Kévin Malaga
Kévin Marc-François Malaga (born 24 June 1987) is a French footballer who plays as a defender for SO Cholet.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kévin Marc-François Malaga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Toulon, France | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cholet | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | SC Toulon | ||
| 2007–2010[2] | Auxerre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Auxerre B | 50 | (1) |
| 2010 | Auxerre | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Nice B | 19 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Nice | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Coventry City | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Nuneaton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Le Las | 41 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | Pau | 57 | (0) |
| 2017 | Pau B | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | Cholet | 38 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:03, 23 May 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Auxerre
Born in Toulon, Malaga started his senior career playing for AJ Auxerre's B team in 2008, having previously played for the team's youth squads, and SC Toulon. He made a single league appearance for the full AJ Auxerre squad in 2010.
Nice
In 2011 Malaga switched to OGC Nice where he played twice for the senior squad and was captain of the reserve team.
Coventry City
On 13 July 2012, Malaga joined Football League One side Coventry City on a free transfer after his Nice contract had expired having agreed a three-year deal.[3] Unable to fully break into the Coventry team, he had a brief loan spell at Nuneaton Town. His contract with Coventry City was terminated by mutual consent on 2 September 2013.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 May 2020[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Auxerre B | 2008–09 | CFA | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 50 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | ||||
| Auxerre | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Nice B | 2010–11 | CFA 2 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2011–12 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 19 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||||
| Nice | 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coventry City | 2012–13 | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nuneaton Town (loan) | 2012–13 | Conference Premier | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Toulon Le Las | 2014–15 | CFA 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | CFA | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| Total | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
| Pau II | 2016–17 | CFA 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pau | 2016–17 | Championnat National | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Cholet | 2018–19 | Championnat National | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 214 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 220 | 8 | ||
- Appearance in the FA Trophy
References
- "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- "Kévin Malaga". SkyNet. 13 July 2012.
- "City seal defender signing". CCFC. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- "Malaga leaves Sky Blues". Coventry City F.C. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- Kévin Malaga at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2018.