Issey Maholo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Issey Jose Maholo | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2003 | Kawasaki Frontale | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Boston College Eagles | 40 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Ocean City Barons | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2017 | HKFC | 61 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Kwun Tong | 7 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | HKFC | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Metro Gallery | 14 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Club Colts | ||
| 2022–2024 | HKFC | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 | |||
Issey Jose Maholo (マホロ一生, Maholo Issey, born 24 March 1985) is a former Japanese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
[edit]Born in Tokyo, Japan, to a Japanese mother and Congolese father,[1] Maholo played youth soccer for Kawasaki Frontale.[2]
In 2003, Maholo enrolled at Boston College, where he joined the soccer team as a freshman.[2] In 2006, he joined Premier Development League side Ocean City Nor'easters (then known as the Ocean City Barons), where he made 8 appearances.[3]
Maholo was relocated to Hong Kong in 2011 to work in the banking industry. After that, he joined HKFC and helped them win promotion to the top-tier Hong Kong Premier League in 2016.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 21 May 2021.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ocean City Barons | 2006 | PDL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| HKFC | 2014–15 | First Division | 6 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 25 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Premier League | 19 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Metro Gallery | 2019–20 | First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 75 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- ^ a b c d Appearances in the Hong Kong FA Cup
- ^ Appearances in the Senior Shield
References
[edit]- ^ "【我有嘢講】Banker門神 Balance人生". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Issey Maholo". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Issey Maholo". Ocean City Nor'easters. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
External links
[edit]- Issey Maholo at Soccerway
- Issey Maholo at The Hong Kong FA
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Japanese men's footballers
- American men's soccer players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Association football people from Tokyo
- Japanese people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Boston College Eagles men's soccer players
- Ocean City Nor'easters players
- Hong Kong FC (football) players
- Metro Gallery FC players
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- American expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Japanese emigrants to the United States
- Japanese football goalkeeper stubs