Jump to content

Issey Maholo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Issey Maholo
Personal information
Full name Issey Jose Maholo
Date of birth (1985-03-24) 24 March 1985 (age 39)
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.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in the Hong Kong FA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the Senior Shield

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "【我有嘢講】Banker門神 Balance人生". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Issey Maholo". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Issey Maholo". Ocean City Nor'easters. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
[edit]