Yaya Meledje
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Meledje Djedjan Omnibes | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | San-Pédro, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aspire Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Septemvri Sofia | 16 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Botev Plovdiv | 37 | (0) |
| 2018 | Septemvri Sofia | 21 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Beroe | 20 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Hadera | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Mouloudia Oujda | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 113 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Meledje Djedjan Omnibes (born 25 September 1997), known as Yaya Meledje, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Career
[edit]Septemvri Sofia
[edit]In January 2016, Meledje joined Bulgarian Third League club Septemvri Sofia.
Botev Plovdiv
[edit]In July 2016, after a successful trial period, Meledje signed a one-year contract with Bulgarian First League side Botev Plovdiv. He made his debut for Botev in a match against Ludogorets Razgrad on 6 August 2016.[1] On 17 November 2016, Meledje signed an extension to his contract, which would have kept him with the club until 2018.[2] On 24 May 2017, he played for Botev in the Bulgarian Cup Final, helping his team to win the Bulgarian Cup for first time in 36 years. [3]
Meledje marked a good start of the season 2017–18, being chosen for the best eleven for the second round in First League.[4] In the beginning of September Meledje was close to a transfer in the Israeli Premier League, but the transfer failed after the transfer window was closed before any agreement. [5]
Return to Septemvri
[edit]On 21 January 2018, after a few days of speculations, Meledje returned to his previous Bulgarian team Septemvri Sofia, which also owned 40% of his rights.[6] He completed his re-debut for the team on 17 February 2018 in the first league match for the year, against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[7]
Hapoel Hadera
[edit]On the 21st of July 2020, he signed for the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Hadera.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 29 March 2019
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other[a] | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
| Septemvri Sofia | Third League | 2015–16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Botev Plovdiv | First League | 2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | First League | 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | |||
| Beroe | First League | 2018–19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Hapoel Hadera | Israeli Premier League | 2020–21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Liga Leumit | 2020–21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| Mouloudia Oujda | Botola | 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 111 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 135 | 2 | |||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup and Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League matches.
Honours
[edit]Botev Plovdiv
References
[edit]- ^ Лудогорец прегази Ботев Пд (видео)
- ^ "Меледже удължи договора си с Ботев" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg. 17 November 2016.
- ^ Ботев (Пловдив) триумфира с Купата на България!
- ^ Идеалният отбор на Първа лига за изминалия кръг
- ^ Яя Меледже остава в Ботев (Пд)
- ^ Септември привлече Яя Меледже, раздели се със защитник
- ^ Първа лига се завърна с гръм и трясък! Мечтано начало и тъжен край в дебюта на Балъков (видео)
- ^ Karko, Amit (21 July 2020). "מצאה שוער: יואב ג'ראפי חתם בהפועל חדרה" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Yaya Meledje at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Ivorian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Aspire Academy (Senegal) players
- PFC Septemvri Sofia players
- Botev Plovdiv players
- PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
- Hapoel Hadera F.C. players
- Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
- MC Oujda players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Botola players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- People from San-Pédro, Ivory Coast