Junior Malanda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian footballer
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Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
About Junior Malanda
- Bernard Malanda-Adje (28 August 1994 – 10 January 2015), nicknamed Junior Malanda, was a Belgian professional footballer who last played for German club VfL Wolfsburg as a defensive midfielder.He was a youth team player at Brussels, Anderlecht and Lille, going on to play in the reserve team of the latter.
- In 2012, he joined Zulte Waregem, and was a regular player as they finished runners-up of the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League.
- After that he was signed by Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga on a five-year contract, loaning him back for the first season before recalling him.
- He also represented Belgium up to under-21 level. Malanda died at the age of 20, when a car in which he was travelling crashed in northern Germany, killing him instantly.
- The accident was attributed to excessive speed and wet conditions.
- Over 1,000 mourners attended his funeral at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in his native Brussels.
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