Erving Dzho Botaka-Ioboma (russian: Эрвинг Джо Ботака-Иобома; born 5 October 1998) is a Russian

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who plays as a

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for Arsenal Tula.

Club career

He made his debut in the

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for

FC Solyaris Moscow FC Solyaris Moscow (russian: ФК «Солярис» Москва) was a Russian football team based in Moscow. It was founded in 2014. In 2014–15 season, it started its professional history in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League ...

on 20 July 2016 in a game against

FSK Dolgoprudny FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny (russian: ФК «Олимп-Долгопрудный») was a professional association football club from Dolgoprudny, Russia. It made its debut in the second-highest Russian Football National League in the 2021–22 season ...

. In July 2018 his failed transfer back to Torpedo Moscow caused a stir when it was reported the club canceled his contract because the

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refused to allow a

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footballer to play for the club. Torpedo later denied this via an official statement but the Torpedo ultras were adamant with their own statement. He made his Russian Football National League debut for Luch Vladivostok on 24 July 2019 in a game against

FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (russian: ФК «Нефтехимик» Нижнекамск) is an association football club from Nizhnekamsk, Russia, founded in 1991. It played at the second-highest level in the Russian First League in 1993–1998, ...

. On 11 June 2021, he signed a long-term contract with Russian Premier League club Ufa, reuniting with his former Veles coach

Aleksei Stukalov Aleksei Borisovich Stukalov (russian: Алексей Борисович Стукалов; born 24 November 1983) is a Russian football coach. He is the manager of FC Rotor Volgograd. Coaching career On 9 April 2021 he signed a contract with Rus ...

. He made his RPL debut for Ufa on 18 September 2021 in a game against

FC Khimki FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, ...

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* * * 1998 births People from Pushkino Footballers from Moscow Oblast Russian people of Republic of the Congo descent Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Solyaris Moscow players FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo players FC Veles Moscow players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Ufa players FC Arsenal Tula players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Erovnuli Liga 2 players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Russian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) {{Russia-footy-defender-1998-stub