Lelo Mbele
Blaise Lelo Mbele (born 10 August 1987 in Kinshasa) is a retired Congolese footballer who last played for Al-Ahli Club. Lelo previously played for different professional clubs such as South African giants, Orlando Pirates FC and the Saudi Arabian club, Al-Hilal FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Blaise Lelo Mbele | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kalemie, Zaire[1] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | AS Vita Club | 32 | (19) |
| 2004–2005 | Zulu Royals | 29 | (7) |
| 2005–2007 | Orlando Pirates | 31 | (7) |
| 2007 | CS Sfaxien | ||
| 2007–2008 | Al-Hilal | 7 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Espérance | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Al-Hilal Omdurman | ||
| 2010–2011 | Al-Nasr Benghazi | ||
| 2011 | Al-Nasr SC | ||
| 2011 | Şanlıurfaspor | ||
| 2011–2012 | Selangor FA | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | MC Alger | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → CA Batna (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Petro Atlético | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | DC Motema Pembe | 15 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | Baf Ülkü Yurdu S.K. | 15 | (2) |
| 2017 | Gokulam Kerala FC | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Al-Ahli | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2013 | DR Congo | 13 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 05 August 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 05 August 2014 (UTC) | |||
Career
He helped CS Sfaxien win the CAF Confederation Cup.
On 29 November 2007, Mbele signed with Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) for a fee of $25000 per month to the player and $1.2M to his former club.
He made his Saudi Premier League debut for Al Hilal in a 1–0 away win over Al Watani on 5 December 2007 his first goal for Al Hilal in the 2–0 victory against Al Ittifaq on 10 December 2007.
In 2008, he joined Tunisian side Espérance.
In January 2009, Mbele signed with Sudanese club Al-Hilal for $1 million deal for a 3-year contract. The player's agent cited the financial strength and success of the Al-Hilal to be the favoring deciding factors that made Mbele choose the Sudanese giant. He did not have a good season with Al Hilal so Al Nasr of Libya choose to buy him.[2]
On 12 July 2011, Mbele signed with Kuwaiti club Al Naser.[3] And on 28 July 2011, Al Naser terminate the contract with Mbele because rupturing in the front muscle.[4]
After being a free agent for 4 months, he eventually joined the Malaysian club, Selangor FA in a two-year contract alongside Lebanese international, Ramez Dayoub.[5][6] However, due to his injury, Lelo did not manage to play for any games with Selangor and later was released by the Football Association of Selangor.[7]
On 13 August 2012, Mbele signed for Algerian club MC Alger for a 2-year contract.[8]
Bahrain became his fifteenth footballing country when he joined Al-Ahli Club.[1][9]
International career
Mbele was a member of the Congolese 2006 African Nations Cup team, who progressed to the quarter finals, where they were eliminated by Egypt, who won the tournament.
References
- Lelo Mbele at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Lelo-Mbele in the money again". kickoff.com. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
- "الصفحة غير موجودة - Alraimedia.com". www.alraimedia.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- Al Naser terminate the contract with Mbele
- Mbele, Dayoub perkuat Gergasi Merah (MALAY) Retrieved at 6 December 2011
- Merah Kuning ambil risiko (MALAY) Retrieved at 9 December 2011
- "Selangor give Congo flop the axe". Football Every Day. Malaysia: The Star. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- "TBT: Blaise Lelo Mbele, Pirates' DRC Magician". Soccer Laduma.co.za. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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