Cephas Malele

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Cephas Malele
Personal information
Full name Cephas Malele
Date of birth (1994-01-08) 8 January 1994 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Buco-Zau, Angola[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Al-Tai
Number 9
Youth career
FC Zürich
2011–2013 Palermo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Zürich II 7 (0)
2013–2017 Palermo 6 (0)
2014 → Virtus Entella (loan) 13 (0)
2015 → Trapani (loan) 15 (0)
2015–2016 → Atlético CP (loan) 40 (9)
2016–2017 → Leixões (loan) 11 (0)
2017 → Varzim (loan) 21 (5)
2017–2018 Varzim 29 (2)
2018–2019 Arouca 29 (9)
2019–2020 Oliveirense 12 (3)
2020–2021 Argeș Pitești 30 (18)
2021– Al-Tai 0 (0)
National team
2009 Switzerland U16 5 (5)
2011 Switzerland U17 4 (0)
2011–2012 Switzerland U18 6 (2)
2013 Switzerland U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:21, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Cephas Malele (born 8 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Tai. Born in Angola, he represents Switzerland internationally.

Club career[]

Born in Angola, Malele moved with his family in Switzerland as a child and grew up in the youth system of FC Zürich, also making a couple appearances for their Under-21 reserve side between 2010 and 2011.

During the summer of 2011, he was signed by Palermo and included into their Primavera squad. After a difficult first season due to injuries, Malele became a key player for the main Rosanero youth team throughout the first half of 2012–13 season, pairing with another rising star, Mauro Bollino, and being one of the main topscorers of the Campionato Nazionale Primavera. As a consequence, and also due to lack of strikers in the first team, he was asked by Gian Piero Gasperini to join the senior side, and made his professional Serie A debut on 7 January 2013, playing the final minutes of a league game against Parma. He was featured again on 19 January 2013, playing the final 15 minutes of a home game against Lazio as a replacement to Josip Iličić. He was successively confirmed for the club's triumphal 2013–14 Serie B campaign, where he managed to make only three appearances as a substitute throughout the whole season.[3]

On 28 July 2014, Malele was loaned out to newly promoted Serie B club Virtus Entella for the whole 2014–15 season in order to gain more first team experience.[4]

On 13 August 2021, Malele joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai.[5]

International career[]

Malele has appeared for Switzerland from the under-15 level to the under-19 level.

Honours[]

Palermo

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Cephas Malele" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Cephas Malele". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Scheda anagrafica di Cephas Malele" (in Italian). AIC Football. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. ^ "MOVIMENTI DI MERCATO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ^ "رسميًا: الطائي يعلن التعاقد مع سيفاس ماليلي".
  6. ^ "LPF a ales "echipa ideală" a sezonului din Liga 1! Care echipă a oferit cei mai mulți jucători" [LPF has chosen the "ideal team" of the Liga 1 season! Which team offers the most players] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

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