Junior Malanda

Junior Malanda
Malanda with VfL Wolfsburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name Bernard Malanda-Adje[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-28)28 August 1994[2]
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Date of death 10 January 2015(2015-01-10) (aged 20)
Place of death Porta Westfalica, Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2000–2001 VK Sint-Agatha-Berchem
2001–2003 FC Ganshoren
2003–2004 RSCUP Dieleghem Jette
2004–2005 Brussels
2005–2007 Anderlecht
2007–2012 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Lille II 17 (1)
2012–2013 Zulte Waregem 35 (3)
2013–2015 VfL Wolfsburg 17 (2)
2013 → Zulte Waregem (loan) 17 (3)
Total 86 (9)
International career
2009 Belgium U15 8 (0)
2009–2010 Belgium U16 10 (0)
2010–2011 Belgium U17 9 (0)
2011–2012 Belgium U18 4 (0)
2012 Belgium U19 7 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U21 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Malanda-Adje (28 August 1994 – 10 January 2015), nicknamed Junior Malanda, was a Belgian professional footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

He was born in Brussels, Belgium.

Malanda died in a car accident in Porta Westfalica, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the age of 20.[4]

References

  1. "B. Malanda: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. "Junior Malanda: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. "Junior Malanda". Vfl Wolfsburg. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. "Junior Malanda: Wolfsburg's Belgian midfielder dies, aged 20". BBC. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.