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Blaise Lelo Mbele (born 10 August 1987) is a retired Congolese footballer who last played for Al-Ahli Club. Lelo previously played for different professional clubs such as South African giants, Orlando Pirates FC and the Saudi Arabian club, Al-Hilal FC.

Lelo Mbele

Personal information
Full name	Blaise Lelo Mbele
Date of birth	(1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth	Kalemie, Zaire[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	AS Vita Club	32	(19)
2004–2005	Zulu Royals	29	(7)
2005–2007	Orlando Pirates	31	(7)
2007	CS Sfaxien
2007–2008	Al-Hilal	7	(2)
2008–2009	Espérance	1	(0)
2009–2010	Al-Hilal Omdurman
2010–2011	Al-Nasr Benghazi
2011	Al-Nasr
2011	Şanlıurfaspor
2011–2012	Selangor FA	0	(0)
2012–2014	MC Alger	5	(0)
2012–2013	→ CA Batna (loan)	4	(0)
2014–2015	Petro Atlético	4	(0)
2015–2016	DC Motema Pembe	15	(8)
2016–2017	Baf Ülkü Yurdu	15	(2)
2017	Gokulam Kerala	3	(0)
2018	Al-Ahli
National team‡
2004–2013	DR Congo	13	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 05 August 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 05 August 2014 (UTC)

Career

He helped CS Sfaxien win the CAF Confederation Cup.

On 29 November 2007, Mbele signed with Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) for a fee of $25000 per month to the player and $1.2M to his former club.^{[citation needed]}

He made his Saudi Premier League debut for Al Hilal in a 1–0 away win over Al Watani on 5 December 2007 his first goal for Al Hilal in the 2–0 victory against Al Ittifaq on 10 December 2007.

In 2008, he joined Tunisian side Espérance.

In January 2009, Mbele signed with Sudanese club Al-Hilal for $1 million deal for a 3-year contract. The player's agent cited the financial strength and success of the Al-Hilal to be the favoring deciding factors that made Mbele choose the Sudanese giant. He did not have a good season with Al Hilal so Al Nasr of Libya choose to buy him.[2]

On 12 July 2011, Mbele signed with Kuwaiti club Al Naser.[3] And on 28 July 2011, Al Naser terminated their contract with Mbele after he ruptured a muscle.[4]

After being a free agent for four months, he eventually joined the Malaysian club, Selangor FA in a two-year contract alongside Lebanese international, Ramez Dayoub.[5][6] However, due to his injury, Lelo did not manage to play for any games with Selangor and later was released by the Football Association of Selangor.[7]

On 13 August 2012, Mbele signed for Algerian club MC Alger for a two-year contract.[8]

Bahrain became his fifteenth footballing country when he joined Al-Ahli Club.[1][9]

In 2017, Mbele moved to India after signing with newly formed I-League club Gokulam Kerala.[10]

International career

Mbele was a member of the Congolese 2006 African Nations Cup team, who progressed to the quarter finals, where they were eliminated by Egypt, who won the tournament.

References

На других языках

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[de] Lelo Mbele

Blaise Lelo Mbele (* 10. August 1987 in Kinshasa) ist ein kongolesischer ehemaliger Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Lelo Mbele

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[fr] Lelo Mbele

Blaise Lelo Mbele, né le 10 août 1987 à Kalemie, RD Congo, est un footballeur congolais qui évolue au poste d'attaquant à Al-Ahli Manama.

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[it] Lelo Mbele

Blaise Lelo Mbele (Kalemie, 10 agosto 1987) è un calciatore della Repubblica Democratica del Congo, attaccante del Gokulam Kerala.

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