Pierre Kunde Malong (born 26 July 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Greek Super League club Olympiacos and the Cameroon national team as a central midfielder.
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Full name | Pierre Kunde Malong | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Limbe, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Olympiacos | |||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Alcobendas | |||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Atlético Madrid | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Alcobendas | 25 | (6) | |||||||||||||
2014–2018 | Atlético Madrid B | 71 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Extremadura (loan) | 33 | (11) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Granada (loan) | 37 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Mainz 05 | 68 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Olympiacos | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon U18 | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Cameroon U23 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018– | Cameroon | 31 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 11 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:30, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Limbe, Malong started his senior career in Spain with Alcobendas CF; he made his senior debut for the club on 11 November 2012 by starting in a 2–0 Regional Preferente home win against EF Periso.[1] His first goal came the following 3 March, in a 2–0 success at Atlético Leones de Castilla.
In 2013 Kunde moved to Atlético Madrid, returning to youth football.[2] The following year, he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B,[3] immediately becoming a regular starter but suffering relegation in his first season.
On 21 July 2016, Kunde was loaned to Extremadura UD for one year, still in the third division.[4] He scored a career-best 11 goals during the campaign, with braces against San Fernando CD (3–1 away win), Linares Deportivo (3–1 away win) and Atlético Mancha Real (2–1 away win).[5]
On 25 July 2017, Kunde joined Granada CF, freshly relegated to Segunda División, on a one-year loan deal.[6] He made his professional debut on 20 August, coming on a late substitute for Javier Espinosa in a 0–0 home draw against Albacete Balompié.[7]
Kunde scored his first professional goal on 8 October 2017, netting the last in a 2–0 home defeat of CD Lugo. The following 22 April, he scored a brace in a 3–3 home draw against Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.
On 6 July 2018, Kunde was transferred to Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05 and signed a four-year contract.[8]
On 22 June 2021, Kunde sign a three-year contract with Greek giants Olympiacos after undergoing a medical. The Greek side will reportedly be paying a little less than €2 million for the 25-year-old international, whose contract with Mainz expires in 2022. [9]
Kunde represented Cameroon at under-18 and under-23 levels, the latter in the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.[10] He made his full international debut on 27 May 2018, starting in a 0–1 friendly loss against Burkina Faso.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Extremadura | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 33 | 11 | 2 | 0 | – | 35 | 11 | |
Granada | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 38 | 5 | |
Mainz 05 | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 4 | |||
2020–21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
Total | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 70 | 4 | |||
Olympiacos | 2021–22 | Super League Greece | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 152 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 182 | 20 |
Cameroon | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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2018 | 5 | 0 |
2019 | 9 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 8 | 1 |
2022 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 28 | 1 |
Olympiacos
Cameroon
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