt: KŽ 3-3 Sūduva]</ref><ref>[https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/437973/kauno-zalgiris-ispudingai-atsitiese-pries-suduva sportas.lt: KŽ 3-3 Sūduva]</ref>
===FC Kyzylzhar=== In February 2022 he signed with FC Kyzylzhar from Kazakhstan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports.kz/news/klub-kpl-obyyavil-o-podpisanii-igroka-s-opyitom-igryi-vo-frantsii|title = Клуб КПЛ объявил о подписании игрока с опытом игры во Франции - Футбол}}</ref>
===ÍBV=== On 16 August 2023, he signed with ÍBV from Iceland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fotbolti.net/news/16-08-2023/michael-jordan-i-ibv-stadfest|title=Michael Jordan Í ÍBV (Stadfest)|trans-title=Michael Jordan in IBV (confirmed)|publisher=fotbolti.net|language=Icelandic|access-date=11 September 2023}}</ref>
==International career== Nkololo has represented DR Congo at senior level, he has scored two goals in four appearances for his country.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
== Personal life== Jordan is the brother of the footballer Béni Nkololo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-21 |title=Le frère de Jordan Nkololo (SM Caen) débarque à Avranches |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/manche/le-frere-de-jordan-nkololo-sm-caen-debarque-avranches-4384855 |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=Ouest-France.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|4 July 2018}}.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Club statistics |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup<ref group="lower-alpha">Includes the Coupe de France.</ref> !colspan=2|League Cup<ref group="lower-alpha">Includes the Coupe de la Ligue.</ref> !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals |- |rowspan=2|Châteauroux |2012–13 |Ligue 2 |3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||3||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||3||0 |- |rowspan=2|Châteauroux II |2012–13 |CFA 2 |20||6||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||20||6 |- !colspan=2|Total !20||6||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||20||6 |- |rowspan=3|Clermont |2013–14 |rowspan=2|Ligue 2 |32||1||0||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||33||1 |- |2014–15 |18||1||1||0||3||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||22||1 |- !colspan=2|Total !50||2||1||0||4||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||55||2 |- |rowspan=3|Clermont II |2013–14 |rowspan=2|CFA 2 |2||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||2||1 |- |2014–15 |7||2||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||7||2 |- !colspan=2|Total !9||3||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||9||3 |- |rowspan=4|Caen |2015–16 |rowspan=3|Ligue 1 |16||0||1||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||18||0 |- |2016–17 |0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||1||0 |- |2017–18 |10||0||1||0||2||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||13||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !26||0||2||0||4||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||32||0 |- |rowspan=4|Caen II |2015–16 |rowspan=3|CFA 2 |5||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||5||1 |- |2016–17 |7||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||7||0 |- |2017–18 |10||4||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||10||4 |- !colspan=2|Total !22||5||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||22||5 |- |Laval (loan) |2016–17 |Ligue 2 |12||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||12||1 |- !colspan=3|Career total !142||17||3||0||8||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||153||17 |} <small>{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}</small>
===International=== {{updated|17 January 2017}}.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !National team||Year||Apps||Goals |- |rowspan=3|DR Congo |2015||3||0 |- |2016||1||0 |- |2017||0||0 |- !colspan=2|Total||4||0 |}
===International goals=== {{updated|17 January 2017}}. ''Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.''<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !Goal||Date||Venue||Opponent||Score||Result||Competition |- | 1 || 8 October 2015 || Stade de la Cité de l'Oie, Visé, Belgium || {{fb|NGA}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 2–0 || Friendly |- | 2 || 15 November 2015 || Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo || {{fb|BDI}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 3–0{{refn|FIFA awarded DR Congo a 3–0 win as a result of Burundi fielding the ineligible player Gaël Bigirimana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/75/53/57/disciplinary_overview_fwc_final_feb2016_neutral.pdf |title=DISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW – 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA™ QUALIFIERS |publisher=FIFA |date=1 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205225331/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/75/53/57/disciplinary_overview_fwc_final_feb2016_neutral.pdf |archivedate=5 February 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> The match originally ended 2–2.|group="note"|name="congodr-burundi"}} || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |}
==Notes== {{reflist|group=note}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://foot-national.com/20264-joueur-football-Nkololo-Michael.html Michaël Nkololo profile] at foot-national.com *{{LFP|id=nkololo-jordan|name=Michaël Nkololo}}
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