Malcom Bokele Explained

Malcom Bokele
Fullname:Malcom Bokele Mputu
Birth Date:2000 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Lyon, France
Height:1.93 m[1]
Position:Centre-back
Currentclub:Göztepe
Youthclubs1:AS Bellecour Perrache
Youthclubs2:Eveil Lyon
Youthyears3:2011–2014
Youthclubs3:Lyon
Youthyears4:2014–2017
Youthclubs4:FC Lyon
Years1:2017–2019
Clubs1:FBBP01 B
Caps1:5
Goals1:0
Years2:2019–2020
Clubs2:Metz B
Caps2:9
Goals2:0
Years3:2020–2022
Clubs3:Bordeaux B
Caps3:8
Goals3:0
Years4:2021–2024
Clubs4:Bordeaux
Caps4:56
Goals4:2
Years5:2021–2022
Clubs5:Villefranche (loan)
Caps5:14
Goals5:0
Years6:2024–
Clubs6:Göztepe
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Nationalyears1:2021
Nationalteam1:Cameroon U23
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2023–
Nationalteam2:Cameroon
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Club-Update:10 June 2024
Nationalteam-Update:00:44, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Malcom Bokele Mputu (born 12 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Süper Lig club Göztepe. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Bokele is a youth product of the academies of AS Bellecour Perrache, Eveil Lyon, Lyon and FC Lyon.[2] He began his senior career with the reserves of FBBP01 in 2017.[3] He followed that up with a stint with the reserves of FC Metz from 2017 to 2019. In October 2019, he moved to the reserves of Bordeaux.[4] On 1 June 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux for 3 years.[5] He joined Villefranche on 29 January 2022 for the second half of the 2021-22 season in the Championnat National.[6] Moving to the Bordeaux senior team for the 2022-23 season, he made his professional debut with them in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes on 22 August 2022.[7]

International career

Bokele was born in France to a Congolese father and Cameroonian mother.[8] He was called up to the Cameroon U23s in October 2021.[9] He debuted with the senior Cameroon national team in a 1–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Namibia on 24 March 2023.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Malcom Bokele . fr . FC Girondins de Bordeaux . 17 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Malcom Bokele : "Cela ne fait que trois matchs, on fera un bilan dans un moment". OneFootball.
  3. Web site: Football / National. Bokele : " Je ne pensais pas que le niveau de la L1 était aussi difficile ". www.leprogres.fr.
  4. Web site: Malcom Bokele (ex-Metz) s'entraîne aux Girondins de Bordeaux. actufoot.com.
  5. Web site: Foot/Ligue 1 – Malcom Bokele signe pro avec les Girondins - Sport Business Mag. S. B. M.. Actu. 1 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Football/National : Malcom Bokele rejoint le FCVB. 29 January 2022. Le Patriote Beaujolais.
  7. Web site: Girondins33 - Nicolas Maurice-Belay : "Malcom Bokele et Dilane Bakwa ont montré de belles choses !". www.girondins33.com.
  8. Web site: Bordeaux : Mbaye Niang de retour, première apparition pour Malcom Bokele Mputu. Rodolph. TOMEGAH. 30 October 2021.
  9. Web site: Morgan et Malcom Bokélé convoqués avec les U23 du Cameroun - Allez Les Lions. Romaric. ETONG. 3 October 2021.
  10. Web site: Cameroon vs. Namibia - Football Match Summary - March 24, 2023 - ESPN. ESPN.com.