Lelo Mbele

Lelo Mbele
Personal information
Full name Blaise Lelo Mbele
Date of birth August 10, 1987 (1987-08-10) (age 24)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Selangor FA
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003-2004 AS Vita Club
2004-2005 Zulu Royals
2005-2007 Orlando Pirates 31 (7)
2007 CS Sfaxien
2007-2008 Al-Hilal 7 (2)
2008- 2009 Espérance
2009-2010 Al-Hilal Omdurman 15 (8)
2010-2011 Al-Nasr Benghazi
2011-current Selangor FA
National team
2005- DR Congo 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 April 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).

Blaise Lelo Mbele (born 10 August 1987 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese footballer who currently plays as a striker for Selangor FA in the Malaysia Super League.[1]

Lelo previously played for different professional clubs such as South African giants, Orlando Pirates FC and the Saudi Arabian club, Al-Hilal FC.

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Career

On November 29, 2007, Mbele signed with Al Hilal (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 in the 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 for a 3 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 giant.He did not have a good season with Al Hilal so Al Nasr of Libya choose to buy him.[2]

In 12 July 2011, Mbele signed with Kuwaiti club Al Naser.[3] And In 28 July 2011, Al Naser terminate the contract with Mbele because rupturing in the front muscle.[4]

After being a free agent for 4 months, he eventually joined the Malaysian club, Selangor FA in a two year contract alongside Lebanese international, Ramez Dayoub.[5][6]

International Career

Mbele was a member of the Congolese 2006 African Nations Cup team, who progressed to the quarter finals, where they were eliminated by Egypt, who won the tournament. He helped CS Sfaxien win the CAF Confederation Cup.

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