Cephas Malele

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Cephas Malele
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Malele with CFR Cluj in 2023
Personal information
Full name Cephas Malele
Date of birth (1994-01-08) 8 January 1994 (age 30) [1]
Place of birth Buco-Zau, Angola [2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Shanghai Shenhua
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2005 Industrie Zürich
2005–2011 Zürich
2011–2013 Palermo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 Zürich II 7 (0)
2013–2017 Palermo 6 (0)
2014 → Virtus Entella (loan) 13 (0)
2015 → Trapani (loan) 15 (0)
2015–2016 → Atlético CP (loan) 40 (9)
2016–2017 → Leixões (loan) 11 (0)
2017 → Varzim (loan) 21 (5)
2017–2018 Varzim 29 (2)
2018–2019 Arouca 29 (9)
2019–2020 Oliveirense 14 (3)
2020–2021 Argeș Pitești 30 (18)
2021–2023 Al-Tai 26 (4)
2022–2023 → CFR Cluj (loan) 18 (4)
2023– Shanghai Shenhua 47 (24)
International career‡
2009 Switzerland U15 2 (0)
2009–2010 Switzerland U16 5 (5)
2011 Switzerland U17 4 (0)
2011–2012 Switzerland U18 6 (2)
2013 Switzerland U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2013

Cephas Malele (born 8 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

Contents

After starting out as a senior at FC Zürich II, he went on to appear for teams in Italy, Portugal, Romania Saudi Arabia and China.

Born in Angola, Malele represented Switzerland internationally at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels.

Club career

Born in Angola, Malele moved with his family in Switzerland as a child and grew up in the youth system of FC Zürich, also making a couple appearances for their Under-21 reserve side between 2010 and 2011.

During the summer of 2011, he was signed by Palermo and included into their Primavera squad. After a difficult first season due to injuries, Malele became a key player for the main Rosanero youth team throughout the first half of 2012–13 season, pairing with another rising star, Mauro Bollino, and being one of the main topscorers of the Campionato Nazionale Primavera. As a consequence, and also due to lack of strikers in the first team, he was asked by Gian Piero Gasperini to join the senior side, and made his professional Serie A debut on 7 January 2013, playing the final minutes of a league game against Parma. He was featured again on 19 January 2013, playing the final 15 minutes of a home game against Lazio as a replacement to Josip Iličić. He was successively confirmed for the club's triumphal 2013–14 Serie B campaign, where he managed to make only three appearances as a substitute throughout the whole season. [3]

On 28 July 2014, Malele was loaned out to newly promoted Serie B club Virtus Entella for the whole 2014–15 season in order to gain more first team experience. [4]

On 13 August 2021, Malele joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai. [5] On 4 August 2022, Malele joined Romanian club CFR Cluj on a season-long loan. [6]

On 30 March 2023, Malele joined Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. [7]

International career

Malele has appeared for Switzerland from the under-15 level to the under-19 level.

Career statistics

As of match played on 6 July 2024 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Palermo 2012–13 Serie A 3000——30
2013–14 Serie B 3000——30
Total6000——60
Virtus Entella (loan) 2014–15 Serie B13020——150
Trapani (loan)150———150
Atlético CP (loan) 2015–16 LigaPro 4090020—429
Leixões (loan) 2016–17 11020——130
Varzim (loan)215———215
Varzim 2017–18 29210——302
Arouca 2018–19 2992111—3211
Oliveirense 2019–20 14300——100
Argeș Pitești 2020–21 Liga I 301810——3118
Al-Tai 2021–22 Saudi Professional League 26410——274
CFR Cluj (loan) 2022–23 Liga I18421—80285
Shanghai Shenhua 2023 Chinese Super League 291134——3215
2024 Chinese Super League 161111——1712
Career total29776157318032384

Honours

Palermo

Shanghai Shenhua

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Cephas Malele" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cephas Malele". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Scheda anagrafica di Cephas Malele" (in Italian). AIC Football. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "MOVIMENTI DI MERCATO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "رسميًا: الطائي يعلن التعاقد مع سيفاس ماليلي".
  6. ↑ "BUN VENIT, CEPHAS MALELE!".
  7. ↑ "官宣：前锋马莱莱正式加盟上海申花" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Cephas Malele at Soccerway
  9. ↑ "LPF a ales "echipa ideală" a sezonului din Liga 1! Care echipă a oferit cei mai mulți jucători" [LPF has chosen the "ideal team" of the Liga 1 season! Which team offers the most players] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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