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French Guianese football player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lesly Marguerite Malouda (born 16 November 1983) is a French Guianan former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lesly Marguerite Malouda | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1983 | ||
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 |
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]
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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