Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mapuata Cédric Makiadi | ||
Date of birth | 23 February 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2002 | VfB Lübeck | ||
2002–2004 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2008 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 36 | (8) |
2004–2009 | VfL Wolfsburg | 48 | (4) |
2008–2009 | → MSV Duisburg (loan) | 33 | (16) |
2009–2013 | SC Freiburg | 129 | (12) |
2013–2015 | Werder Bremen | 48 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Çaykur Rizespor | 20 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2007– | DR Congo | 22 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:58, 19 September 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:00, 23 December 2014 (UTC) |
Mapuata Cédric Makiadi (born 23 February 1984) is a Congolese international footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, Makiadi moved to Germany at the age of eight and also holds German citizenship.
His father, Richard Mapuata N'Kiambi, and two brothers, Fabrice and Matondo, are also footballers.
Until August 2015, Makiadi spent his entire football career in Germany, playing senior football for VfL Wolfsburg, MSV Duisburg, SC Freiburg and Werder Bremen.
In summer 2013, Makiadi joined Werder Bremen. On 27 August 2015, Werder Bremen announced Makiadi's departure for Çaykur Rizespor on a free transfer. He left the club at the end of the season.
Makiadi rejected a call up from the DR Congo national team for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, before declaring his national allegiance in February 2007. Makiadi made his international debut later that same year. In December 2014 he was named in the 29-man provisional squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Cédric Makiadi at Soccerway