Cephas Malele

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Cephas Malele
Personal information
Full nameCephas Malele
Date of birth (1994-01-08) 8 January 1994[1]
Place of birthBuco-Zau, Angola[2]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubPalermo
Number24
Youth career
FC Zürich
2011–2013Palermo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011Zürich II[3]7(0)
2013–Palermo[3]6(0)
National team
2009Switzerland U165(5)
2011Switzerland U174(0)
2011–2012Switzerland U186(2)
2013Switzerland U192(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:12, 20 January 2013 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Cephas Malele (born 8 January 1994) is an Angolan-born Swiss footballer who plays as a striker for Palermo.

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.

International career

Malele has appeared for the Swiss youth sides from U-15 to U19.

References

  1. "Cephas Malele" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. Retrieved 20 January 2013. 
  2. "Cephas Malele". NBC Sports. Retrieved 20 January 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Cephas Malele". Transfermarkt. Retrieved 20 January 2013. 

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