Junior Malanda

Junior Malanda

Malanda with VfL Wolfsburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Bernard Malanda-Adje
Date of birth	(1994-08-28)28 August 1994
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Date of death	10 January 2015(2015-01-10) (aged 20)
Place of death	Porta Westfalica, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2000–2001	VK Sint-Agatha-Berchem
2001–2003	FC Ganshoren
2003–2004	RSCUP Dieleghem Jette
2004–2005	Brussels
2005–2007	Anderlecht
2007–2012	Lille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Lille II	17	(1)
2012–2013	Zulte Waregem	35	(3)
2013–2015	VfL Wolfsburg	17	(2)
2013	→ Zulte Waregem (loan)	17	(3)
Total		86	(9)
National team
2009	Belgium U15	8	(0)
2009–2010	Belgium U16	10	(0)
2010–2011	Belgium U17	9	(0)
2011–2012	Belgium U18	4	(0)
2012	Belgium U19	7	(0)
2013–2014	Belgium U21	15	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bernard Malanda-Adje (28 August 1994 – 10 January 2015), nicknamed Junior Malanda, was a Belgian professional footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

He was born in Brussels, Belgium.

Malanda died in a car accident in Porta Westfalica, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the age of 20.