Malcolm Perewari Ebiowei (born 4 September 2003) is an English professional

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who plays as a winger or forward for club

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Club career

Initially signed by Chelsea at the age of five, Ebiowei would go on to represent the

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and

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academies. He joined

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...

in 2021. Ebiowei made his senior debut on 8 February 2022 when he came on as a substitute in the 93rd minute of a 3–1 win against

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

, replacing Luke Plange. On 30 April 2022, Ebiowei scored a first senior goal when he gave already relegated Derby the lead in a 2–0 victory away at

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. On 26 June 2022, Ebiowei agreed to join

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club

on a five-year contract from the expiration of his Derby County contract on 1 July. He made his club debut in the opening match of the 2022–23 season as an 86th-minute substitute for Eberechi Eze. On 19 January 2023, Ebiowei joined

on loan for the remainder of the 2022–23 season. On 1 February 2024, Ebiowei joined

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club RWD Molenbeek on loan for the remainder of the season. On 2 August 2024, Ebiowei joined

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club

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on a season long loan. On 3 January 2025 this loan deal was cut short and he returned to Crystal Palace.

International career

Ebiowei is of Nigerian descent and has represented the Netherlands and England at youth international level. He featured in two under-15 games for the Netherlands, both against Italy, and one game for the England under-16s against Turkey. On 21 September 2022, Ebiowei made his

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debut as a substitute during a 3–0 victory over

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at the

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Career statistics

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2003 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Lambeth English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers English people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent Dutch people of Nigerian descent Men's association football midfielders Derby County F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players R.W.D. Molenbeek (2015) players English Football League players Premier League players Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium English expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub