MBELE MOVES TO ALGERIA

DR CONGO INTERNATIONAL AND FORMER SOUTH AFRICA’S ORLANDO PIRATES FORWARD BLAISE MBELE HAS SIGNED A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH ALGERIAN CLUB MC ALGER, OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY.

THE 25-YEAR-OLD SUCCESSFULLY UNDERWENT A MEDICAL ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE COMPLETING THE DEAL.

MBELE ALSO FORMERLY PLAYED FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SIDE AMAZULU F.C., SAUDI ARABIA’S AL-HILAL, TUNISIA’S SFAXIEN AND SELANGOR FA IN THE MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE, WHERE HE SPENT THE PREVIOUS SEASON.

THE MC ALGER MANAGEMENT SAID THE NEW SIGNING WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE CLUB’S PRESEASON WORKSHOP HOLDING IN TUNISIA NEXT WEEK.

MBELE WAS CALLED UP TO THE CONGOLESE NATIONAL TEAM IN 2005 AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD THAT PLAYED THE 2006 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS.