Cephas Malele

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Cephas Malele
Personal information
Full name	Cephas Malele
Date of birth	(1994-01-08) 8 January 1994^[1]
Place of birth	Buco-Zau, Angola^[2]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)^[3]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Palermo
Number	24
Youth career
	FC Zürich
2011–2013	Palermo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010–2011	Zürich II^[3]	7	(0)
2013–	Palermo^[3]	6	(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 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

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

v t e U.S. Città di Palermo – current squad

1 Sorrentino 2 Struna 3 Pisano 4 Anđelković 5 Milanović 6 Muñoz 7 Lazaar 8 Barreto 9 Dybala 10 Di Gennaro 11 Hernández 12 Fulignati 13 Troianiello 14 Stevanović 15 Bolzoni 17 Morganella 18 Lafferty 19 Terzi 20 Vázquez 21 Bacinovič 22 Ujkani 23 Verre 24 Malele 25 Maresca 27 Ngoyi 28 Daprelà 29 Vitiello 30 Belotti Manager: Iachini

Persondata
Name	Malele, Cephas
Alternative names	Malele, Cephas
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	1994-1-8
Place of birth	Buco-Zau, Angola
Date of death
Place of death

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