Malcolm Badu

Malcolm Badu

Badu with Spartak Moscow in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Kentu Malcolm Badu
Date of birth	(1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lupo Martini Wolfsburg
Youth career
2006–2011	SV Empor Berlin
2011–2016	VfL Wolfsburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	VfL Wolfsburg II	57	(3)
2019–2021	Spartak Moscow	0	(0)
2019–2021	→ Spartak2- Moscow	24	(1)
2021–2023	Energie Cottbus	54	(12)
2023–2024	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	24	(3)
2024–	Lupo Martini Wolfsburg	0	(0)
International career^‡
2014–2015	Germany U18	6	(0)
2015	Germany U19	2	(1)
2016–2017	Germany U20	8	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:04, 4 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2017

Kentu Malcolm Badu, known as Malcolm Badu (born 23 June 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Oberliga Niedersachsen club Lupo Martini Wolfsburg.[1]

Club career

After beginning his club career in the lower German divisions, Badu signed with the Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow on 10 July 2019.[2]

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 24 July 2019 in a game against FC Nizhny Novgorod.[3]

In January 2021, his contract with Spartak was terminated by mutual consent.[4]

Badu joined Regionalliga Nordost club Energie Cottbus in July 2021, following a trial.[5]

International career

Badu represented Germany at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[6]

References

1. Malcolm Badu at Soccerway
2. "Малкольм Баду стал игроком "Спартака"" [Malcolm Badu became Spartak player] (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 10 July 2019.
3. "Game Report by FNL" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 24 July 2019.
4. ""Спартак" расторг контракт с Малькольмом Баду по обоюдному согласию" (in Russian). Championat. 14 January 2021.
5. "Energie Cottbus verpflichtet Malcolm Badu". kicker (in German). 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
6. "Venezuela U20 v Germany U20 game report". FIFA. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017.

External links

• Malcolm Badu at WorldFootball.net