Lesly_Malouda
Lesly Malouda
French Guianese football player
Lesly Marguerite Malouda (born 16 November 1983) is a French Guianan former professional footballer who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lesly Marguerite Malouda | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-11-16) 16 November 1983 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Kourou, French Guiana | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1998 | ASC Le Geldar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | Lens B | 79 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Lens | 8 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Istres (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Lens B | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Toulouse Fontaines Club | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Atlético Baleares | 19 | (1) |
| 2009–2014 | Dijon | 56 | (0) |
| Total | 190 | (5) | |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | French Guiana | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Youth
Born in Kourou, French Guiana, Malouda played football in his teenage years for the French Guiana club ASC Le Geldar and visited the Collége Henri Agrande in Kourou.[2]
Senior
Malouda began his professional career with RC Lens[3] being promoted to the Ligue 1 team in summer 2004. After eight games in his first season was loaned out by Lens and joined for Istres for the 2005–06 season playing 26 games scoring two goals.[4] In August 2006, After his return to Lens, he was demoted to the reserves.[5]
After one year with the B team he left for Toulouse Fontaines Club in July 2007.[6] After one year with the club he joined Atlético Baleares of Mallorca in August 2008. On 17 July 2009, Dijon signed Malouda on a free transfer.[7]
Malouda made his international debut for French Guiana, his region of birth, on 6 September 2012 in a friendly against Suriname. He was part of French Guiana's squad for the 2012 Caribbean Championship.[8]
Lesly is the brother of former Chelsea winger Florent Malouda.[9]
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- Football.fr. "Football.fr". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
- Pelletier, Bertrand. "Lesly MALOUDA".
- Lesly Malouda: "Florent ne me veut pas à l’OL" Archived 13 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "26 Lesly MALOUDA". Espace Football 2.0 (in French). Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- foot-national.com. "Mercato Ligue 2 - Tableau des transferts Ligue 2 avec foot national".
- "Lesly Malouda Caps/Goals". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- Lesly Malouda at L'Équipe Football (in French)
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