Pierre Kunde
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.jpg) Kunde with Cameroon in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pierre Kunde Malong[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1995[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Limbé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Dibba Al-Hisn | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Alcobendas | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Alcobendas | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Atlético Madrid B | 71 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Extremadura (loan) | 33 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Granada (loan) | 37 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Mainz 05 | 68 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Olympiacos | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Atromitos (loan) | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Dibba Al-Hisn | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon U18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Cameroon U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Cameroon | 41 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Pierre Kunde Malong (born 26 July 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for UAE Club Dibba Al-Hisn and the Cameroon national team as a central midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Born in Limbe, Malong started his senior career in Spain with Alcobendas CF; he made his senior debut for the club on 11 November 2012 by starting in a 2–0 Regional Preferente home win against EF Periso.[2] His first goal came the following 3 March, in a 2–0 success at Atlético Leones de Castilla.
In 2013 Kunde moved to Atlético Madrid, returning to youth football.[3] The following year, he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B,[4] immediately becoming a regular starter but suffering relegation in his first season.
On 21 July 2016, Kunde was loaned to Extremadura UD for one year, still in the third division.[5] He scored a career-best 11 goals during the campaign, with braces against San Fernando CD (3–1 away win), Linares Deportivo (3–1 away win) and Atlético Mancha Real (2–1 away win).[6]
On 25 July 2017, Kunde joined Granada CF, freshly relegated to Segunda División, on a one-year loan deal.[7] He made his professional debut on 20 August, coming on a late substitute for Javier Espinosa in a 0–0 home draw against Albacete Balompié.[8]
Kunde scored his first professional goal on 8 October 2017, netting the last in a 2–0 home defeat of CD Lugo. The following 22 April, he scored a brace in a 3–3 home draw against Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.
On 6 July 2018, Kunde was transferred to Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05 and signed a four-year contract.[9]
On 22 June 2021, Kunde sign a three-year contract with Greek giants Olympiacos after undergoing a medical. The Greek side reportedly paid less than €2 million for the 25-year-old international, whose contract with Mainz was due to expire in 2022.[10]
International career
[edit]Kunde represented Cameroon at under-18 and under-23 levels, the latter in the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.[11] He made his full international debut on 27 May 2018, starting in a 0–1 friendly loss against Burkina Faso.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 20 May 2023[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Extremadura | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 33 | 11 | 2 | 0 | – | 35 | 11 | |
| Granada | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 38 | 5 | |
| Mainz 05 | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 70 | 4 | |||
| Olympiacos | 2021–22 | Super League Greece | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[c] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| VfL Bochum (loan) | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | |
| Atromitos (Ioan) | 2023–24 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 164 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 195 | 21 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa del Rey, DFB-Pokal, Greek Football Cup
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of match played 11 June 2023[13]
| Cameroon | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
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| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 1 |
- Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kunde goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 26 March 2021 | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde |  Cape Verde | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2022 African Nations Championship qualification | [14] |
Honours
[edit]Olympiacos
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2021[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "One of ours, Pierre, in Alcobendas CF team". Inter Soccer Madrid. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Pierre debuts with Atletico Madrid Youth Honor Division, which will play the Youth European Champions "Johansson Cup"". Inter Soccer Madrid. 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Pierre: "Espero marcar muchos goles para ayudar al equipo"" [Pierre: "I hope to score many goals to help the team"] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Pierre Kunde y Fall, nuevos futbolistas del Extremadura" [Pierre Kunde and Fall, new footballers of Extremadura] (in Spanish). Hoy. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Hasta pronto, Pierre" [See you soon, Pierre] (in Spanish). Vavel. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Official | Pierre Kunde joins Granada CF on loan". Granada CF. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "'Vuelta al cole' sin puntería" ['Back to school' without aim] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Kunde becomes a 05er". 1. FSV Mainz 05. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Mainz: Cameroonian midfielder Pierre Kunde signs for Olympiakos". sportnewsafrica.com. 22 June 2021.
- ^ "La sélection des Lions U-23 à Baku avec un seul gardien de but" [The Lions under-23 to Baku with only one goalkeeper] (in French). Camer-Sport. 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "P. Malong". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Pierre Kunde at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Cape Verde vs. Cameroon". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Pierre Kunde at BDFutbol
- Pierre Kunde at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Pierre Kunde at Soccerway
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