| Lelo Mbele | |
| Full Name: | Blaise Lelo Mbele |
| Birth Date: | 1987 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kalemie, Zaire |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Striker |
| Years1: | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs1: | AS Vita Club |
| Caps1: | 32 |
| Goals1: | 19 |
| Years2: | 2004–2005 |
| Clubs2: | Zulu Royals |
| Caps2: | 29 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2005–2007 |
| Clubs3: | Orlando Pirates |
| Caps3: | 31 |
| Goals3: | 7 |
| Years4: | 2007 |
| Clubs4: | CS Sfaxien |
| Years5: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs5: | Al-Hilal |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs6: | Espérance |
| Caps6: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs7: | Al-Hilal Omdurman |
| Years8: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs8: | Al-Nasr Benghazi |
| Years9: | 2011 |
| Clubs9: | Al-Nasr |
| Years10: | 2011 |
| Clubs10: | Şanlıurfaspor |
| Years11: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs11: | Selangor FA |
| Caps11: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs12: | MC Alger |
| Caps12: | 5 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs13: | → CA Batna (loan) |
| Caps13: | 4 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs14: | Petro Atlético |
| Caps14: | 4 |
| Goals14: | 0 |
| Years15: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs15: | DC Motema Pembe |
| Caps15: | 15 |
| Goals15: | 8 |
| Years16: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs16: | Baf Ülkü Yurdu |
| Caps16: | 15 |
| Goals16: | 2 |
| Years17: | 2017 |
| Clubs17: | Gokulam Kerala |
| Caps17: | 3 |
| Goals17: | 0 |
| Years18: | 2018 |
| Clubs18: | Al-Ahli |
| Nationalyears1: | 2004–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | DR Congo |
| Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Blaise Lelo Mbele (born 10 August 1987) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a striker. Lelo played for different professional clubs such as South African club Orlando Pirates and Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal FC.
Mbele helped CS Sfaxien win the CAF Confederation Cup.
On 29 November 2007, Mbele signed with Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia for a fee of $25000 per month to the player and $1.2M to his former club.
He made his Saudi Premier League debut for Al Hilal in a 1–0 away win over Al Watani on 5 December 2007. His first goal for Al Hilal came in a 2–0 victory against Al Ittifaq on 10 December 2007.
In 2008, he joined Tunisian side Espérance.
In January 2009, Mbele signed with Sudanese club Al-Hilal for $1 million deal on a three-year contract. The player's agent cited the financial strength and success of the Al-Hilal to be the favoring deciding factors that made Mbele choose the Sudanese club. He did not have a good season with Al Hilal so Al Nasr of Libya choose to buy him.[1]
On 12 July 2011, Mbele signed with Kuwaiti club Al Naser.[2] On 28 July 2011, Al Naser terminated their contract with Mbele after he ruptured a muscle.[3]
After being a free agent for four months, he eventually joined the Malaysian club, Selangor FA in a two-year contract alongside Lebanese international, Ramez Dayoub.[4] [5] However, due to his injury, Lelo did not manage to play for any games with Selangor and later was released by the Football Association of Selangor.[6]
On 13 August 2012, Mbele signed for Algerian club MC Alger for a two-year contract.[7]
Bahrain became his fifteenth footballing country when he joined Al-Ahli Club.[8]
In 2017, Mbele moved to India after signing with newly formed I-League club Gokulam Kerala.[9]
Mbele was a member of the DR Congo national team at the 2006 African Nations Cup, which progressed to the quarter-finals, where it were eliminated by Egypt, which won the tournament.
Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mbele goal.