| 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 | 23 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Norway U18 | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 May 2021 | |||
Eric Kitolano (born 2 September 1997) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays for Molde.
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]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gulset | 2013 | 5. divisjon | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 3 | |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| 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 | — | — | 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 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9[a] | 0 | 38 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 23 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 201 | 45 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 231 | 52 | ||
He is the older brother of John and Joshua Kitolano.
Molde