Darian Maleš

Darian Maleš
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001
Place of birth Lucerne, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Widzew Łódź
Number 19
Youth career
2008–2019 Luzern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Luzern II 16 (2)
2019–2020 Luzern 19 (1)
2020–2023 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2020 → Genoa (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2023 → Basel (loan) 72 (9)
2021–2022 → Basel II (loan) 1 (1)
2023–2026 Young Boys 89 (16)
2025 Young Boys II 1 (1)
2026– Widzew Łódź 0 (0)
International career
2016 Switzerland U16 2 (0)
2017 Switzerland U17 1 (0)
2019 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2019–2020 Switzerland U19 7 (4)
2021–2023 Switzerland U21 17 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 May 2026

Darian Maleš (Serbian Cyrillic: Дариан Малеш; born 3 May 2001) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Widzew Łódź.

Career

FC Luzern

On 13 June 2019, Maleš signed his first professional contract with his childhood club FC Luzern.[2] He made his professional debut for Luzern in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over Neuchâtel Xamax on 26 September 2019.[3]

Inter Milan

On 16 September 2020, Maleš signed five-year contract with the Italian team Inter Milan.[4] Nine days later, he joined Genoa on a six-month loan contract.[5][6] He made one appearance for Genoa in Coppa Italia.

Loan to FC Basel

On 15 February 2021, Maleš moved on a six-month loan to Swiss Super League side FC Basel.[7] He joined Basel's first team during the winter break of their 2020–21 season under head coach Ciriaco Sforza. Maleš played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park five days later, on 20 February, as Basel played a goalless draw with Lausanne-Sport.[8] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 March in the home game as Basel played a 1–1 draw with the Young Boys.[9] At the end of the season the loan came to an end and Maleš then returned to Inter Milan.

However, on 9 July 2021, Maleš returned to Basel for their 2021–22 season under their new head coach Patrick Rahmen for a further two-year loan, with an option for the club of a definitive purchase.[10] In the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, but here they were defeated by Fiorentina. Nevertheless, on 8 June 2023, the club announced that they declined to trigger their buy option.[11] Thus he departed Basel after nearly two and a half years on loan. During his time with the club, Maleš played a total of 119 games for Basel scoring a total of 20 goals. 72 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, six in the Swiss Cup, 28 in the UEFA Conference League and 13 were friendly games. He scored nine goals in the domestic league, five in the cup, five in the European games and the other was scored during the test games.[12]

Young Boys

On 19 July 2023, he permanently signed with Swiss double winners BSC Young Boys. He signed a four-year contract, valid until summer 2027.[13]

Widzew Łódź

On 24 August 2026, Maleš left Young Boys after three years to join Polish club Widzew Łódź on a three-year contract, with an option to extend.[14]

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Maleš is of Bosnian Serb descent.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 May 2026[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Luzern II 2018–19 Swiss 1. Liga 122———122
2019–20 Swiss 1. Liga 40———40
Total 162———162
Luzern 2019–20 Swiss Super League 19121——212
Inter Milan 2020–21 Serie A 000000—00
2021–22 Serie A 0000000000
2022–23 Serie A 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Genoa (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 0010——10
Basel (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Super League 16200——162
2021–22 Swiss Super League 2832113[b]2—436
2022–23 Swiss Super League 2844415[b]3—4711
Total 72965285—10619
Basel II (loan) 2021–22 Swiss Promotion League 11———11
Young Boys 2023–24 Swiss Super League 313409[c]0—443
2024–25 Swiss Super League 286339[d]0—409
2025–26 Swiss Super League 307208[e]1—408
Total 891693261—12420
Young Boys II 2024–25 Swiss Promotion League 11———11
Widzew Łódź 2026–27 Ekstraklasa 0000——00
Career totals 198301895460027045
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Young Boys

References

  1. ↑ "Darian Maleš". Widzew Łódź. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "FCL-Profiverträge für Darian Males und Marco Burch | REGIOfussball.ch". 13 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Luzern vs. Neuchâtel Xamax - 26 September 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "Darian Males è un nuovo giocatore dell'Inter" (Press release) (in Italian). Inter. 16 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Darian Males al Genoa" (Press release) (in Italian). Inter. 25 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Darian Males, gioventù in attacco" (Press release) (in Italian). Genoa. 25 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Stoecklin, Chris (15 February 2021). "Darian Males von Inter zum FCB" [Shortly before the end of the transfer window, FC Basel is backing it up again. Darian Males comes from Inter Milan, and from San Lorenzo Matias Palacios.]. Telebasel (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (20 February 2021). "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 0:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (3 March 2021). "FC Basel - BSC Young Boys 1:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  10. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (9 July 2021). "Darian Males auch in der kommenden Saison beim FCB". Darian Males in the coming season also with FCB (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "Der FCB zieht die Kaufoptionen bei Males, Zeqiri und Adams nicht" (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  12. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2023). "Darian Males - FCB statistics". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "YB verpflichtet Darian Males" (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  14. ↑ Galiński, Tomasz (24 August 2026). "Transferowa ofensywa Widzewa. Klub ogłosił kolejny transfer". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Males Darian".
  16. ↑ Darian Males at Soccerway
  17. ↑ "Darian Males". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2026.
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