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.
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]
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]