Malcom Bokele
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcom Bokele Mputu | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bordeaux | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Bellecour Perrache | |||
| Eveil Lyon | |||
| 2011–2014 | Lyon | ||
| 2014–2017 | FC Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | FBBP01 B | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Metz B | 9 | (0) |
| 2020– | Bordeaux B | 9 | (0) |
| 2021– | Bordeaux | 48 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | →Villefranche (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Cameroon U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Cameroon | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:44, 11 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Malcom Bokele Mputu (born 12 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Ligue 2 club Bordeaux. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
Club career[edit]
Bokele is a youth product of the academies of AS Bellecour Perrache, Eveil Lyon, Lyon and FC Lyon.[2] He began his senior career with the reserves of FBBP01 in 2017.[3] He followed that up with a stint with the reserves of FC Metz from 2017 to 2019. In October 2019, he moved to the reserves of Bordeaux.[4] On 1 June 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux for 3 years.[5] He joined Villefranche on 29 January 2022 for the second half of the 2021-22 season in the Championnat National.[6] Moving to the Bordeaux senior team for the 2022-23 season, he made his professional debut with them in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes on 22 August 2022.[7]
International career[edit]
Bokele was born in France to a Congolese father and Cameroonian mother.[8] He was called up to the Cameroon U23s in October 2021.[9] He debuted with the senior Cameroon national team in a 1–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Namibia on 24 March 2023.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Malcom Bokele" (in French). FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Malcom Bokele : "Cela ne fait que trois matchs, on fera un bilan dans un moment"". OneFootball.
- ^ "Football / National. Bokele : " Je ne pensais pas que le niveau de la L1 était aussi difficile "". www.leprogres.fr.
- ^ "Malcom Bokele (ex-Metz) s'entraîne aux Girondins de Bordeaux". actufoot.com.
- ^ Actu, S. B. M. (1 June 2021). "Foot/Ligue 1 – Malcom Bokele signe pro avec les Girondins - Sport Business Mag".
- ^ "Football/National : Malcom Bokele rejoint le FCVB". Le Patriote Beaujolais. 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Girondins33 - Nicolas Maurice-Belay : "Malcom Bokele et Dilane Bakwa ont montré de belles choses !"". www.girondins33.com.
- ^ TOMEGAH, Rodolph (30 October 2021). "Bordeaux : Mbaye Niang de retour, première apparition pour Malcom Bokele Mputu".
- ^ ETONG, Romaric (3 October 2021). "Morgan et Malcom Bokélé convoqués avec les U23 du Cameroun - Allez Les Lions".
- ^ "Cameroon vs. Namibia - Football Match Summary - March 24, 2023 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
External links[edit]
- Malcom Bokele at Soccerway
- Malcom Bokele at BDFutbol
- Malcom Bokele – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lyon
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- Cameroon men's youth international footballers
- French men's footballers
- Cameroonian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players
- FC Metz players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- FC Villefranche Beaujolais players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Black French sportspeople
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players