Lesly Marguerite Malouda (born 16 November 1983) is a French Guianan former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Youth

Born in Kourou, French Guiana, Malouda played football in his teenage years for the French Guiana club

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and visited the Collége Henri Agrande in Kourou.

Senior

Malouda began his professional career with RC Lens being promoted to the

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team in summer 2004. After eight games in his first season was loaned out by Lens and joined for Istres for the 2005–06 season playing 26 games scoring two goals. In August 2006, After his return to Lens, he was demoted to the reserves. After one year with the B team he left for Toulouse Fontaines Club in July 2007. After one year with the club he joined

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in August 2008. On 17 July 2009, Dijon signed Malouda on a free transfer.

International career

Malouda made his international debut for French Guiana, his region of birth, on 6 September 2012 in a friendly against

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. He was part of French Guiana's squad for the

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Personal life

Lesly is the brother of former Chelsea winger Florent Malouda.Recrues
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References

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* 1983 births Living people People from Kourou French men's footballers French Guianan men's footballers French Guiana men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Spain RC Lens players FC Istres players Toulouse Fontaines Club players Dijon FCO players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players {{FrenchGuiana-footy-bio-stub