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David Malembana
Personal information
Full name David Zeferino Malembana
Date of birth (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Freital, Germany
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al Kharaitiyat
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Dynamo Dresden II 16 (0)
2015–2016 Goslarer SC 08 27 (2)
2016–2019 Berliner FC Dynamo 57 (6)
2019–2021 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 41 (0)
2022–2023 Lokomotiv Sofia 28 (4)
2023–2024 FC Noah 16 (0)
2024- Al Kharaitiyat 0 (0)
International career‡
2021– Mozambique 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:42, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

David Zeferino Malembana (born 11 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Qatari club Al Kharaitiyat.[1] Born in Germany, he plays for the Mozambique national team.

Formerly of Dynamo Dresden II and Goslarer SC 08, he spent three seasons with Berliner FC Dynamo, before joining Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2019.

Club career

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Malembana began his career at Dynamo Dresden II in 2013 and moved to Goslarer SC 08 two years later. In 2016 he joined Berliner FC Dynamo, where he made 56 appearances in the Regionalliga Nordost, winning two Berlin Cups.

On 12 July 2019, Malembana signed a three-year contract with Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, after a successful trial period with the club.[2] He made his debut a week later, coming on as a substitute for Parvizdzhon Umarbayev in second-half stoppage time of the league match against Slavia Sofia, which finished as a 3–2 home win.[3] In February 2022, Malembana joined the other main "railwaymen" club in Bulgaria - Lokomotiv Sofia.[4]

International career

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Malembana was born in Germany to a Mozambican Malagasy father and a German mother. He has stated his dream is to play for the Mozambique national team.[5] He was already called up to represent the African country while he was a Berliner FC Dynamo player, but the head coach of the German side prevented him from going.[5] He debuted with Mozambique in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Cameroon on 11 October 2021.[6] On 22 December 2023, Malembana was included in the country's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

Honours

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Berliner FC Dynamo

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References

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  1. ^ David Malembana at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Локомотив подписа договор с Дейвид Малембана" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs. Slavia Sofia". soccerway.com. 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Официално: Давид Малембана подписа с Локо (София)". topsport.bg. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b Amós, Zacarias (14 August 2019). "David Malembana: Da quarta Liga alemã à Liga Europa sonhando com altos "voos"" [David Malembana: From the fourth German League to the Europa League dreaming of high "flights"] (in Portuguese). DW. Retrieved 19 August 2019. My dream is to play for the (Mozambican) national team. Now is a time for this to happen and I believe I'll get there
  6. ^ "FIFA". FIFA. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Mozambique – final squad for 2023 AFCON" (PDF). cafonline.com. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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