Kévin Malcuit

Kévin Malcuit
Kévin Malcuit (2019)
Personnel
birthday	July 31, 1991
place of birth	Châtenay-Malabry ,  France
size	178 cm
position	Defender
Juniors
Years	station
2001-2008	RC Paris
2008-2010	AS Monaco
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2010–2012	AS Monaco	3 (0)
2012	→  OC Vannes  (loan)	12 (2)
2012-2014	Étoile Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël	38 (2)
2014-2015	Chamois Niort	39 (2)
2015-2017	AS Saint-Etienne	34 (0)
2017-2018	Lille OSC	23 (0)
2018–	SSC Naples	27 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 12, 2020

Kévin Malcuit (born July 31, 1991 in Châtenay-Malabry ) is a French football player who is under contract with SSC Napoli .

Career

Early career

Malcuit was born in Châtenay-Malabry , a suburb of Paris . As a teenager, he represented the Paris Racing Club before being discovered by Monaco at the age of 17 . He started his career in Monaco and broke into professional setup towards the end of the 2009/10 season. He was first included in the matchday squad for the Ligue 1 game against Lorient on May 5, 2010, despite not being used. He finally made his debut early the following season, coming on as a late substitute for Vincent Muratori in the 0–0 draw with Toulouse on September 18, 2010. This proved to be his only high-profile appearance in the campaign, despite being a regular for the reserve side was and completed 28 appearances in the Amate of the Championnat de France.

After four appearances in the first team for Monaco in the first half of the 2011/12 season, two of them in the league, Malcuit was loaned to the team Championnat Vannes in January 2012 for the rest of the season . He made his debut as a substitute for Mohamed Youssouf in the goalless draw with Chamois Niortais on February 17, 2012. Malcuit scored his first goal in the 2-2 away game at Orléans on March 1, 2012. In total, he made 12 appearances for Vannes during his loan period and scored two goals. Malcuit was born in Monaco in the summer of 2012 and then returned to the National Championship. After a successful test phase, he signed for Fréjus Saint-Raphaël free of charge. He spent a season and a half at the Varois club, played 38 league games and scored two goals.

Chamois Niortais

On January 9, 2014, it was announced that Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais had signed Malcuit for 18 months after agreeing a fee with Fréjus. He did not join the line-up immediately upon arriving at Niort and had to wait until April 18, 2014 to make his debut for the club when he played Tristan Lahaye late in a 2-1 home loss to Brest at Stade René Gaillard . After that, however, he has played each of the last six games of the season, two of them on the grid. During the 2014/15 season, Malcuit was a regular on the starting line-up under new coach Régis Brouard and played 28 of the club's 38 league games this season. He was often used in midfield . On the right, it was preferred to Adama Ba's loan . Malcuit scored two goals in the 2014/15 season, including one in a 3-1 away win in Valenciennes on February 20, 2015. His achievements led to the fact that he was named the best outfield player in Ligue 2 by French football magazine in 2014/15 . He also made it into the Ligue 2 team of the season together with teammates Paul Delecroix and Florian Martin.

Despite the interests of a number of Ligue 1 clubs in the summer of 2015, including Nice and Bordeaux , Malcuit stayed with Niort and played in the first four games of the 2015/16 season.

Lille

Malcuit signed a five-year deal with Ligue 1 rivals Lille on July 8, 2017 . There he made 6 assists in 23 missions .

Napoli

Kevin Malcuit (behind Erling Haaland ) in action against FC Salzburg in the 3rd round of the 2019/20 Champions League

On August 8, 2018, Malcuit signed with the Italian team Napoli in Serie A. The transfer fee paid to Lille was given as EUR 11 million plus possible bonuses. There he was soon on the starting grid and helped the team to two goals. On October 10, 2019, he tore a cruciate ligament and a meniscus injury in his right knee in the game against SPAL Ferrara .

National soccer team

Malcuit was appointed to the Moroccan national team in 2016 .

Trivia

Malcuit was born in France to a Mauritanian father and a Moroccan mother. His brother Samir is also a professional footballer.

statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		league	Assists	Gates	Assists	Gates	Assists	Gates	Assists	Gates	Assists	Gates
Monaco	2010-11	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2011-12	Ligue 2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4th	0
	Total		3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
Vannes (loan)	2011-12	National	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2
Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	2012–13	National	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	35	2
	2013-14		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	40	2
Chamois Niortais	2013-14	Ligue 2	6th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6th	0
	2014–15		29	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	32	2
	2015–16		4th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th	0
	Total		39	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	42	2
Saint-Etienne	2015–16	Ligue 1	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	2016–17		25th	0	2	0	0	0	7th	0	34	0
	Total		34	0	5	0	0	0	7th	0	46	0
Lille	2017-18	Ligue 1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
Napoli	2018–19	Series A	24	0	1	0	-		2	0	27	0
	2019-20		3	0	0	0	-		2	0	5	0
	Total		27	0	1	0	-		4th	0	32	0
Overall career			176	6th	11	0	2	0	11	0	200	6th

Web links

• Kévin Malcuit in the database of weltfussball.de
• Kévin Malcuit in the database of transfermarkt.de