Robin Ngalande

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Robin Ngalande
Personal information
Full name Robin Ngalande Junior [1]
Date of birth (1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Dedza, Malawi
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Mighty Wanderers
Youth career
Civo United
2009–2010 Mamelodi Sundowns
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Atlético Madrid C
2012–2016 Bidvest Wits 14 (3)
2014–2015Ajax Cape Town (loan) 12 (0)
2015–2016Platinum Stars (loan) 2 (0)
2017 Masters Security
2017–2018 Baroka 21 (3)
2019–2020 Zira 11 (1)
2020–2022 Saint George 10 (1)
2022– Mighty Wanderers
International career
Malawi U17
2012– Malawi 44 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:27, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:25, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Robin Ngalande Junior (born 2 November 1992) is a Malawian footballer who plays as a striker for Mighty Wanderers.

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Club career

Born in Dedza, [1] Ngalande began his career with Civo United. [1] He later joined the youth team of Spanish club Atlético Madrid in September 2010, joining from the youth ranks of South African club Mamelodi Sundowns. [3] [4] Ngalande had been offered contracts by sixteen other European clubs. [5]

Ngalande returned to South Africa in 2012 signing a two-year contract with Bidvest Wits. [6]

On 10 July 2014, Ngalande signed a season-long loan deal with Ajax Cape Town. [7] In July 2015 he moved on loan again, this time to Platinum Stars. [8] In December 2015 his performances for the club were criticised. [9] After returning from his loan at the end of the season, he was said to be considering his options. [10]

Ngalande was released by Bidvest in September 2016. [11] After a spell with Masters Security, [12] he signed for Baroka in July 2017, [13] but terminated his contract with them in May 2018. [14]

In January 2019 Ngalande signed for Azerbaijani club Zira. [15] [16]

On 10 June 2019, Ngalande signed a new two-year contract with Zira. [17] On 27 January 2020, Ngalande was released by Zira. [18]

He signed for Ethiopian club Saint George for the 2020–21 season. [19] [20] After his two-year contract expired, he returned to Malawi, signing for Mighty Wanderers in September 2022. [21]

International career

He made his senior international debut for Malawi in 2012. [12] At the youth level he played in the 2009 African U-17 Championship, [3] scoring a brace in their 5–0 win over Zimbabwe national under-17 football team. [22]

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