Malcolm Ebiowei
Personal information
Full name Malcolm Perewari Ebiowei[1]
Date of birth (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Lambeth, England[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 23
Youth career
2009–2015 Chelsea
2015–2019 Arsenal
2020–2021 Rangers
2021–2022 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Derby County 16 (1)
2022– Crystal Palace 3 (0)
2023 → Hull City (loan) 12 (0)
International career‡
2018 Netherlands U15 2 (0)
2018 England U16 1 (0)
2022– England U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:28, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:25, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Malcolm Perewari Ebiowei (born 4 September 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crystal Palace. He has also been deployed as a forward.

Club career

Initially signed by Chelsea at the age of five, Ebiowei would go on to represent the Arsenal and Rangers academies.[4] He joined Derby County in 2021.[5]

Ebiowei made his senior debut on 8 February 2022 when he came on as a substitute in the 93rd minute of a 3–1 win against Hull City, replacing Luke Plange.[6] On 30 April 2022, Ebiowei scored a first senior goal when he gave already relegated Derby the lead in a 2–0 victory away at Blackpool.[7]

On 26 June 2022, Ebiowei agreed to join Premier League club Crystal Palace on a five-year contract from the expiration of his Derby County contract on 1 July.[8] He made his club debut in the opening match of the 2022–23 season as an 86th-minute substitute for Eberechi Eze.[9]

On 19 January 2023, Ebiowei joined Hull City on loan for the remainder of the 2022–23 season.[10]

International career

Ebiowei is of Nigerian descent and has represented the Netherlands and England at youth international level.[11] He featured in two under-15 games for the Netherlands, both against Italy, and one game for the England under-16s against Turkey.[5][12][13][14]

On 21 September 2022, Ebiowei made his England U20 debut as a substitute during a 3–0 victory over Chile at the Pinatar Arena.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 April 2023.[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derby County 2021–22[17] Championship 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
Crystal Palace 2022–23[18] Premier League 3 0 0 0 2 0 — 5 0
Hull City 2022–23[18] Championship 12 0 0 0 0 0 — 12 0
Career total 31 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 33 1
Notes

References

  1. ^ "Club List of Registered Players as at 21st May 2022" (PDF). English Football League. p. 16. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Squads - English Football League Championship 2021/2022". FootballSquads. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. ^ Malcolm Ebiowei at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ Burke, Elias (25 March 2022). "Malcolm Ebiowei: From representing England with Jamal Musiala to cementing his place in Derby's first team". theathletic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Malcolm Ebiowei". dcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Derby County 3–1 Hull City: Rams win to reignite hopes of survival". BBC Sport. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Blackpool 0–2 Derby: Malcolm Ebiowei and Eiran Cashin earn victory for Rams". BBC Sport. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Malcolm Ebiowei commits to Palace". www.cpfc.co.uk. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Crystal Palace v Arsenal, 2022/23 | Premier League". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Ebiowei signs for Hull City". Hull City A.F.C. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Nigeria, England, Netherlands in Three-Way Battle for Arsenal Free-Kick Expert:: All Nigeria Soccer – the Complete Nigerian Football Portal".
  12. ^ "Simons en Yah schieten onder 15 langs Italië" [Simons and Yah shoot under-15 past Italy]. onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 15 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Fouten leiden verlies Onder 15 in" [Errors lead to loss in under-15]. onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 17 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  14. ^ "U16s lost against England: 2–1". tff.org. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  15. ^ Crane, Liam (21 September 2022). "Report: England MU20s 3–0 Chile". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  16. ^ Malcolm Ebiowei at Soccerway
  17. ^ "Games played by Malcolm Ebiowei in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Games played by Malcolm Ebiowei in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2022.


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