Malcom Edjouma

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Malcom Edjouma
Malcom Edjouma - CFR Cluj vs FCSB, 17 April 2022 (cropped).jpg
Edjouma with FCSB in 2022
Personal information
Full name Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari
Date of birth (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FCSB
Number 18
Youth career
2005–2008 Paris Saint-Germain
2008–2010 Toulouse
2010–2011 Bordeaux
2011–2013 Toulouse Fontaines
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Balma 7 (1)
2014–2016 Châteauroux B 24 (0)
2016 Châteauroux 1 (0)
2016–2017 Belfort 22 (0)
2017–2018 Concarneau 29 (2)
2018–2020 Lorient B 3 (0)
2018–2020 Lorient 3 (0)
2019Red Star (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020Chambly (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020Chambly B (loan) 2 (1)
2020 Viitorul Constanța 3 (0)
2020 Roeselare 0 (0)
2021–2022 Botoșani 22 (4)
2022– FCSB 68 (12)
2023–2024Bari (loan) 22 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2025

Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari (born 8 October 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club FCSB.

Contents

Career

Edjouma began his youth career with the youth academies of PSG and Toulouse. [1]

On 29 July 2018, Edjouma transferred to FC Lorient, and was loaned back to US Concarneau for the remainder of the season. [2] Edjouma made his professional debut with Lorient in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Le Havre AC on 28 July 2018. [3]

On 10 January 2019, Edjouma was loaned out to fellow second tier club Red Star F.C. for the remainder of the season. [4]

On 16 July 2019, Edjouma was loaned out to Ligue 2 side Chambly. [5]

On 23 January 2020, Edjouma signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Viitorul Constanța. [6]

On 17 August 2023, Edjouma joined Bari in Italy on loan with an option to buy. [7]

International career

Edjouma is eligible to represent the France national football team, Cameroon national football team and Morocco national football team at senior level. In September 2018, Edjouma accepted a call-up to the Morocco local national football team by coach Jamal Sellami, and chose to represent Morocco. [8]

In 2018, Edjouma featured in an unofficial friendly for the Morocco national football team. [9]

Personal life

Edjouma was born in Toulouse, France, to a Cameroonian father and a Moroccan mother. [10] He holds both French and Moroccan nationalities. [11] His younger brother Noah Edjouma, a forward born in 2005, signed professionally for Toulouse in 2023. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 March 2025 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Balma 2013–14 CFA 2 7171
Châteauroux B 2014–15 CFA 24040
2015–16 200200
Total240240
Châteauroux 2015–16 Championnat National 100010
Belfort 2016–17 Championnat National22010230
Concarneau 2017–18 Championnat National29230322
Lorient 2018–19 Ligue 2 30003161
Lorient B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 3030
Red Star (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 29090
Chambly (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 2900010100
Chambly B (loan) 2019–20 Championnat National 3 2121
Viitorul Constanța 2019–20 Liga I 3030
Botoșani 2021–22 Liga I22410234
FCSB 2021–22 Liga I142142
2022–23 299001124011
2023–24 41003071
2024–25 2101018310413
Total6812103251010117
Bari (loan) 2023–24 Serie B 22200222
Career total2242260413251026728

    Honours

    FCSB [13]

    Individual

    References

    1. "Malcom Edjouma arrive de Belfort". 25 June 2017.
    2. "Malcom Edjouma transféré au FC Lorient - US CONCARNEAU". 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
    3. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - FC Lorient / Havre AC". www.lfp.fr.
    4. "Malcom Edjouma prêté au Red Star FC". FC Lorient (in French). 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
    5. "MALCOLM EDJOUMA (FC LORIENT) PRETE AU FCCO" (in French). Chambly. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
    6. "Bine ai venit, Malcom Edjouma!" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
    7. "Benvenuto Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari" (in Italian). Bari. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
    8. "Malcom Edjouma, la nouvelle recrue de Jamal Sellami". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
    9. "x.com". X (formerly Twitter).
    10. LDA. "Malcom Sylas Edjouma avec les Lions de l'Atlas de Sellami". lionsdelatlas.ma. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
    11. "Malcom EDJOUMA". unfp.org. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
    12. "Bucurie în familia Edjouma. Cu ce echipă din Ligue 1 a semnat fratele jucătorului de la FCSB" [Joy in the Edjouma family. Which Ligue 1 team did the FCSB player's brother sign with?] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
    13. 1 2 Malcom Edjouma at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
    14. ""Regele" și "Micul prinț" » Gheorghe Hagi a fost ales "Antrenorul lunii februarie", iar Malcom Edjouma - "Jucătorul lunii"! Cum s-a votat" [The King & The Little Prince » Gheorghe Hagi was chosen "Coach of the month in February", and Malcom Edjouma - "Player of the month"! How the voting took place]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.