Yaya Meledje

Yaya Meledje
Personal information
Full name Meledje Djedjan Omnibes
Date of birth (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth San-Pédro, Ivory Coast
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Aspire Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Septemvri Sofia 16 (0)
2016–2017 Botev Plovdiv 37 (0)
2018 Septemvri Sofia 21 (0)
2019–2020 Beroe 20 (0)
2020–2021 Hapoel Hadera 7 (0)
2021 Hapoel Petah Tikva 10 (0)
2021–2022 Mouloudia Oujda 2 (0)
Total 113 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Meledje Djedjan Omnibes (born 25 September 1997), known as Yaya Meledje, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Career

Septemvri Sofia

In January 2016, Meledje joined Bulgarian Third League club Septemvri Sofia.

Botev Plovdiv

In July 2016, after a successful trial period, Meledje signed a one-year contract with Bulgarian First League side Botev Plovdiv. He made his debut for Botev in a match against Ludogorets Razgrad on 6 August 2016.[1] On 17 November 2016, Meledje signed an extension to his contract, which would have kept him with the club until 2018.[2] On 24 May 2017, he played for Botev in the Bulgarian Cup Final, helping his team to win the Bulgarian Cup for first time in 36 years. [3]

Meledje marked a good start of the season 2017–18, being chosen for the best eleven for the second round in First League.[4] In the beginning of September Meledje was close to a transfer in the Israeli Premier League, but the transfer failed after the transfer window was closed before any agreement. [5]

Return to Septemvri

On 21 January 2018, after a few days of speculations, Meledje returned to his previous Bulgarian team Septemvri Sofia, which also owned 40% of his rights.[6] He completed his re-debut for the team on 17 February 2018 in the first league match for the year, against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[7]

Hapoel Hadera

On the 21st of July 2020, he signed for the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Hadera.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 March 2019
Club performance League Cup Continental Other[a] Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup Europe Other Total
Septemvri Sofia Third League 2015–16 16 0 0 0 – 1 1 17 1
Botev Plovdiv First League 2016–17 28 0 6 0 – – 34 0
2017–18 9 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 17 0
Total 37 0 7 0 6 0 1 0 51 0
Septemvri Sofia First League 2017–18 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
2018–19 11 0 1 0 – – 12 0
Total 37 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 39 1
Beroe First League 2018–19 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
2019–20 12 0 2 0 – – 14 0
Total 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Hapoel Hadera Israeli Premier League 2020–21 7 0 0 0 – 4 0 11 0
Hapoel Petah Tikva Liga Leumit 2020–21 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
Mouloudia Oujda Botola 2021–22 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Career statistics 111 0 10 0 6 0 8 2 135 2
  1. ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup and Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League matches.

Honours

Botev Plovdiv

References

  1. ^ Лудогорец прегази Ботев Пд (видео)
  2. ^ "Меледже удължи договора си с Ботев" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg. 17 November 2016.
  3. ^ Ботев (Пловдив) триумфира с Купата на България!
  4. ^ Идеалният отбор на Първа лига за изминалия кръг
  5. ^ Яя Меледже остава в Ботев (Пд)
  6. ^ Септември привлече Яя Меледже, раздели се със защитник
  7. ^ Първа лига се завърна с гръм и трясък! Мечтано начало и тъжен край в дебюта на Балъков (видео)
  8. ^ Karko, Amit (21 July 2020). "מצאה שוער: יואב ג'ראפי חתם בהפועל חדרה" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 21 July 2020.