| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcom Bokele Mputu | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)1 | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Göztepe | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Bellecour Perrache | |||
| Eveil Lyon | |||
| 2011–2014 | Lyon | ||
| 2014–2017 | FC Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Bourg-Péronnas B | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Metz B | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Bordeaux B | 8 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Bordeaux | 56 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Villefranche (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2024– | Göztepe | 61 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Cameroon U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Cameroon | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:44, 4 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
Malcom Bokele Mputu (born 12 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Süper Lig club Göztepe. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
Club career
Bokele is a youth product of the academies of AS Bellecour Perrache, Eveil Lyon, Lyon and FC Lyon.2 He began his senior career with the reserves of Bourg-Péronnas in 2017.3 He followed that up with a stint with the reserves of FC Metz from 2017 to 2019. In October 2019, he moved to the reserves of Bordeaux.4 On 1 June 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux for 3 years.5 He joined Villefranche on 29 January 2022 for the second half of the 2021–22 season in the Championnat National.6 Moving to the Bordeaux senior team for the 2022–23 season, he made his professional debut with them in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes on 22 August 2022.7
International career
Bokele was born in France to a Congolese father and a Cameroonian mother.8 He was called up to the Cameroon U23s in October 2021.9 He debuted with the senior Cameroon national team in a 1–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Namibia on 24 March 2023.10
Personal life
Bokele's brother Morgan Bokele is also a professional footballer.11
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 29 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bourg-Péronnas B | 2017–18 | National 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Metz B | 2019–20 | National 3 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Bordeaux B | 2021–22 | National 3 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Villefranche Beaujolais | 2021–22 | Ligue 3 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 2a | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Bordeaux | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 60 | 2 | ||||
| Göztepe | 2024–25 | Süper Lig | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 128 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 4 | ||
- Appearances Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
International
- As of match played 4 September 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
References
References
- "Malcom Bokele" (in French). FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- "Malcom Bokele : "Cela ne fait que trois matchs, on fera un bilan dans un moment"". OneFootball. 2022.
- "Football / National. Bokele : " Je ne pensais pas que le niveau de la L1 était aussi difficile "". www.leprogres.fr. 2 March 2022.
- "Malcom Bokele (ex-Metz) s'entraîne aux Girondins de Bordeaux". actufoot.com.
- Actu, S. B. M. (1 June 2021). "Foot/Ligue 1 – Malcom Bokele signe pro avec les Girondins - Sport Business Mag". Archived from the original on 22 August 2022.
- "Football/National : Malcom Bokele rejoint le FCVB". Le Patriote Beaujolais. 29 January 2022.
- "Girondins33 - Nicolas Maurice-Belay : "Malcom Bokele et Dilane Bakwa ont montré de belles choses !"". www.girondins33.com. August 2022.
- TOMEGAH, Rodolph (30 October 2021). "Bordeaux : Mbaye Niang de retour, première apparition pour Malcom Bokele Mputu".
- ETONG, Romaric (3 October 2021). "Morgan et Malcom Bokélé convoqués avec les U23 du Cameroun - Allez Les Lions".
- "Cameroon vs. Namibia - Football Match Summary - March 24, 2023 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- Weic, Karel (1 February 2024). "Mercato - Le frère de Malcom Bokele passe pro à Metz et file en National 1". MaLigue2 (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2025.
External links
External links
- Malcom Bokele at Soccerway
- Malcom Bokele at BDFutbol
- Malcom Bokele – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)