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.
Personal information | |||
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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) |
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]
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.
DR Congo squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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