French footballer (born 2004)
Malamine Efekele Full name
Malamine Efekele[ 1] Date of birth
(2004-07-19 ) 19 July 2004 (age 20) Place of birth
Livry-Gargan , France Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Position(s)
Forward Current team
Cercle Brugge (on loan from Monaco ) Number
7 2012–2019
AS Bondy 2019–2023
Monaco Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 2023–
Monaco
0
(0) 2024–
→ Cercle Brugge (loan)
15
(1) 2023
France U19
3
(1) 2023–
France U20
7
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2024
Malamine Efekele (born 19 July 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Cercle Brugge , on loan from Monaco .
Club career
Born in Livry-Gargan , Malamine Efekele joined the AS Monaco academy in 2019, from the Bondy football club, after also spending some time in the INF Clairefontaine .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
During the 2021–22 season , despite being sidelined for several months because of injury, he was among the top goalscorer of Monaco under-19s .[ 4] [ 6] [ 7]
Efekele signed his first professional contract with the club on the summer 2022, then making headlines for his striking resemblance to Kylian Mbappé , both in term of profile—a Bondy-grown paced striker playing in the Monaco academy—and physical appearance.[ 4] [ 6] [ 8] [ 9]
The following season , he played both the Championnat U19 and the Premier League International Cup ,[ 10] [ 11] West Ham , as he scored a brace in a 2–1 away International Cup win against them.[ 12]
On 24 January 2024, Efekele moved on loan to Cercle Brugge in Belgium.[ 13]
International career
Efekele was born in France and is of DR Congolese descent. He was called up to a training camp for the DR Congo U20s in December 2021.[ 14] under-19 in March 2023, along the likes of Warren Zaïre-Emery and Mathys Tel .[ 15] [ 16]
In May 2023, he was selected with France under-20s for the FIFA World Cup .[ 10] [ 11]
Honours
Monaco U19
References
^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: France (FRA)" (PDF) . FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2023 .^ Pruneta, Laurent (18 June 2019). "Documentaire "Une chance sur un million" : immersion dans la pépinière du foot français" . Le Parisien . Retrieved 23 May 2023 . ^ Sébastien Daguerressar and Arnaud Muller (2019). Une Chance sur un Million (Television production) (in French). Babel Press. France Télévisions . {{cite AV media }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )^ a b c Le Bars, Louis (6 August 2022). "Ligue 1 : qui est Malamine Efekele, le joueur considéré comme le "clone" de Kylian Mbappé ?" . La Dépêche . Retrieved 23 May 2023 . ^ "Transferts : Chelsea lorgne Malamine Efekele (Monaco)" . L'Équipe . Retrieved 23 May 2023 .^ a b "Monaco: "Ils ont cloné Mbappé", la signature pro de Malamine Efekele fait marrer les réseaux sociaux" . RMC Sport . Retrieved 23 May 2023 .^ Hattabi, Dahbia (6 May 2022). "Monaco : Malamine Efekele affole l'Europe" . Foot Mercato [fr ] . Retrieved 23 May 2023 . ^ " . Eurosport . Retrieved 23 May 2023 .^ Maumon de Longevialle, Antoine (13 August 2022). "Malamine Efekele : Monaco a-t-il fait signer un clone de Kylian Mbappé ?" L'Équipe . Retrieved 23 May 2023 . ^ a b Quarez, Benjamin (22 May 2023). "Odobert, Keita, Semedo Varela… qui sont les Bleuets à suivre à la Coupe du monde U20" . Le Parisien . Retrieved 23 May 2023 . ^ a b Canivenc, Clovis (22 May 2023). "Equipe de France U20 - Malamine Efekele, un attaquant à surveiller lors de la Coupe du Monde" . Ouest-France . Retrieved 23 May 2023 . ^ Chédeville, Damien (30 March 2023). "Malamine Efekele MVP de l'Academy au mois de mars" . AS Monaco . Retrieved 23 May 2023 . ^ "MALAMINE EFEKELE OP UITLEENBASIS NAAR CERCLE BRUGGE" [MALAMINE EFEKELE ON LOAN TO CERCLE BRUGGE] (in Dutch). Cercle Brugge. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024 .^ Kabongo, Emery (10 December 2021). "Dinzey, Hitoto et la relève !" . ^ "Football : Qui sont les talents de l'équipe de France U19 attendus à Orléans pour le Tour Elite de l'Euro ?" . La République du Centre [fr ] . Retrieved 23 May 2023 .^ Tertrin, William (28 March 2023). "Tour Elite U19Eliesse Ben Seghir, Edan Diop et Malamine Efekele tous trois buteurs avec l'équipe de France U19" . Ouest-France . Retrieved 23 May 2023 . ^ Soyer, Julien (5 June 2022). "FC Nantes. Les Canaris remportent le championnat de France U19 et découvriront l'Europe" . Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 December 2024 .
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