Dominique Malonga

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Dominique Malonga
Personal information
Full name Dominique Sossorobla Malonga
Date of birth (1989-01-08) January 8, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 7
Youth career
 –2002 Montrouge FC 92
2002–2004 Tours
2004–2007 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Torino 9 (1)
2008–2009 → Foggia (loan) 10 (1)
2009–2014 Cesena 57 (10)
2012–2013 → Vicenza (loan) 38 (10)
2013–2014 → Murcia (loan) 28 (5)
2014– Hibernian 41 (22)
International career‡
2007–2008 France U19 2 (2)
2014– Congo[1] 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2014

Dominique Sossorobla Malonga[2] (born 8 January 1989) is a French born Congolese footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Championship club Hibernian.

Early career

Born in Châtenay-Malabry, France, Malonga grew up in the suburbs of Paris to Congolese parents.[3] Malonga grew up supporting Monaco, which later he ended up joining as a youth team.[4] Malonga later described his time at Monaco, quoting: "It is beautiful and Monte Carlo is beautiful and we were very privileged, because in the stadium we had a school and everything we needed. It was a great, great, great centre. They don’t get many people going to their games, though. The money is good but the fans are not as good. It is better to play here.".[4]

Club career

Torino

In 2007, after three years at Monaco, Malonga joined Torino,[5] where he would stay until 2011.[6] Malonga stated that he felt moving to Italy gave him confidence and that he wasn't scared.[7] He made his Serie A debut on 23 September 2007, against A.C. Siena. However, his time at Torino was plagued with injuries.

Cesena

After a successful loan with the Serie B champions, he signed for Cesena in a co-ownership deal for €750,000.[8][9] In June 2011 Cesena acquired Malonga outright for €1.4 million (i.e. they paid Torino an additional €650,000 on top of the €750,000 already paid for co-ownership)[9] He also signed a new 3+1 year contract.[9] However the club relegated at the end of 2011–12 Serie A, which saw Malonga sent out on loan to other clubs for the rest of his contract.[10]

On 31 August 2012, Malonga joined Serie B side Vicenza on a season-long loan.[11] Malonga made his debut soon after against Cesena and scored in a 3–1 win.[12] Malonga would then add three more goal in his next three games against Juve Stabia, Hellas Verona and Brescia Calcio. At the end of the season, Malonga had scored a total of 10 goals at Vicenza.

On 2 September 2013, he joined Spanish Segunda División side Real Murcia on a season-long loan.[13] After making the move to Spain, Malonga stated that his aim for the season was to score more than the ten goals he had produced at Vicenza.[14] Malonga made his debut for the club on 21 September 2013, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minutes, in a draw against SD Eibar. It took until 15 December 2013 for Malonga to score his first goal for the club, in a 3–1 win over Barcelona B.[15] Malonga would score four further goals that season, thus failing to achieve his aim of scoring ten in the season.

Malonga was released by Cesena on 24 July 2014 ahead of the 2014–15 season.[16]

Hibernian

On 5 September 2014, it was announced that Malonga had joined Hibernian on a two-year contract.[17] He scored on his debut as Hibernian beat Cowdenbeath 3–2 on 13 September 2014.[18] On 26 October 2014, Malonga scored the opening goal in the Edinburgh Derby against Hearts, but a late equaliser meant Hibernian had to settle for a 1–1 draw.[19] On 22 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick as Hibernian won 6–3 away at Dumbarton.[20] Malonga has endeared himself to the Hibernian faithful and chants of "Do Do Doo, Dominique Malonga" can be heard around Easter Road on a regular basis.

International career

On 30 August 2012, he received a call-up to the Congo national team.[21] Malonga also previously represented France U19.[3][22]

Malonga was again selected by the Congo in November 2014.[23] He made his first full international appearance in 1–0 win for Congo against Sudan.[1] The victory for Congo secured their qualification for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[1] Malonga was named as a substitute for all four of Congo's matches in the Cup of Nations in January 2015, coming on during the second half in three of them, including the quarter-final defeat at the hands of neighbours D.R. Congo.[24]

References

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  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 AC Cesena Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (Italian)
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