Didis Lutumba-Pitah
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Etar | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | PK-35 | ||
| 2015–2016 | Honka | ||
| 2017–2018 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Honka II | 18 | (9) |
| 2016 | Honka | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Klubi 04 | 38 | (11) |
| 2019 | AC Kajaani | 11 | (0) |
| 2021 | RoPS | 29 | (1) |
| 2022 | HIFK | 19 | (1) |
| 2023 | Hegelmann | 34 | (2) |
| 2024– | Etar | 32 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2024 | |||
Didis Lutumba-Pitah (born 13 November 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer playing as a winger for Bulgarian Second League side Etar Veliko Tarnovo. Besides his native Finland, Lutumba-Pitah has played in Lithuania and Bulgaria.
Club career
[edit]Lutumba-Pitah played in the youth sectors of PK-35 and FC Honka, before debuting at a senior level with Honka's reserve team in 2015 in lower divisions. He went on to join HJK Helsinki and continued with the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in the third-tier Kakkonen and in the second-tier Ykkönen.
On 5 February 2021, he signed with Ykkönen club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) and joined his former Klubi 04 coach Mikko Mannila.[1]
On 23 February 2022, Lutumba-Pitah joined HIFK in Veikkausliiga, and made his league debut in the 2022 season.[2][3] After the relegation at the end of the season, Lutumba-Pitah left HIFK.
In January 2023, he moved to Lithuania after signing with FC Hegelmann in the country's top-tier A Lyga.[4][5][6] During the season, he also represented the club in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers.[7][8]
In January 2024, Lutumba-Pitah joined Etar Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgarian First League. He contributed in 15 league appearances and scored two goals during the latter half of the season, but eventually the club were relegated to Bulgarian Second League.
Personal life
[edit]Lutumba-Pitah is of Congolese descent. His younger brother Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba is also a professional footballer for Veikkausliiga club KuPS.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 25 November 2024
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[a] | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Honka Akatemia | 2015 | Nelonen | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | |||
| 2016 | Kolmonen | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 19 | 8 | |||
| Total | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2017 | Kakkonen | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 8 | ||
| 2018 | Ykkönen | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | |||
| Total | 39 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 | ||
| AC Kajaani | 2019 | Ykkönen | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
| RoPS | 2021 | Ykkönen | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||
| HIFK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4[b] | 0 | – | 27 | 5 | |
| Hegelmann | 2023 | A Lyga | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
| Etar | 2023–24 | Bulgarian First League | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bulgarian Second League | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 2 | |||
| Total | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 186 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 208 | 38 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Lithuanian Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
References
[edit]- ^ RoPS kiinnitti nuoret Elmeri Hirvosen sekä Didis Lutumba-Pitahin, rops.fi, 5 February 2021
- ^ Didis Lutumba-Pitah sopimukseen HIFK:n kanssa – vakuutti testijaksolla, hifkfotboll.fi, 23 February 2022
- ^ HIFK:lle lisävoimaa hyökkäykseen - Didis Lutumba-Pitah sopimukseen, Veikkausliiga/veikkausliiga.com, 23 February 2022
- ^ Mėlynai baltų gretose – atakuojantis žaidėjas iš Suomijos, fchegelmann.com, 13 January 2023
- ^ D1 Lituanie: Didis Lutumba Pitah participe au succès de Hegelmann avec sa 3ème passe décisive de la saison, foot.cd, 30 September 2023
- ^ D1 Lituanie : Un 3ème succès de suite pour Didis Lutumba Pitah et Hegelmann, foot.cd, 8 July 2023
- ^ DIDIS LUTUMBA-PITAH, UEFA Europa Conference League, uefa.com
- ^ UEFA/Conférence League : Didis Lutumba Pitah et Hegelmann au de l’élimination dès le 1er tour, foot.cd, 14 July 2023
- ^ Mikkelin Palloilijat: «Mon objectif ici est de franchir une nouvelle étape dans ma carrière et d’aider l’équipe à aller de l’avant» (Joslyn Luyeye Lutumba), foot.cd, 7 January 2022
External links
[edit]- Didis Lutumba-Pitah at Soccerway
- Didis Lutumba-Pitah at WorldFootball.net
- Didis Lutumba-Pitah at Finnish FA
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- A Lyga players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- FC Honka players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Klubi 04 players
- AC Kajaani players
- HIFK Fotboll players
- FC Hegelmann players
- Finnish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players
- PK-35 (men) players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Kolmonen players