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Malcom Edjouma

{{Short description|Moroccan professional footballer (born 1996)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Malcom Edjouma

| fullname = Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari

| image = Malcom Edjouma - CFR Cluj vs FCSB, 17 April 2022 (cropped).jpg

| upright = 0.85

| caption = Edjouma with FCSB in 2022

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|10|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Toulouse, France

| height = 1.91 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = FCSB

| clubnumber = 18

| youthyears1 = 2005–2008 | youthclubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain

| youthyears2 = 2008–2010 | youthclubs2 = Toulouse

| youthyears3 = 2010–2011 | youthclubs3 = Bordeaux

| youthyears4 = 2011–2013 | youthclubs4 = Toulouse Fontaines

| years1 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = Balma | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2014–2016 | clubs2 = Châteauroux B | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = Châteauroux | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2017 | clubs4 = Belfort | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = Concarneau | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2018–2020 | clubs6 = Lorient B | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2018–2020 | clubs7 = Lorient | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2019 | clubs8 = → Red Star (loan) | caps8 = 9 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2019–2020 | clubs9 = → Chambly (loan) | caps9 = 9 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2019–2020 | clubs10 = → Chambly B (loan) | caps10 = 2 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2020 | clubs11 = Viitorul Constanța | caps11 = 3 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2020 | clubs12 = Roeselare | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2021–2022 | clubs13 = Botoșani | caps13 = 22 | goals13 = 4

| years14 = 2022– | clubs14 = FCSB | caps14 = 71 | goals14 = 12

| years15 = 2023–2024 | clubs15 = → Bari (loan) | caps15 = 22 | goals15 = 2

| club-update = 23 May 2025

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari ({{langx|ar|مالكوم سيلاس إدجوما هواري}}; born 8 October 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club FCSB.

Career

Edjouma began his youth career with the youth academies of PSG and Toulouse.{{cite web|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/football/malcom-edjouma-arrive-de-belfort-25-06-2017-11571393.php|title=Malcom Edjouma arrive de Belfort|date=25 June 2017 |publisher=}}

On 29 July 2018, Edjouma transferred to FC Lorient, and was loaned back to US Concarneau for the remainder of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.usc-concarneau.com/malcom-edjouma-transfere-fc-lorient/|title=Malcom Edjouma transféré au FC Lorient - US CONCARNEAU|date=29 January 2018|publisher=|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926205506/https://www.usc-concarneau.com/malcom-edjouma-transfere-fc-lorient/|url-status=dead}} Edjouma made his professional debut with Lorient in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Le Havre AC on 28 July 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/84995|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - FC Lorient / Havre AC|website=www.lfp.fr}}

On 10 January 2019, Edjouma was loaned out to fellow second tier club Red Star F.C. for the remainder of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://fclweb.fr/malcom-edjouma-prete-au-red-star-fc/|title=Malcom Edjouma prêté au Red Star FC|date=10 January 2019|website=FC Lorient|language=fr-FR|access-date=10 January 2019}}

On 16 July 2019, Edjouma was loaned out to Ligue 2 side Chambly.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcchambly.com/actualites-du-club/malcolm-edjouma-fc-lorient-prete-au-fcco-781599?termes_recherche=edjouma|title=MALCOLM EDJOUMA (FC LORIENT) PRETE AU FCCO|accessdate=16 July 2019|date=16 July 2019|publisher=Chambly|language=French}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On 23 January 2020, Edjouma signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Viitorul Constanța.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/bine-ai-venit-malcom-edjouma|title=Bine ai venit, Malcom Edjouma!|accessdate=23 January 2020|date=23 January 2020|publisher=Viitorul Constanța|language=Romanian}}

On 17 August 2023, Edjouma joined Bari in Italy on loan with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=Bari|url=https://www.sscalciobari.it/it/news/4273-benvenuto-malcom-sylas-edjouma-laouari/?desk=1|title=Benvenuto Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari|date=17 August 2023|access-date=21 August 2023|language=it}}

International career

Edjouma is eligible to represent the France national football team, Cameroon national football team and Morocco national football team at senior level. In September 2018, Edjouma accepted a call-up to the Morocco local national football team by coach Jamal Sellami, and chose to represent Morocco.{{Cite web |title=Malcom Edjouma, la nouvelle recrue de Jamal Sellami |url=https://sport.le360.ma//maroc/malcom-edjouma-la-nouvelle-recrue-de-jamal-sellami-60597 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Le360 Sport |language=fr}}

In 2018, Edjouma featured in an unofficial friendly for the Morocco national football team.{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/maghribfoot/status/1039123873277661184?s=46&t=jXYWUfz7faqAN9e_RqgY3A|title=x.com|website=X (formerly Twitter)}}

