Lelo Mbele

Lelo Mbele
Blaise Lelo Mbele (born 10 August 1987) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a striker. Lelo played for different professional clubs such as South African club Orlando Pirates and Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal FC.
Club career
Mbele helped CS Sfaxien win the CAF Confederation Cup.
On 29 November 2007, Mbele signed with Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia for a fee of $25000 per month to the player and $1.2M to his former club.
He made his Saudi Premier League debut for Al Hilal in a 1–0 away win over Al Watani on 5 December 2007. His first goal for Al Hilal came in a 2–0 victory against Al Ittifaq on 10 December 2007.
In 2008, he joined Tunisian side Espérance.
In January 2009, Mbele signed with Sudanese club Al-Hilal for $1 million deal on a three-year contract. The player's agent cited the financial strength and success of the Al-Hilal to be the favoring deciding factors that made Mbele choose the Sudanese club. He did not have a good season with Al Hilal so Al Nasr of Libya choose to buy him.
On 12 July 2011, Mbele signed with Kuwaiti club Al Naser. On 28 July 2011, Al Naser terminated their contract with Mbele after he ruptured a muscle.
After being a free agent for four months, he eventually joined the Malaysian club, Selangor FA in a two-year contract alongside Lebanese international, Ramez Dayoub. However, due to his injury, Lelo did not manage to play for any games with Selangor and later was released by the Football Association of Selangor.
On 13 August 2012, Mbele signed for Algerian club MC Alger for a two-year contract.
Bahrain became his fifteenth footballing country when he joined Al-Ahli Club.
In 2017, Mbele moved to India after signing with newly formed I-League club Gokulam Kerala.
International career
Mbele was a member of the DR Congo national team at the 2006 African Nations Cup, which progressed to the quarter-finals, where it were eliminated by Egypt, which won the tournament.
References
1987 births
Living people
People from Kalemie
Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman) players
Al Hilal SFC players
AmaZulu F.C. players
AS Vita Club players
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players
CS Sfaxien players
Espérance Sportive de Tunis players
MC Alger players
Orlando Pirates F.C. players
Daring Club Motema Pembe players
Gokulam Kerala FC players
Al-Ahli Club (Manama) players
Men's association football forwards
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
Saudi Pro League players
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate men's footballers in Sudan
Expatriate men's footballers in Libya
Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia
Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria
Expatriate men's footballers in Angola
Expatriate men's footballers in Northern Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in India
Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Libya
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Northern Cyprus
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in India
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people