UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State men's soccer announces the addition of midfielder Malick Daouda from Brossard, Quebec to their 2024 fall class.
Daouda played for the CF Montreal Academy from 2019 to 2023 on their U15 and U17 teams.
He also was selected to play for Canada for the CONCACAF Boys U15 Championship in 2019. The team advanced to the semi-finals, but lost to Slovenia, 2-1.
Daouda has two family members that also play soccer. His cousin Cassandra Decombe is a junior defender at Louisiana Lafayette and his other cousin Yasmine Decombe is a TCU women's soccer commit.
Daouda plans on majoring in sports administration in the fall. He will be the second Canadian on the roster, joining defender Mohamed Cisset.
COOK ON MALICK
"Malick is an exciting prospect and a great addition to our squad for the 2024 season. He has enjoyed an outstanding youth career at CF Montreal where he demonstrated his quality as one of the best midfield players in Canada at his age group. Malick has excellent technical quality, a strong competitive desire and is a very mature and disciplined young man. We are pleased that he will be joining us at Penn State. We look forward to the contributions he will make to our program."
MALICK ON PENN STATE
"I chose Penn State because of the history of the school. The program exemplifies greatness on and off the field and is a great place to continue my journey."
