Aly Mallé

Aly Mallé (born 3 April 1998) is a Malian footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Turkish club Balıkesirspor on loan from Udinese.

Aly Mallé
Personal information
Full name Aly Mallé
Date of birth (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Balıkesirspor
(on loan from Udinese)
Number 9
Youth career
Black Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Black Stars
2016–2017 Watford 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Granada B (loan) 20 (6)
2017 → Granada (loan) 10 (0)
2017– Udinese 0 (0)
2018 → Lorca (loan) 12 (1)
2019 → Grasshopper (loan) 6 (0)
2019– → Balıkesirspor (loan) 21 (4)
National team
2015 Mali U17 12 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:06, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Bamako, Mallé began his senior career with AS Black Stars. In July 2015 he went on a trial at 1. FC Köln,[1] but nothing came of it.

Mallé agreed to a contract with Watford F.C. late in February 2016,[2] and officially joined the Hornets on 29 July.[3]

Immediately after joining Watford Mallé was loaned to Granada CF, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[4] He made his debut for the B-side on 4 September, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–1 home win against La Roda CF.[5]

Mallé scored his first goal in Spain on 1 October 2016, but in a 1–2 away loss against Real Murcia.[6] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 21 January 2017, starting in a 1–3 defeat at RCD Espanyol.[7]

On 2 June 2017, following Granada's relegation, Mallé signed a five-year contract with Udinese.[8] The following 6 January, after making no appearances for the club, he was loaned to Segunda División side Lorca FC until June.[9]

Mallé scored his first professional goal on 20 January 2018, netting the first after 18 seconds in a 2–3 home loss against SD Huesca.[10]

On 16 January 2019, Mallé joined to Grasshopper on loan with an option to buy.[11] In September 2019, udinese agreed on a loan with Balikesirspor for one year.

International career

Mallé was included in Mali under-17 squad for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup hosted in Chile.[12] He was elected the Bronze Ball of the tournament, after being an undisputed starter and scoring two goals and providing two assists.[13]

Mallé was also included in the 30-man list ahead of the 2016 African Nations Championship,[14] but was cut from the final squad. He played a key role in qualifying malian under 23 national team for the African Cup of nation U23 in Egypt by beating Moroccan team. During that game Aly shows his worth dominating players like A.Hakimi (Dortmund). It should not take long for him to be called up in Mali senior team in months to come.

Style of playing

He is an intelligent player able to keep the ball under pressure thanks to his technical and physical attributes. Malle is also able to speed up, dribble-pass many adversaries in once. His end product need to be polished up but he can score many goals and make assists too.

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Beim 1. FC Köln im Probetraining" [Trialist at 1. FC Köln] (in German). Liga Insider. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. "Aly Mallé s'engage avec Watford, mais sera prêté à l'Espagnol de Grenade en juin prochain" [Aly Mallé joins Watford, but will be loaned to Spanish Granada in the following June] (in French). Mali Football. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. "Watford snare trio of exciting young talent". WD Sport. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. "Aly Mallé, la gran promesa de Malí que llega al Granada B" [Aly Mallé, the great Malian prospect who arrives at Granada B] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. "El Granada CF 'B' remonta ante La Roda y consigue su primera victoria como local (2–1)" [Granada CF 'B' complete comeback over La Roda and get their first home win (2–1)] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  6. "El Granada B sucumbe en casa del Real Murcia (2–1)" [Granada B fall in Real Murcia's home (2–1)] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  7. "'Pericos' que vuelan" ['Pericos' that fly] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  8. "Desbandada de los 'chicos Pozzo': Aly Malle al Udinese" [Exodus of the 'Pozzo kids': Aly Malle to Udinese] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  9. "Aly Malle, primer refuerzo invernal para el Lorca FC" [Aly Malle, first winter addition for Lorca FC] (in Spanish). Lorca FC. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. "Más rápido, imposible: Aly Mallé abrió la lata... ¡a los 18 segundos!" [Faster, impossible: Aly Mallé opened the can... at the 18 seconds!] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  11. "UFFICIALE: Udinese, Mallè al Grasshopper" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  12. "Mali seleciona 21 jogadores para Mundial Sub-17" [Mali selects 21 players for the Under-17 World Cup] (in Spanish). PanaPress. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  13. "Osimhen and Nigeria the big winners". FIFA.com. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  14. "U-17 star Aly Malle earns Mali CHAN call-up". mtnfootball.com. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.