Malcom Bokele

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Malcom Bokele
Personal information
Full name Malcom Bokele Mputu
Date of birth (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 24)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 FBBP01 B 5 (0)
2019–2020 Metz B 9 (0)
2020– Bordeaux B 9 (0)
2021– Bordeaux 56 (2)
2021–2022 →Villefranche (loan) 14 (0)
International career‡
2021 Cameroon U23 1 (0)
2023– Cameroon 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 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.

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Club career

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

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Malcom Bokele" (in French). FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Malcom Bokele : "Cela ne fait que trois matchs, on fera un bilan dans un moment"". OneFootball.
  3. ↑ "Football / National. Bokele : " Je ne pensais pas que le niveau de la L1 était aussi difficile "". www.leprogres.fr.
  4. ↑ "Malcom Bokele (ex-Metz) s'entraîne aux Girondins de Bordeaux". actufoot.com.
  5. ↑ Actu, S. B. M. (1 June 2021). "Foot/Ligue 1 – Malcom Bokele signe pro avec les Girondins - Sport Business Mag".
  6. ↑ "Football/National : Malcom Bokele rejoint le FCVB". Le Patriote Beaujolais. 29 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Girondins33 - Nicolas Maurice-Belay : "Malcom Bokele et Dilane Bakwa ont montré de belles choses !"". www.girondins33.com.
  8. ↑ TOMEGAH, Rodolph (30 October 2021). "Bordeaux : Mbaye Niang de retour, première apparition pour Malcom Bokele Mputu".
  9. ↑ ETONG, Romaric (3 October 2021). "Morgan et Malcom Bokélé convoqués avec les U23 du Cameroun - Allez Les Lions".
  10. ↑ "Cameroon vs. Namibia - Football Match Summary - March 24, 2023 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
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