Malcom Bokele

Malcom Bokele
Personal information
Full name Malcom Bokele Mputu
Date of birth (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
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. He began his senior career with the reserves of Bourg-Péronnas in 2017. 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. On 1 June 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux for 3 years. He joined Villefranche on 29 January 2022 for the second half of the 2021–22 season in the Championnat National. 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.

International career

Bokele was born in France to a Congolese father and a Cameroonian mother. He was called up to the Cameroon U23s in October 2021. 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.

Personal life

Bokele's brother Morgan Bokele is also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bourg-Péronnas B 2017–18 National 3 50———50
Metz B 2019–20 National 3 90———90
Bordeaux B 2021–22 National 3 90———90
Villefranche Beaujolais 2021–22 Ligue 3 140——20160
Bordeaux 2022–23 Ligue 2 29230——322
2023–24 Ligue 2 27010——280
Total 56240——602
Göztepe 2024–25 Süper Lig 31150——361
2025–26 Süper Lig 4100——41
Total 35250——402
Career total 12849000201394

International

As of match played 4 September 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 202320
202510
Total30

References

  1. ↑ "Malcom Bokele" (in French). FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Malcom Bokele : "Cela ne fait que trois matchs, on fera un bilan dans un moment"". OneFootball. 2022.
  3. ↑ "Football / National. Bokele : " Je ne pensais pas que le niveau de la L1 était aussi difficile "". www.leprogres.fr. 2 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Malcom Bokele (ex-Metz) s'entraîne aux Girondins de Bordeaux". actufoot.com.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Football/National : Malcom Bokele rejoint le FCVB". Le Patriote Beaujolais. 29 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Girondins33 - Nicolas Maurice-Belay : "Malcom Bokele et Dilane Bakwa ont montré de belles choses !"". www.girondins33.com. August 2022.
  8. ↑ TOMEGAH, Rodolph (30 October 2021). "Bordeaux : Mbaye Niang de retour, première apparition pour Malcom Bokele Mputu".
  9. ↑ ETONG, Romaric (3 October 2021). "Morgan et Malcom Bokélé convoqués avec les U23 du Cameroun - Allez Les Lions".
  10. ↑ "Cameroon vs. Namibia - Football Match Summary - March 24, 2023 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  11. ↑ 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.