David Malembana

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David Malembana
Personal information
Full name David Zeferino Malembana
Date of birth (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Freital, Germany
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Dynamo Dresden II 16 (0)
2015–2016 Goslarer SC 08 27 (2)
2016–2019 Berliner FC Dynamo 57 (6)
2019–2021 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 41 (0)
National team‡
2021– Mozambique 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:42, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:42, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

David Zeferino Malembana (born 11 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born in Germany, he represents the Mozambique national team.

Formerly of Dynamo Dresden II and Goslarer SC 08, he spent three seasons with Berliner FC Dynamo, before joining Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2019.

Career[]

Malembana began his career at Dynamo Dresden II in 2013 and moved to Goslarer SC 08 two years later. In 2016 he joined Berliner FC Dynamo, where he made 56 appearances in the Regionalliga Nordost, winning two Berlin Cups.

On 12 July 2019, Malembana signed a three-year contract with Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, after a successful trial period with the club.[1] He made his debut a week later, coming on as a substitute for Parvizdzhon Umarbayev in second-half stoppage time of the league match against Slavia Sofia, which finished as a 3–2 home win.[2]

International career[]

Malembana was born in Germany to a Mozambican father and German mother. He has stated his dream is to play for the Mozambique national team.[3] He was already called up to represent the African country while he was a Berliner FC Dynamo player, but the head coach of the German side prevented him from going.[3] He debuted with Mozambique in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Cameroon on 11 October 2021.[4]

Honours[]

Berliner FC Dynamo
Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References[]

  1. ^ "Локомотив подписа договор с Дейвид Малембана" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs. Slavia Sofia". soccerway.com. 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b Amós, Zacarias (14 August 2019). "David Malembana: Da quarta Liga alemã à Liga Europa sonhando com altos "voos"" [David Malembana: From the fourth German League to the Europa League dreaming of high "flights"] (in Portuguese). DW. Retrieved 19 August 2019. My dream is to play for the (Mozambican) national team. Now is a time for this to happen and I believe I'll get there
  4. ^ "FIFA". FIFA. 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

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