Lelo Mbele

Blaise Lelo Mbele (born 10 August 1987) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a striker. Lelo played for different professional clubs such as South African club Orlando Pirates and Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal FC.

Club career
Mbele helped CS Sfaxien win the CAF Confederation Cup.

On 29 November 2007, Mbele signed with Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia for a fee of $25000 per month to the player and $1.2M to his former club.

He made his Saudi Premier League debut for Al Hilal in a 1–0 away win over Al Watani on 5 December 2007. His first goal for Al Hilal came in a 2–0 victory against Al Ittifaq on 10 December 2007.

In 2008, he joined Tunisian side Espérance.

In January 2009, Mbele signed with Sudanese club Al-Hilal for $1 million deal on a three-year contract. The player's agent cited the financial strength and success of the Al-Hilal to be the favoring deciding factors that made Mbele choose the Sudanese club. He did not have a good season with Al Hilal so Al Nasr of Libya choose to buy him.

On 12 July 2011, Mbele signed with Kuwaiti club Al Naser. On 28 July 2011, Al Naser terminated their contract with Mbele after he ruptured a muscle.

After being a free agent for four months, he eventually joined the Malaysian club, Selangor FA in a two-year contract alongside Lebanese international, Ramez Dayoub. However, due to his injury, Lelo did not manage to play for any games with Selangor and later was released by the Football Association of Selangor.

On 13 August 2012, Mbele signed for Algerian club MC Alger for a two-year contract.

Bahrain became his fifteenth footballing country when he joined Al-Ahli Club.

In 2017, Mbele moved to India after signing with newly formed I-League club Gokulam Kerala.

International career
Mbele was a member of the DR Congo national team at the 2006 African Nations Cup, which progressed to the quarter-finals, where it were eliminated by Egypt, which won the tournament.