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Malcom Bokele Mputu (born 12 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as centre-back forLigue 2 club Bordeaux. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
Club career
Bokele is a youth product of the academies of AS Bellecour Perrache, Eveil Lyon, Lyon and FC Lyon. He began his senior career with the reserves of FBBP01 in 2017. He followed that up with a stint with the reserves of FC Metz from 2017 to 2019. In October 2019, he moved to the reserves of Bordeaux. On 1 June 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux for 3 years. He joined Villefranche on 29 January 2022 for the second half of the 2021-22 season in the Championnat National. Moving to the Bordeaux senior team for the 2022-23 season, he made his professional debut with them in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes on 22 August 2022.
International career
Bokele was born in France to a Congolese father and Cameroonian mother. He was called up to the Cameroon U23s in October 2021. He debuted with the senior Cameroon national team in a 1–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Namibia on 24 March 2023.