Malcom Abdulai Ares Djaló (born 12 October 2001) is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a winger for

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

Career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay to a Basque mother and father originally from Guinea-Bissau, Ares began his career locally with

Danok Bat CF Danok Bat Club de Fica is a Spanish football team based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1972, the club is mainly known for their successful youth setup, which helps players to develop and join other senior clu ...

SD Indautxu Sociedad Deportiva Indautxu is a Spanish football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1924, it plays in Vizcaya Group of '' Territorial Preferente'', holding home games at ''Campo Iparralde''. Apart ...

and Santutxu FC, where his talent drew the attention of

. Having played one season at senior level with Santutxu he joined the ''Lions'' in the summer of 2021, aged 19, and was initially assigned to their farm team,

CD Basconia Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 14 March 1913, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio de ...

of the Tercera División RFEF (fifth tier). Ares's good form, as well as a need for reinforcements in the squad of the club's reserve team, Bilbao Athletic – struggling to survive in the

2021–22 Primera División RFEF The 2021–22 Primera División RFEF season is the first for the Primera División RFEF, the new third highest level in the Spanish football league system. It succeeded the old Segunda División B, which renamed itself Segunda División RFEF and d ...

– saw him promoted mid-season, and he continued to perform impressively at the higher (third) level while helping the team avoid relegation. In the summer 2022 pre-season, Ares was one of the youth players chosen for training and assessment as part of the Athletic senior squad (along with fellow forward Luis Bilbao and goalkeeper Álex Padilla). He was listed among the substitutes by coach Ernesto Valverde for the opening day of the

2022–23 La Liga The 2022–23 La Liga, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, is the 92nd season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 12 August 2022 and is scheduled to end on 4 June 2023. Real Madrid are the de ...

campaign, and made his top division debut as a late replacement for Iñaki Williams in the closing minutes of the fixture against

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

at San Mamés, which ended goalless.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adu Ares, Malcom Living people 2001 births Footballers from Bilbao European sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Spanish people of Bissau-Guinean descent Spanish sportspeople of African descent Spanish footballers Association football wingers La Liga players Primera Federación players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players Danok Bat CF players CD Basconia footballers Bilbao Athletic footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Santutxu FC players SD Indautxu footballers