Jarzinho Malanga

Jarzinho Malanga
Personal information
Full name Jarzinho Ataide Adriano de Nascimento Malanga
Date of birth (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006
Place of birth Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 VfB Stuttgart II
Number 27
Youth career
2014–2017 Phönix Mannheim
2017–2018 Waldhof Mannheim
2018–2020 TSG Hoffenheim
2020–2022 Waldhof Mannheim
2022–2024 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– VfB Stuttgart II 30 (2)
2024– VfB Stuttgart 1 (0)
2025–2026 → SV Elversberg (loan) 23 (2)
International career‡
2022–2023 Germany U17 14 (0)
2023–2024 Germany U18 5 (0)
2024–2025 Germany U19 11 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2023
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 June 2025

Jarzinho Ataide Adriano de Nascimento Malanga (born 10 July 2006) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for 3. Liga side VfB Stuttgart II.

Early life

Malanga's mother was born in Senegal to a Senegalese-Malian father and German mother. Malanga's father was born in Brazil and is of Angolan descent. His parents moved to Germany, and met in 1992, after which they had 3 children.[2]

Club career

Malanga is a youth product of Phönix Mannheim, Waldhof Mannheim and TSG Hoffenheim, before moving to the youth academy of VfB Stuttgart in 2022.[3] On 8 May 2024, he signed a professional contract with Stuttgart.[4] He was promoted to Stuttgart's reserves in the 3. Liga for the 2024–25 season.[5] He made his senior and professional debut with the senior Stuttgart side as a substitute in a 2–0 UEFA Champions League loss to Atalanta BC on 6 November 2024.[6]

On 2 July 2025, Malanga was loaned to SV Elversberg.[7]

International career

Malanga is a youth international for Germany, having played for the Germany U17s that won the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2024–25 3. Liga 122——122
VfB Stuttgart 2024–25 Bundesliga 10103[a]050
SV Elversberg (loan) 2025–26 2. Bundesliga 23210—242
Career total 3632030414
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Germany U17

References

  1. ↑ "Mannheimer Talent Jarzinho Malanga: Unverhofft Europameister". www.mannheimer-morgen.de. 1 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jarzinho Malanga: Das Beste aus fünf Nationen". TSG Hoffenheim. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Jarzinho Ataide Adriano de Nascimento Malanga | VfB Stuttgart | Player Profile | Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.com.
  4. ↑ "Jarzinho Malanga bleibt beim VfB". VfB Stuttgart.
  5. ↑ "Mit sieben Neuen, ohne Guirassy und Nübel: So lief der VfB-Trainingsauftakt - News über den VfB Stuttgart - Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen". www.zvw.de. 4 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Kapaun, Matthias (6 November 2024). "X-Reaktionen zu VfB-Atalanta: "Stuttgarter Chancen international kann man nur besoffen seeehn"". Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Jarzinho Malanga kommt auf Leihbasis vom VfB Stuttgart" [Jarzinho Malanga joins on loan from VfB Stuttgart] (in German). SV Elversberg. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  8. ↑ Scheu, David (3 June 2023). "Talent des VfB Stuttgart: Jarzinho Malanga – der VfB hat einen Europameister". Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Germany take title with shoot-out win over France". UEFA. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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