Malamine Efekele

Malamine Efekele (born 19 July 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays for AS Monaco.

Malamine Efekele
Personal information
Full name Malamine Efekele[1]
Date of birth (2004-07-19) 19 July 2004
Place of birth Livry-Gargan, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 AS Monaco
Youth career
2012–2019 AS Bondy
2019– Monaco
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– France U19 3 (1)
2023– France U20 1 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 May 2023

Club career

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, bot 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]

International career

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.[13] 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.[14][15]

In May 2023, he was selected with France under-20s for the FIFA World Cup.[10][11]

References
  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. 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. "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 (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. 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. 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. Kabongo, Emery (10 December 2021). "Dinzey, Hitoto et la relève !".
  14. "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. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  15. 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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