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Malamine Efekele

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Malamine Efekele
Personal information
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
Team information
Current team
 Cercle Brugge (on loan from Monaco)
Number 7
Youth career
2012–2019 AS Bondy
2019– Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Monaco 0 (0)
2024– → Cercle Brugge (loan) 10 (1)
International career‡
2023 France U19 3 (1)
2023– France U20 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 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

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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] emerging as one of the standouts of the academy by March 2023, having proven to be decisive against the likes of 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

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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] He is a youth international for France, first receiving a call with the 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]

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  2. ^ Pruneta, Laurent (18 June 2019). "Documentaire "Une chance sur un million" : immersion dans la pépinière du foot français". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ 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 (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Transferts : Chelsea lorgne Malamine Efekele (Monaco)". L'Équipe (in French). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Monaco: "Ils ont cloné Mbappé", la signature pro de Malamine Efekele fait marrer les réseaux sociaux". RMC Sport (in French). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. ^ Hattabi, Dahbia (6 May 2022). "Monaco : Malamine Efekele affole l'Europe". Foot Mercato [fr] (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  8. ^ ""Ils ont cloné Mbappé" : entre Kylian Mbappé (PSG) Et Malamine Efekele (AS Monaco), un parallèle qui a enflammé la toile". Eurosport. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  9. ^ Maumon de Longevialle, Antoine (13 August 2022). "Malamine Efekele : Monaco a-t-il fait signer un clone de Kylian Mbappé ?". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  10. ^ 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 (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  11. ^ 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. Madein Monegasque. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  12. ^ Chédeville, Damien (30 March 2023). "Malamine Efekele MVP de l'Academy au mois de mars". AS Monaco (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ Kabongo, Emery (10 December 2021). "Dinzey, Hitoto et la relève !".
  15. ^ "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]. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  16. ^ 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. Madein Monegasque. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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