Robin Ngalande Junior (born 2 November 1992) is a Malawian

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who plays as a striker for Ethiopian club

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Club career

Born in

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, Ngalande began his career with

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. He later joined the youth team of Spanish club Atlético Madrid in September 2010, joining from the youth ranks of South African club

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. Ngalande had been offered contracts by sixteen other European clubs. Ngalande returned to South Africa in 2012 signing a two-year contract with

Bidvest Wits Bidvest Wits Football Club, (simply often known as Wits University F.C. or Wits) was a South African professional football club from Johannesburg which played in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African league football system ...

. On 10 July 2014, Ngalande signed a season-long loan deal with

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. In July 2015 he moved on loan again, this time to Platinum Stars. In December 2015 his performances for the club were criticised. After returning from his loan at the end of the season, he was said to be considering his options. Ngalande was released by Bidvest in September 2016. After a spell with Masters Security, he signed for Baroka in July 2017, but terminated his contract with them in May 2018. In January 2019 Ngalande signed for Azerbaijani club Zira. On 10 June 2019, Ngalande signed a new two-year contract with Zira. On 27 January 2020, Ngalande was released by Zira. He signed for Ethiopian club

for the 2020–21 season.

International career

He made his senior international debut for

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in 2012. At the youth level he played in the 2009 African U-17 Championship, scoring a brace in their 5–0 win over Zimbabwe national under-17 football team.

References

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