Leroy Maluka
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 December 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Åbo IFK (player-assistant) | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hellenic | |||
| Cape Town Spurs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Ikapa Sporting | ||
| 2010–2012 | TPS | 29 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | → Åbo IFK (loan) | 23 | (6) |
| 2013 | FC YPA | 21 | (3) |
| 2014 | TPS | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Åbo IFK (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | Åbo IFK | 10 | (1) |
| 2016 | FC Jazz | 16 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Tampere United | 20 | (0) |
| 2019– | Åbo IFK | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Tampere United (player-coach) | ||
| 2019– | Åbo IFK (youth) | ||
| 2020– | Åbo IFK (player-assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:39, 6 October 2020 (UTC) | |||
Leroy Maluka (born 22 December 1985) is a South African footballer currently playing for Åbo IFK in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen.
He has previously played for Ikapa Sporting in the South African National First Division and for TPS in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga.[1]
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Maluka came to Finland on holiday in the summer of 2010 and ended up on a trial at Kakkonen club Åbo IFK, a co-operation club of TPS.[2] However from there, he was directly promoted to the TPS before he had time to play a match in Kakkonen.
Maluka moved to Tampere United in the summer of 2017.[3] In June 2018, Tampere United announced that Maluka would take the place of the head coach of the representative team that played in Kakkonen after Mikko Mäkelä left the club.[4]
For the 2019 season, Maluka returned to Åbo IFK where he also started coaching one of the clubs youth teams. In November 2019, he was also appointed first team player-assistant coach from the 2020 season.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Leroy Maluka's brother is the artist Mustafa Maluka.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Leroy Maluka Soccerway. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ a b Adi ja Leroy Maluka miesten edustuksen valmentajaduo, aifk.fi, 16 November 2018
- ^ Tampere Unitedille laadukas vahvistus: "Tuo todella kovaa kokemusta", aamulehti.fi, 18 July 2017
- ^ Tampere United julkisti uuden päävalmentajan – Keskikenttäpelaaja on jatkossa pelaajavalmentaja, aamulehti.fi, 18 June 2018
- ^ Leroy Maluka Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- South African men's soccer players
- South African expatriate men's soccer players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- FC Jazz players
- Tampere United players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Soccer players from Cape Town
- Ikapa Sporting F.C. players
- Åbo IFK players
- FC YPA players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- South African soccer managers
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