Ariza Makukula
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariza Makukula | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| 1992–1993 | Chaves | ||
| 1996–1997 | Brito SC | ||
| 1997–2000 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Salamanca | 40 | (20) |
| 2001 | → Leganés (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2002–2004 | Nantes | 18 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | → Valladolid (loan) | 18 | (8) |
| 2004–2008 | Sevilla | 13 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Marítimo (loan) | 13 | (7) |
| 2008–2010 | Benfica | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 29 | (21) |
| 2010–2012 | Manisaspor | 39 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Karşıyaka | 10 | (3) |
| 2013 | Vitória Setúbal | 10 | (2) |
| 2013 | OFI Crete | 9 | (2) |
| 2014 | BEC Tero Sasana | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 233 | (75) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U21 | 14 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Portugal | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ariza Makukula (born 4 March 1981) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a centre forward.
He only amassed Primeira Liga totals of 26 games and nine goals over the course of three seasons, spending the vast majority of his professional career abroad. He competed in Spain, England, Turkey, Greece and Thailand, being Süper Lig top scorer with Kayserispor.
The son of a Congolese footballer who played seven years in Portugal for four different clubs, mainly Vitória de Setúbal, his mother being Portuguese, Makukula was born in Kinshasa. He started playing professionally in Spain, for UD Salamanca and CD Leganés, scoring 20 goals with the former in the 2001–02 season – spent in the second division – second-best in the competition.
The following summer, Makukula moved to France to play with FC Nantes, splitting the campaign between the first team and the reserves. He was subsequently loaned to Real Valladolid, netting eight times but suffering relegation from La Liga.
Makukula was then bought by another Spanish side, Sevilla FC: he appeared sparingly in his first year, and in no games whatsoever in the following after the Andalusians purchased Luís Fabiano, Frédéric Kanouté and Javier Saviola. He subsequently served two loans, with Gimnàstic de Tarragona and C.S. Marítimo, the latter in his adopted nation.
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