Malamine Efekele (born 19 July 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Cercle Brugge, on loan from Monaco.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malamine Efekele[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Livry-Gargan, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cercle Brugge (on loan from Monaco) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2019 | AS Bondy | ||
| 2019– | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Monaco | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | France U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2023– | France U20 | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 | |||
Club career
editBorn in Livry-Gargan, Malamine Efekele joined the AS Monaco academy in 2019, from the Bondy football club, after also spending some time in the INF Clairefontaine.[2][3][4][5]
During the 2021–22 season, despite being sidelined for several months because of injury, he was among the top goalscorer of Monaco under-19s.[4][6][7]
Efekele signed his first professional contract with the club on the summer 2022, then making headlines for his striking resemblance to Kylian Mbappé, both in term of profile—a Bondy-grown paced striker playing in the Monaco academy—and physical appearance.[4][6][8][9]
The following season, he played both the Championnat U19 and the Premier League International Cup,[10][11] emerging as one of the standouts of the academy by March 2023, having proven to be decisive against the likes of West Ham, as he scored a brace in a 2–1 away International Cup win against them.[12]
On 24 January 2024, Efekele moved on loan to Cercle Brugge in Belgium.[13]
International career
editEfekele was born in France and is of DR Congolese descent. He was called up to a training camp for the DR Congo U20s in December 2021.[14] He is a youth international for France, first receiving a call with the under-19 in March 2023, along the likes of Warren Zaïre-Emery and Mathys Tel.[15][16]
In May 2023, he was selected with France under-20s for the FIFA World Cup.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ Pruneta, Laurent (18 June 2019). "Documentaire "Une chance sur un million" : immersion dans la pépinière du foot français". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Sébastien Daguerressar and Arnaud Muller (2019). Une Chance sur un Million (Television production) (in French). Babel Press. France Télévisions.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b c Le Bars, Louis (6 August 2022). "Ligue 1 : qui est Malamine Efekele, le joueur considéré comme le "clone" de Kylian Mbappé ?". La Dépêche (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Transferts : Chelsea lorgne Malamine Efekele (Monaco)". L'Équipe (in French). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Monaco: "Ils ont cloné Mbappé", la signature pro de Malamine Efekele fait marrer les réseaux sociaux". RMC Sport (in French). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Hattabi, Dahbia (6 May 2022). "Monaco : Malamine Efekele affole l'Europe". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ ""Ils ont cloné Mbappé" : entre Kylian Mbappé (PSG) Et Malamine Efekele (AS Monaco), un parallèle qui a enflammé la toile". Eurosport. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Maumon de Longevialle, Antoine (13 August 2022). "Malamine Efekele : Monaco a-t-il fait signer un clone de Kylian Mbappé ?". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ a b Quarez, Benjamin (22 May 2023). "Odobert, Keita, Semedo Varela… qui sont les Bleuets à suivre à la Coupe du monde U20". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ a b Canivenc, Clovis (22 May 2023). "Equipe de France U20 - Malamine Efekele, un attaquant à surveiller lors de la Coupe du Monde". Ouest-France. Madein Monegasque. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Chédeville, Damien (30 March 2023). "Malamine Efekele MVP de l'Academy au mois de mars". AS Monaco (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "MALAMINE EFEKELE OP UITLEENBASIS NAAR CERCLE BRUGGE" [MALAMINE EFEKELE ON LOAN TO CERCLE BRUGGE] (in Dutch). Cercle Brugge. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Kabongo, Emery (10 December 2021). "Dinzey, Hitoto et la relève !".
- ^ "Football : Qui sont les talents de l'équipe de France U19 attendus à Orléans pour le Tour Elite de l'Euro ?". La République du Centre. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Tertrin, William (28 March 2023). "Tour Elite U19Eliesse Ben Seghir, Edan Diop et Malamine Efekele tous trois buteurs avec l'équipe de France U19". Ouest-France. Madein Monegasque. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
External links
edit- Malamine Efekele at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Malamine Efekele at Soccerway