Lelo Mbele

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.

Lelo Mbele
Personal information
Full name Blaise Lelo Mbele
Date of birth (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987
Place of birth Kalemie, Zaire[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 AS Vita Club 32 (19)
2004–2005 Zulu Royals 29 (7)
2005–2007 Orlando Pirates 31 (7)
2007 CS Sfaxien
2007–2008 Al-Hilal 7 (2)
2008–2009 Espérance 1 (0)
2009–2010 Al-Hilal Omdurman
2010–2011 Al-Nasr Benghazi
2011 Al-Nasr
2011 Şanlıurfaspor
2011–2012 Selangor FA 0 (0)
2012–2014 MC Alger 5 (0)
2012–2013 → CA Batna (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 Petro Atlético 4 (0)
2015–2016 DC Motema Pembe 15 (8)
2016–2017 Baf Ülkü Yurdu 15 (2)
2017 Gokulam Kerala 3 (0)
2018 Al-Ahli
International career
2004–2013 DR Congo 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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.[2]

On 12 July 2011, Mbele signed with Kuwaiti club Al Naser.[3] On 28 July 2011, Al Naser terminated their contract with Mbele after he ruptured a muscle.[4]

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.[5][6] 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.[7]

On 13 August 2012, Mbele signed for Algerian club MC Alger for a two-year contract.[8]

Bahrain became his fifteenth footballing country when he joined Al-Ahli Club.[1][9]

In 2017, Mbele moved to India after signing with newly formed I-League club Gokulam Kerala.[10]

International career

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.

References
  1. Lelo Mbele at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Lelo-Mbele in the money again". kickoff.com. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
  3. "الصفحة غير موجودة – Alraimedia.com". alraimedia.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "العدواني لـ الأنباء النصر يفسخ عقد الكونغولي أمبيولي". alanba.com.kw (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. "Mbele, Dayoub perkuat Gergasi Merah" (in Malay). 6 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
  6. "Merah Kuning ambil risiko" (in Malay). 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012.
  7. "Selangor give Congo flop the axe". Football Every Day. The Star. Malaysia. 20 January 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  8. "MCA : Blaise Lelo Mbele débarque à Alger". competition.dz. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012.
  9. "TBT: Blaise Lelo Mbele, Pirates' DRC Magician". Soccer Laduma.co.za. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. Kundu, Abhishek (23 January 2017). "I-League 2018-19: Gokulam FC rope in Haitian midfielder Fabien Vorbe". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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