Darian Males

Darian Males (born 3 May 2001) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Basel, on loan from Inter Milan.

Not to be confused with Darius Miles.
Darian Males
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001
Place of birth Lucerne, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Basel
(on loan from Inter Milan)
Number 19
Youth career
2008–2019 Luzern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Luzern II 16 (2)
2019–2020 Luzern 19 (1)
2020– Inter Milan 0 (0)
2020 → Genoa (loan) 0 (0)
2021– → Basel (loan) 60 (8)
2021– → Basel II (loan) 1 (1)
International career‡
2016 Switzerland U16 3 (0)
2017 Switzerland U17 (0)
2019 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2019 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:31, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 October 2019

Career

On 13 June 2019, Males signed his first professional contract with his childhood club FC Luzern.[2] He made his professional debut for Luzern in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over Neuchâtel Xamax on 26 September 2019.[3]

On 16 September 2020, Males signed five-year contract with the Italian team Inter Milan.[4] Nine days later, he joined Genoa on a six month loan contract.[5][6] He made one appearance for Genoa in Coppa Italia.

On 15 February 2021, Males moved on a six month loan to Swiss Super League side FC Basel.[7] He joined Basel's first team during the winter break of their 2020–21 season under head coach Ciriaco Sforza. Males played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park five days later, on 20 February, as Basel played a goalless draw with Lausanne-Sport.[8] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 March in the home game as Basel played a 1–1 draw with the Young Boys.[9] At the end of the season the loan came to an end and Males then returned to Inter Milan.

However, on 9 July 2021, Males returned to Basel for their 2021–22 season under their new head coach Patrick Rahmen for a further two-year loan, with an option for the club of a definitive purchase.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played on 4 March 2023[11]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Luzern II 2018–19 Swiss 1. Liga 122———122
2019–20 40———40
Total 162000000162
Luzern 2019–20 Swiss Super League 19121——212
Inter Milan 2020–21 Serie A 0000——00
2021–22 0000——00
2022–23 0000——00
Total 0000000000
Genoa (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 0010——10
Basel (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Super League 16200——162
2021–22 28321—13[lower-alpha 1]2436
2022–23 16333—11[lower-alpha 1]3309
Total 60854002458917
Basel II (loan) 2021–22 Swiss Promotion League 11———11
Career totals 9612850024512822
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Males is of Bosnian Serb descent.[12]

On 2 October 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.[13]

References
  1. "Darian Males". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. "FCL-Profiverträge für Darian Males und Marco Burch | REGIOfussball.ch". 13 June 2019.
  3. "Luzern vs. Neuchâtel Xamax - 26 September 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. "Darian Males è un nuovo giocatore dell'Inter" (Press release) (in Italian). Inter. 16 September 2020.
  5. "Darian Males al Genoa" (Press release) (in Italian). Inter. 25 September 2020.
  6. "Darian Males, gioventù in attacco" (Press release) (in Italian). Genoa. 25 September 2020.
  7. Stoecklin, Chris (15 February 2021). "Darian Males von Inter zum FCB" [Shortly before the end of the transfer window, FC Basel is backing it up again. Darian Males comes from Inter Milan, and from San Lorenzo Matias Palacios.]. Telebasel (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  8. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (20 February 2021). "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 0:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  9. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (3 March 2021). "FC Basel - BSC Young Boys 1:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  10. FC Basel 1893 (9 July 2021). "Darian Males auch in der kommenden Saison beim FCB". Darian Males in the coming season also with FCB (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  11. Darian Males at Soccerway
  12. "Males Darian".
  13. "Nota della società" (Press release) (in Italian). Genoa. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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