Malcom Edjouma

Malcom Edjouma
Edjouma with FCSB in 2022
Personal information
Full name Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari
Date of birth (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Qingdao Hainiu
Number 6
Youth career
2005–2008 Paris Saint-Germain
2008–2010 Toulouse
2010–2011 Bordeaux
2011–2013 Toulouse Fontaines
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Balma 7 (1)
2014–2016 Châteauroux B 24 (0)
2016 Châteauroux 1 (0)
2016–2017 Belfort 22 (0)
2017–2018 Concarneau 29 (2)
2018–2020 Lorient B 3 (0)
2018–2020 Lorient 3 (0)
2019 → Red Star (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 → Chambly (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 → Chambly B (loan) 2 (1)
2020 Viitorul Constanța 3 (0)
2020 Roeselare 0 (0)
2021–2022 Botoșani 22 (4)
2022–2025 FCSB 80 (13)
2023–2024 → Bari (loan) 22 (2)
2026– Qingdao Hainiu 14 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 June 2026

Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari (Arabic: مالكوم سيلاس إدجوما هواري; born 8 October 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Qingdao Hainiu.

Career

Edjouma began his youth career with the youth academies of PSG and Toulouse.[1]

On 29 July 2018, Edjouma transferred to FC Lorient, and was loaned back to US Concarneau for the remainder of the season.[2] Edjouma made his professional debut with Lorient in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Le Havre AC on 28 July 2018.[3]

On 10 January 2019, Edjouma was loaned out to fellow second tier club Red Star F.C. for the remainder of the season.[4]

On 16 July 2019, Edjouma was loaned out to Ligue 2 side Chambly.[5]

On 23 January 2020, Edjouma signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Viitorul Constanța.[6]

On 17 August 2023, Edjouma joined Bari in Italy on loan with an option to buy.[7]

International career

Edjouma is eligible to represent the France national football team, Cameroon national football team and Morocco national football team at senior level. In September 2018, Edjouma accepted a call-up to the Morocco local national football team by coach Jamal Sellami, and chose to represent Morocco.[8]

In 2018, Edjouma featured in an unofficial friendly for the Morocco national football team.[9]

Personal life

Edjouma was born in Toulouse, France, to a Cameroonian father and a Moroccan mother.[10] He holds both French and Moroccan nationalities.[11] His younger brother Noah Edjouma, a forward born in 2005, signed professionally for Toulouse in 2023.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 August 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Balma 2013–14 CFA 2 71————71
Châteauroux B 2014–15 CFA 2 40————40
2015–16 CFA 2 200————200
Total 240————240
Châteauroux 2015–16 Championnat National 10—00——10
Belfort 2016–17 Championnat National 22010———230
Concarneau 2017–18 Championnat National 29230———322
Lorient 2018–19 Ligue 2 300031——61
Lorient B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 30————30
Red Star (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 90————90
Chambly (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 2 900010——100
Chambly B (loan) 2019–20 Championnat National 3 21————21
Viitorul Constanța 2019–20 Liga I 30————30
Botoșani 2021–22 Liga I 22410———234
FCSB 2021–22 Liga I 142————142
2022–23 Liga I 29900—11[c]2—4011
2023–24 Liga I 4100—3[c]0—71
2024–25 Liga I 24010—18[d]31[e]0443
2025–26 Liga I 9120—7[f]000181
Total 801330—3951012318
Bari (loan) 2023–24 Serie B 22200———222
Qingdao Hainiu 2026 Chinese Super League 18610———196
Career total 2542990413951030735
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Cupa României
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Five appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

FCSB[13]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Malcom Edjouma arrive de Belfort". 25 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Malcom Edjouma transféré au FC Lorient - US CONCARNEAU". 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - FC Lorient / Havre AC". www.lfp.fr.
  4. ↑ "Malcom Edjouma prêté au Red Star FC". FC Lorient (in French). 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "MALCOLM EDJOUMA (FC LORIENT) PRETE AU FCCO" (in French). Chambly. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bine ai venit, Malcom Edjouma!" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Benvenuto Malcom Sylas Edjouma Laouari" (in Italian). Bari. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Malcom Edjouma, la nouvelle recrue de Jamal Sellami". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "x.com". X (formerly Twitter).
  10. ↑ LDA. "Malcom Sylas Edjouma avec les Lions de l'Atlas de Sellami". lionsdelatlas.ma. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Malcom EDJOUMA". unfp.org. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Bucurie în familia Edjouma. Cu ce echipă din Ligue 1 a semnat fratele jucătorului de la FCSB" [Joy in the Edjouma family. Which Ligue 1 team did the FCSB player's brother sign with?] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  13. 1 2 Malcom Edjouma at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  14. ↑ ""Regele" și "Micul prinț" » Gheorghe Hagi a fost ales "Antrenorul lunii februarie", iar Malcom Edjouma - "Jucătorul lunii"! Cum s-a votat" [The King & The Little Prince » Gheorghe Hagi was chosen "Coach of the month in February", and Malcom Edjouma - "Player of the month"! How the voting took place]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.