Leroy Maluka

Leroy Maluka (born 22 December 1985) is a South African footballer currently playing for Åbo IFK in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen.

Leroy Maluka

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-12-22) 22 December 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Åbo IFK (player-assistant)
Number	16
Youth career
	Hellenic
	Cape Town Spurs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Ikapa Sporting
2010–2012	TPS	29	(1)
2011–2012	→ Åbo IFK (loan)	23	(6)
2013	FC YPA	21	(3)
2014	TPS	8	(0)
2014	→ Åbo IFK (loan)	7	(0)
2015	Åbo IFK	10	(1)
2016	FC Jazz	16	(3)
2017–2018	Tampere United	20	(0)
2019–	Åbo IFK
Managerial career
2018	Tampere United (player-coach)
2019–	Åbo IFK (youth)
2020–	Åbo IFK (player-assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:39, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

He has previously played for Ikapa Sporting in the South African National First Division and for TPS in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga.^[1]

Career

Club career

Maluka came to Finland on holiday in the summer of 2010 and ended up on a trial at Kakkonen club Åbo IFK, a co-operation club of TPS.^[2] However from there, he was directly promoted to the TPS before he had time to play a match in Kakkonen.

Maluka moved to Tampere United in the summer of 2017.^[3] In June 2018, Tampere United announced that Maluka would take the place of the head coach of the representative team that played in Kakkonen after Mikko Mäkelä left the club.^[4]

For the 2019 season, Maluka returned to Åbo IFK where he also started coaching one of the clubs youth teams. In November 2019, he was also appointed first team player-assistant coach from the 2020 season.^[2]

Personal life

Leroy Maluka's brother is the artist Mustafa Maluka.^[5]