Meet the 2025 Malden High School Varsity Boys Soccer Team

This year’s team off to a strong start in Greater Boston League competition

By Steve Freker

The Malden High School Varsity Boys Soccer Team pledged to write a new chapter this season as Golden Tornados and have showed just that so far. Malden Head Coach Jeremiah Smith’s squad, with 15 seniors aboard, has had a chance to win every game to date and has shown it will be a team to be reckoned with this season. Heading into this week, Malden was at 2-3-2 overall and had already doubled last year’s win total and is looking to get a berth in the MIAA Division 1 State Boys Soccer Tournament for the first time since 2021.

Malden is led this year by senior co-captains Sandesh Ghimire and Yasser Belatreche. Ghimire also served as a captain last year. Other seniors include Adonis Bekely, Ahmed Moukara, Gilles Ndagha, Jamesley Saint Jean, Matheus Martins, Mike Joseph, Omar Chouiki, Renato De Lima Serrão, Yassir Halaissi, Yunus Yousfi, Sebastian Zapata Marin, Dawit Adefris and team manager Omar Idmbarek Tenorio. Other team members include juniors John Goncalves De Matos, Iyad Doukkali, Hassan Freeman-Kaylira, Suyog Shrestha, Juan Caballero Valencia, Mogos Ghile, Abdul Kalefa, Matheus Lima and Yusuf Zoulgami and sophomores Ronald Carvalho Fernandes and Wender De Abreu Moura, who is the starting goalkeeper.

Coach Smith is in his 21st year at the helm and is assisted by Robert Navas (Junior Varsity Coach) and Peter Rowley (Freshman Coach).