David Malembana
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Zeferino Malembana | ||
Date of birth | 11 October 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Freital, Germany | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Noah | ||
Number | 55 | ||
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) |
2022–2023 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 28 | (4) |
2023– | FC Noah | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Mozambique | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:42, 11 October 2021 (UTC) |
David Zeferino Malembana (born 11 October 1995) is a professional
Formerly of
Club career
Malembana began his career at
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.[2] 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.[3] In February 2022, Malembana joined the other main "railwaymen" club in Bulgaria - Lokomotiv Sofia.[4]
International career
Malembana was born in Germany to a Mozambican Malagasy father and a German mother. He has stated his dream is to play for the Mozambique national team.[5] 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.[5] He debuted with Mozambique in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Cameroon on 11 October 2021.[6] On 22 December 2023, Malembana was included in the country's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]
Honours
Berliner FC Dynamo
- Berlin Cup: 2017, 2018
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
References
- ^ David Malembana at Soccerway
- ^ "Локомотив подписа договор с Дейвид Малембана" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs. Slavia Sofia". soccerway.com. 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Официално: Давид Малембана подписа с Локо (София)". topsport.bg. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ 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
- ^ "FIFA". FIFA. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Mozambique - final squad for 2023 AFCON" (PDF). cafonline.com. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
External links
- David Malembana at WorldFootball.net