Kévin Malaga

Kévin Malaga
Personal information
Full nameKévin Marc-Francois Malaga[1]
Date of birth24 June 1987
Place of birthToulon, France
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Youth career
–2007SC Toulon
2007–2010[2]AJ Auxerre
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008-2010Auxerre B50(1)
2010AJ Auxerre1(0)
2011–2012Nice B19(2)
2011–2012Nice2(0)
2012–2013Coventry City2(0)
2012Nuneaton Town (loan)3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:36, 4 May 2013 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Kévin Marc-Francois Malaga (born 24 June 1987 in Toulon[3]) is a French football player, who plays as a defender, and is currently without a club.

He started his senior career playing for AJ Auxerre's B team in 2008, having previously played for the team's youth squads, and SC Toulon. He made a single league appearance for the full AJ Auxerre squad in 2010, before switching to Nice in 2011. Having only played twice for Nice's senior squad, he joined Coventry City in July 2012 on a free transfer. Unable to fully break into the Coventry team, he had a brief loan spell at Nuneaton Town, before leaving Coventry in September 2013, after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.


Club Career

Nice

Malaga was captain of the Nice reserve team.

Coventry City

On 13 July 2012 Malaga joined Football League One side Coventry City on a three-year deal after his Nice contract had expired.[4] His contract with Coventry City was terminated by mutual consent on 2 September 2013.[5]

Career statistics

Stats according to Soccerbase

As of 9 January 2013
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Auxerre B 2008–09 Championnat de France amateur220000000220
2009–10 Championnat de France amateur281000000281
Total 501000000501
AJ Auxerre 2009–10 Ligue 11000000010
Total 1000000010
Nice B 2010–11 Championnat de France amateur 2112000000112
2011–12 Championnat de France amateur 28000000080
Total 192000000192
OGC Nice 2010–11 Ligue 11000000010
2011–12 Ligue 11000000010
Total 2000000020
Coventry City 2012–13 League One2000000020
Nuneaton Town (loan) 2012–13 Conference3020000050
Coventry City Total 2000000020
Career totals 773200000793

References

  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 32. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. "Kévin Malaga". SkyNet. 13 July 2012.
  3. "FootballSquads - Coventry City - 2012/13". Football Squads.co.uk. 13 July 2012.
  4. "City seal defender signing". CCFC. 13 July 2012.
  5. "Malaga leaves Sky Blues". Coventry City F.C. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.