Leroy Maluka
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-12-22) 22 December 1985
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Åbo IFK (player-assistant)
Number 16
Youth career
Hellenic
Cape Town Spurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Ikapa Sporting
2010–2012 TPS 29 (1)
2011–2012 → Åbo IFK (loan) 23 (6)
2013 FC YPA 21 (3)
2014 TPS 8 (0)
2014 → Åbo IFK (loan) 7 (0)
2015 Åbo IFK 10 (1)
2016 FC Jazz 16 (3)
2017–2018 Tampere United 20 (0)
2019– Åbo IFK
Managerial career
2018 Tampere United (player-coach)
2019– Åbo IFK (youth)
2020– Åbo IFK (player-assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:39, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Leroy Maluka (born 22 December 1985) is a South African footballer currently playing for Åbo IFK in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen.

He has previously played for Ikapa Sporting in the South African National First Division and for TPS in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga.[1]

Career

Club career

Maluka came to Finland on holiday in the summer of 2010 and ended up on a trial at Kakkonen club Åbo IFK, a co-operation club of TPS.[2] However from there, he was directly promoted to the TPS before he had time to play a match in Kakkonen.

Maluka moved to Tampere United in the summer of 2017.[3] In June 2018, Tampere United announced that Maluka would take the place of the head coach of the representative team that played in Kakkonen after Mikko Mäkelä left the club.[4]

For the 2019 season, Maluka returned to Åbo IFK where he also started coaching one of the clubs youth teams. In November 2019, he was also appointed first team player-assistant coach from the 2020 season.[2]

Personal life

Leroy Maluka's brother is the artist Mustafa Maluka.[5]

References


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