Aly_Mallé

Aly Mallé

Aly Mallé

Malian footballer


Aly Mallé (born 3 April 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Liga I club Oțelul Galați.

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Club career

Born in Bamako, Mallé began his senior career with AS Black Stars. In July 2015 he went on a trial at 1. FC Köln,[1] but nothing came of it.

Mallé agreed to a contract with Watford F.C. late in February 2016,[2] and officially joined the Hornets on 29 July.[3]

Immediately after joining Watford Mallé was loaned to Granada CF, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[4] He made his debut for the B-side on 4 September, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–1 home win against La Roda CF.[5]

Mallé scored his first goal in Spain on 1 October 2016, but in a 2–1 away loss against Real Murcia.[6] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 21 January 2017, starting in a 1–3 defeat at RCD Espanyol.[7]

On 2 June 2017, following Granada's relegation, Mallé signed a five-year contract with Udinese.[8] The following 6 January, after making no appearances for the club, he was loaned to Segunda División side Lorca FC until June.[9]

Mallé scored his first professional goal on 20 January 2018, netting the first after 18 seconds in a 3–2 home loss against SD Huesca.[10]

On 16 January 2019, Mallé joined to Grasshoppers on loan with an option to buy.[11] In September 2019, udinese agreed on a loan with Balikesirspor for one year.

On 19 September 2020, he signed a multi-year contract with Ascoli.[12] His contract with Ascoli was terminated by mutual consent on 27 January 2021.[13]

On 1 February 2021, he signed for Yeni Malatyaspor for two and half years.

International career

Mallé was included in Mali under-17 squad for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup hosted in Chile.[14] He was elected the Bronze Ball of the tournament, after being an undisputed starter and scoring two goals and providing two assists.[15]

Mallé was also included in the 30-man list ahead of the 2016 African Nations Championship,[16] but was cut from the final squad.

Honours

Mali U17

Individual


References

  1. "Beim 1. FC Köln im Probetraining" [Trialist at 1. FC Köln] (in German). Liga Insider. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. "Aly Mallé s'engage avec Watford, mais sera prêté à l'Espagnol de Grenade en juin prochain" [Aly Mallé joins Watford, but will be loaned to Spanish Granada in the following June] (in French). Mali Football. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. "Watford snare trio of exciting young talent". WD Sport. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. "Aly Mallé, la gran promesa de Malí que llega al Granada B" [Aly Mallé, the great Malian prospect who arrives at Granada B] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. "El Granada CF 'B' remonta ante La Roda y consigue su primera victoria como local (2–1)" [Granada CF 'B' complete comeback over La Roda and get their first home win (2–1)] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  6. "El Granada B sucumbe en casa del Real Murcia (2–1)" [Granada B fall in Real Murcia's home (2–1)] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  7. "'Pericos' que vuelan" ['Pericos' that fly] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  8. "Desbandada de los 'chicos Pozzo': Aly Malle al Udinese" [Exodus of the 'Pozzo kids': Aly Malle to Udinese] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  9. "Aly Malle, primer refuerzo invernal para el Lorca FC" [Aly Malle, first winter addition for Lorca FC] (in Spanish). Lorca FC. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. "Más rápido, imposible: Aly Mallé abrió la lata... ¡a los 18 segundos!" [Faster, impossible: Aly Mallé opened the can... at the 18 seconds!] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  11. "UFFICIALE: Udinese, Mallè al Grasshopper" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  12. "Calciomercato: contratto pluriennale per Aly Mallè" (Press release) (in Italian). Ascoli. 19 September 2020.
  13. "Mali seleciona 21 jogadores para Mundial Sub-17" [Mali selects 21 players for the Under-17 World Cup] (in Spanish). PanaPress. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  14. "Osimhen and Nigeria the big winners". FIFA.com. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  15. "U-17 star Aly Malle earns Mali CHAN call-up". mtnfootball.com. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  16. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fifadata.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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