Mayele Malango

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Mayele Malango
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire (now DRC)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Monterey Bay FC
Number 10
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Salem State Vikings 19 (17)
2018 UMass Lowell River Hawks 18 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Boston Bolts 13 (5)
2020 New England Revolution II 14 (1)
2021 New Amsterdam 14 (9)
2022 Albion San Diego 20 (3)
2023–2025 Chattanooga Red Wolves 47 (9)
2025– Monterey Bay 21 (4)
International career‡
2025– Malawi 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:01, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:01, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Mayele Malango (born 25 February 1997) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Monterey Bay FC in the USL Championship. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he plays for the Malawi national team.

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Career

Boston Bolts

Malango played with USL League Two side Boston Bolts in 2018 [1] and 2019. [2]

New England Revolution II

Malango joined USL League One side New England Revolution II in January 2020. [3] Malango's contract option was declined by New England on November 30, 2020. [4]

New Amsterdam

In March 2021, Malango joined National Independent Soccer Association side New Amsterdam FC. [5]

Albion San Diego

On March 29, 2022, Albion San Diego announced that they signed Malango for their 2022 NISA campaign. [6]

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC

Malango joined Chattanooga Red Wolves SC ahead of the 2023 season, contributing three goals and an assist. [7] The club exercised his option for 2024. [8]

International career

Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malango was raised in a refugee camp in Malawi. He was called up to the Malawi national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in September 2025, debuting in a 2–1 win over Namibia on 6 September 2025. [9]

Personal

Raised in Malawi in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Mayele and his family were refugees from DRC. [10] [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Boston Bolts - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - #10 - Mayele Malango -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  2. ↑ "Boston Bolts | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  3. ↑ "Lowell's Malango will join Revolution affiliate". 7 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Revolution II sign four players including Academy product Colby Quinones, announce year-end roster moves | New England Revolution".
  5. ↑ "NAFC puts pen to paper on 3 new faces signing Juliano Pereira, Mayele Malango, and Bronx native Kalley Muntaha". Twitter. New Amsterdam FC. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Albion signs Malango". Twitter. ALBION San Diego. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Chattanooga Red Wolves Announce the Signing of Mayele Malango". Chattanooga Red Wovles SC. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Announce First Group of Optioned Players Returning in 2024". Chattanooga Red Wolves SC. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  9. ↑ read, Foot Africa·1 min (6 September 2025). "Mayele 'very happy to have made' his debut with Malawi". Yahoo Sports.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Get to Know Revolution II | Mayele Malango | New England Revolution". revolutionsoccer.net.
  11. ↑ "Mayele Malango's journey took him from Malawi to Lowell 10 years ago. Now, he takes his shot with the Revolution II – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com.
  12. ↑ "Congo – M. Malango – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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