Melayro Bogarde
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melayro Chakewno Jalaino Bogarde[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 May 2002[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | LASK | |||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2009 | RVV Swift Boys | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2018 | Feyenoord | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | TSG Hoffenheim | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | TSG Hoffenheim | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | TSG Hoffenheim II | 52 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | → Groningen (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → PEC Zwolle (loan) | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | LASK | 40 | (3) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Netherlands U15 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Netherlands U16 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U17 | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2021 | ||||||||||||||
Melayro Chakewno Jalaino Bogarde (born 28 May 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK.
Club career
Bogarde joined the youth team of TSG Hoffenheim from the Feyenoord Academy in 2018.[4] On 30 May 2020, he made his professional debut for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, starting in the away match against Mainz 05.[5]
On 14 January 2022, Bogarde was loaned to Eredivisie club Groningen for the rest of the season.[6]
On 1 July 2024, Bogarde was picked up by LASK.[7]
International career
Bogarde began his international career with the Netherlands under-15 national team in 2017,[8] before playing for the under-16 team until 2018.[9] In 2019, he was included in the Dutch squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in the Republic of Ireland. The Netherlands won the tournament, defeating Italy 4–2 in the final, with Bogarde appearing in all six matches and later selected by the UEFA technical observers for the team of the tournament.[10] As a result, the Netherlands under-17 team qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil later that year. Bogarde was included in the Dutch squad for the tournament, in which he made three appearances as the Netherlands finished fourth.[11]
Personal life
Bogarde was born in Rotterdam, and is of Surinamese descent.[11] His uncle, Winston Bogarde, is a former footballer who was capped for the Netherlands, while his younger brother Lamare is an Aston Villa player and Dutch youth international.[12]
Career statistics
- As of match played 13 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga Südwest | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga Südwest | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga Südwest | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga Südwest | 25 | 3 | — | — | — | 25 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 3 | — | — | — | 52 | 3 | |||||
| Groningen (loan) | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| PEC Zwolle (loan) | 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| LASK | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | |
| 2025–26 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 43 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 57 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 133 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 6 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
Netherlands U17
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019[14]
References
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Melayro Bogarde | TSG Hoffenheim | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Melayro Bogarde". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "'Mijn kansen om prof te worden zijn hier groter dan bij Feyenoord'" [My chances of becoming a pro are greater here than at Feyenoord]. Voetbalzone.nl (in Dutch). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Germany » Bundesliga 2019/2020 » 29. Round » 1. FSV Mainz 05 – 1899 Hoffenheim". WorldFootball.net. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "FC GRONINGEN HUURT BOGARDE VAN HOFFENHEIM" (Press release) (in Dutch). Groningen. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "LASK nimmt Hoffenheim-Profi unter Vertrag". LASK (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Melayro Bogarde: Jeugd mannen onder 15" [Melayro Bogarde: Youth men under-15]. OnsOranje.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Melayro Bogarde: Jeugd mannen onder 16" [Melayro Bogarde: Youth men under-16]. OnsOranje.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "2019 Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ a b Melayro Bogarde at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Bogarde joins Villa Academy". Aston Villa Official Site. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ UEFA (19 May 2019). "Netherlands clinch title". UEFA. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "2019 Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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