SENIOR (2025)
- Appeared in 20 of UCF's 21 total matches, including 16 starts; totaled 1,012 minutes on the pitch.
- Set single-season career bests in games played (20), goals (4), and assists (6), while also scoring his first career game-winning goal.
- His first UCF goal also represented his first career game-winner, coming in the 14th minute of the Knights' 4-0 win over UTRGV Aug. 17; became the first Knight since Clarence Awoudor (Aug. 27, 2023 vs. Stetson) to have his first UCF goal also represent a game-winner, and the first Knight since Emmanuel Bam (Aug. 24, 2023 at then-No. 9 Clemson) to have his first UCF goal represent his first career game-winning goal.
- Notched his first UCF assist on Claudel N'goubou's 85th-minute score at then-No. 22 Kentucky Sept. 19.
- Scored his second goal of the season in the 80th minute of the Knights' 2-0 win at South Carolina Oct. 4.
- Assisted Joey Mueller's first goal of the season against then-No. 11 Georgia Southern Oct. 10.
- Recorded his third consecutive game with at least one point against Bradley Oct. 14, scoring his third goal of the year while adding his third assist for a season high three points.
- Registered his second straight game with a goal and his fourth consecutive match with a point against Old Dominion Oct. 18.
- Assisted Clarence Awoudor's fourth goal of the year in UCF's 3-1 win over Coastal Carolina Oct. 31.
- Recorded back-to-back postseason matches with an assist against then-No. 12 Marshall in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship match, followed by UCF's NCAA Tournament First-Round tilt against Florida Atlantic.
PRIOR TO UCF
- Played at Virginia Tech in 2024, scoring his first three career goals while adding one assist on 25 total shot attempts and 11 shots on goal.
- Appeared in 14 of Virginia Tech’s 17 matches a year ago and found the back of the net in his second career match, scoring in the 48th minute of the Hokies’ 2-0 win over UNC Asheville Aug. 27. His second career goal came in his team’s 2-0 win over Syracuse Sept. 13, and he also scored one of Virginia Tech’s six goals in a 6-0 rout of Winthrop Oct. 15.
- His first career assist came on a Hokies game-winner against Presbyterian Blue Hose Sept. 5, aiding Olafur Floki Stephensen’s 81st-minute tally in Virginia Tech’s 2-1 victory.
- Totaled 17 goals in 26 matches in international play prior to beginning his NCAA Division I career with the Hokies.
ABOUT MALICK
Major: Entrepreneurship certificate ... Favorite pro athlete: Cristiano Ronaldo ... Favorite pro team: Olympique de Marseille ... Pregame ritual: Listening to music and stretching ... Hidden talent: I make music of my own ... Favorite off day activity: Going to the beach with friends ... Favorite movie: Interstellar, Django Unchained ... Favorite music artist: Bob Marley ... Go-to karaoke song: La Marseillaise ... Favorite sport other than soccer: Basketball ... Other interesting facts: I lived in Senegal, Africa for four years from when I was 14-18 years old.