Career
He plays as a versatile box-to-box midfielder who is capable of playing as either a centre midfielder or an attacker. After starting in the small club Migennes he moved to Auxerre, Malonga began his career with hometown club Auxerre and spent three years at the club before joining CS Louhans-Cuiseaux. After a year"s stint there, he joined Nancy and spent three years in the club"s youth academy before making his professional debut during the 2007-2008 season.
Two weeks later on 25 August 2007, he scored his first Ligue 1 goal in a 4–1 against Auxerre.
He since established himself in the first team at the club, under new manager Pablo Correa. This match was proved to be controversial when television replays suggested it was opposite way round.
Malonga had to be held back from confronting Micoud. Despite this, he scored on the final game of the season in a 3–2 loss against Rennes.
At the end of the season, Malonga had a successful debut season, making 32 appearance and scoring 5 goals.
He shortly signed a new contract, keeping him until 2011. However, in 2008-2009 season, he went on to only make twelve appearances, due to having an two strain injury, which ruled him out for the rest of the season. In 2009-2010 campaign, he found to recapture his form and had a good season scoring 4 goals and 6 assists in 25 league matches, including a two goals in consecutive games against Lille and Le Mans on May.
Despite this, ASNL decided to part ways with Malonga.
In the 2010–2011 season, he made two appearance before leaving for Monaco. In August 2010, he joined Monaco for the fee of €1 million from Nancy and was assigned the number 7 shirt.
On 12 September 2010, He made his debut in a 2–2 draw, against Marseille, having come on as a substitute. However, the club would be relegated to Ligue 2, due to poor results and Malonga remained at the club despite the club"s relegation.
The next season, Malonga featured for the last eight games but soon disappeared from the first team, due to new signing.
After two unhappy season at Monaco without making an impact, Malonga went to Switzerland joining Lausanne-Sport on loan for the rest of the season where he will join up with national team-mate Matt Moussilou. During his time with Lausanne-Sport, Malonga became a key player for the club and was a goalscoring threat throughout the season. He returned to Monaco after his one year in Switzerland.
Malonga once again left Monaco on the last days of the transfer window, to sign a one-year contract with Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães.
Despite being born in France, Malonga is a Congolese international having made his debut with the team in 2008.
