Marlène Kasaj

Marlène Kasaj
Kasaj during the 2024 CAF WCL final.
Personal information
Full name Marlène Kasaj Yav
Date of birth (1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Lubumbashi, Zaire[2]
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 TP Mazembe
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
AC Léopards
Amani
2021–2022 Adana İdmanyurduspor 19 (10)
2022–2023 ALG Spor 4 (0)
2023 Adana İdmanyurduspor 7 (2)
2023–2024 Beylerbeyi 13 (1)
2024– TP Mazembe
International career
2015 DR Congo U20[1]
2019– DR Congo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2023

Marlène Kasaj Yav (born 25 January 1996) is a DR Congolese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for LINAFF club TP Mazembe and the DR Congo national team.

Club career

Kasaj has played for AC Léopards in the Republic of the Congo and for Amani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In 2021, she moved to Turkey to join the Turkish Women's Super League club Adana İdmanyurduspor.[3]

On 7 July 2022, she transferred to the Gaziantep-based league champion Turkish club ALG Spor.[4] She debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League on 18 August 2022.[5]

International career

Kasaj capped for the DR Congo at senior level during the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round).[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 October 2022.
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Adana İdmanyurduspor 2021–22 Super League 19 10 – – 19 10
Total 19 10 19 10
ALG Spor 2022–23 Super League 3 0 1 0 4 0
Total 3 0 1 0 4 0

Honours

TP Mazembe

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Competitions – WWC-Q U20 2016 – Team Details – Player Details". CAF.
  2. ^ "RDC-Foot: l'internationale Marlène Kasaj, une redoutable polyvalente (portrait)" [DRC-Foot: the international Marlène Kasaj, a formidable versatile (portrait)] (in French).
  3. ^ "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi – Bitexen Adana İdmanyurduspor 2–1 Trabzonspor A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ Çelik, Okan (7 July 2022). "Kasaj ALG Spor'da". Telgraf (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Brann (NOR) 1–0 ALG Spor (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ^ "JO 2020 – Qualifications AFRIQUE : le NIGERIA out, le GHANA aussi" [2020 Olympics – AFRICA Qualifications: NIGERIA out, GHANA too]. FootOFéminin.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2020.


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