Paul Moukila
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul "Sayal" Moukila | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Souanké, Middle Congo | ||
| Date of death | 24 May 1992 (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | Meaux, France | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1975 | CARA Brazzaville | ||
| 1975–1976 | Strasbourg | 4 | (1) |
| 1976–1978 | CARA Brazzaville | ||
| National team | |||
| 1971–1978 | Republic of the Congo | 13 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul Moukila nicknamed Sayal (6 June 1950 – 24 May 1992) was a Congolese international footballer and winner of the 1974 African Footballer of the Year award.
Born in Souanké, Moukila began playing football for local side CARA Brazzaville. He played for the club from 1971 to 1975 and then from 1976 to 1978, after returning from a short spell abroad, at French club Strasbourg (1975–1976).
With the Congo national football team, Moukila won the African Cup of Nations in 1972.
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years. Moukila was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Republic of the Congo in 2000.
Moukila's son is also a footballer, playing in the third tier of French football - Championnat National.
Moukila died in Meaux, France from a bout of malaria on 24 May 1992.
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