Personal life

Edjouma was born in Toulouse, France, to a Cameroonian father and a Moroccan mother.{{cite web|url=http://lionsdelatlas.ma/27923-malcom-sylas-edjouma-avec-les-lions-de-l-atlas-de-sellami|title=Malcom Sylas Edjouma avec les Lions de l'Atlas de Sellami|last=LDA|website=lionsdelatlas.ma|access-date=3 September 2018|archive-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215171654/http://lionsdelatlas.ma/27923-malcom-sylas-edjouma-avec-les-lions-de-l-atlas-de-sellami|url-status=dead}} He holds both French and Moroccan nationalities.{{Cite web |title=Malcom EDJOUMA |url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/malcom-edjouma-22431/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=unfp.org}} His younger brother Noah Edjouma, a forward born in 2005, signed professionally for Toulouse in 2023.{{cite news |title=Bucurie în familia Edjouma. Cu ce echipă din Ligue 1 a semnat fratele jucătorului de la FCSB|trans-title=Joy in the Edjouma family. Which Ligue 1 team did the FCSB player's brother sign with? |url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/ligue-1/bucurie-in-familia-edjouma-cu-ce-echipa-din-ligue-1-a-semnat-fratele-jucatorului-de-la-fcsb-2283807 |access-date=31 December 2024 |publisher=Digi Sport |date=18 March 2023 |language=Romanian}}

Career statistics

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{{updated|match played 23 May 2025}}{{Soccerway|mallom-edjouma/312695|access-date=23 April 2022}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="3"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="1"|Balma

|2013–14

|CFA 2

|7

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—71
rowspan="3"|Châteauroux B

|2014–15

|rowspan="2"|CFA 2

|4

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
2015–16

|20

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—200
colspan="2"|Total

!24

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—240
Châteauroux

|2015–16

|Championnat National

|1

0colspan="2"|—00colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
Belfort

|2016–17

|Championnat National

|22

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—230
Concarneau

|2017–18

|Championnat National

|29

230colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—322
Lorient

|2018–19

|Ligue 2

|3

00031colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—61
Lorient B

|2018–19

|Championnat National 2

|3

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—30
Red Star (loan)

|2018–19

|Ligue 2

|9

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—90
Chambly (loan)

|2019–20

|Ligue 2

|9

00010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—100
Chambly B (loan)

|2019–20

|Championnat National 3

|2

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—21
Viitorul Constanța

|2019–20

|Liga I

|3

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—30
Botoșani

|2021–22

|Liga I

|22

410colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—234
rowspan="5"|FCSB

|2021–22

|rowspan="4"|Liga I

|14

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—142
2022–23

|29

900colspan="2"|—112colspan="2"|—4011
2023–24

|4

100colspan="2"|—30colspan="2"|—71
2024–25

|24

010colspan="2"|—18310443
colspan="2"|Total

!71

1210colspan="2"|—3251010417
Bari (loan)

|2023–24

|Serie B

|22

200colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—222
colspan="3"|Career total

!227

2260413251027028

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Honours

FCSB

Individual

  • Gazeta Sporturilor Romania Player of the Month: February 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/gheorghe-hagi-a-fost-ales-antrenorul-lunii-februarie-malcom-edjouma-jucatorul-lunii-689939.html|title="Regele" și "Micul prinț" » Gheorghe Hagi a fost ales "Antrenorul lunii februarie", iar Malcom Edjouma - "Jucătorul lunii"! Cum s-a votat|trans-title=The King & The Little Prince » Gheorghe Hagi was chosen "Coach of the month in February", and Malcom Edjouma - "Player of the month"! How the voting took place|newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor|language=ro|date=7 March 2022|accessdate=8 April 2022}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Soccerway|312695}}
  • [https://www.sofoot.com/malcom-sylas-edjouma.html SoFoot Profile]
  • [http://www.foot-national.com/22684-joueur-football-Edjouma-Malcom-Sylas.html Foot-National Profile]
  • {{LFP|id=edjouma-malcom}}
  • [https://fclweb.fr/joueur/malcom-edjouma/ FCL Profile]

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Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Toulouse

Category:French men's footballers

Category:French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent

Category:French sportspeople of Moroccan descent

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Balma SC players

Category:ASM Belfort players

Category:FC Lorient players

Category:US Concarneau players

Category:LB Châteauroux players

Category:Red Star FC players

Category:FC Chambly Oise players

Category:FC Viitorul Constanța players

Category:FC Botoșani players

Category:FCSB players

Category:SSC Bari players

Category:Ligue 2 players

Category:Championnat National players

Category:Championnat National 2 players

Category:Championnat National 3 players

Category:Liga I players

Category:Serie B players

Category:French expatriate men's footballers

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania

Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Romania

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium

Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy

Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Category:21st-century French sportsmen

Category:Paris Saint-Germain FC players

Category:Toulouse FC players

Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players

Category:Toulouse Fontaines Club players