Peguy Luyindula
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Luyindula in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peguy Makanda Luyindula | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Niort | 27 | (8) |
| 1998–2002 | Strasbourg | 103 | (26) |
| 2002–2004 | Lyon | 126 | (46) |
| 2004–2007 | Marseille | 37 | (10) |
| 2005–2006 | → Auxerre (loan) | 33 | (10) |
| 2006–2007 | → Levante (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2012 | Paris Saint-Germain | 180 | (37) |
| 2013–2014 | New York Red Bulls | 60 | (9) |
| Total | 461 | (115) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2002 | France U21 | 26 | (14) |
| 2004–2009 | France | 6 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 July 2013 |
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Péguy Makanda Luyindula (born 25 May 1979) is a retired French footballer.
Luyindula began his career at Niort and in his first professional season scored eight goals where he caught the eye of Strasbourg. He joined Strasbourg in 1998 and went on to score 19 league goals in 85 matches. Luyindula also helped Strasbourg in capturing the 2001 Coupe de France. During this time he earned a reputation as one of the hottest prospects in French football.
Luyindula continued his progress up the football ladder after coming to the attention of French giants Lyon. In January 2002 he completed a £5.5m transfer to Lyon and continued his good form scoring 6 goals and helping Lyon win the French League. He remained at Lyon for the next two season winning two more League Championships. He had his most productive season in 2003–04 as he scored 16 league goals helping Lyon to the Ligue 1 title.
Following the club record sale of Didier Drogba for £24 million to Chelsea, Marseille set their sights on Luyindula as a replacement. Although Luyindula expressed his desire to remain at Lyon and despite their recent success the club still suffered from financial troubles and a sale looked probable. Eventually he completed a £7.5m move to l'OM.
He quickly found himself out of favour at the Vélodrome, in spite of being the club's best goalscorer for 2004–05. Loaned out to AJ Auxerre, where he reunited with his former Lyon coach Jacques Santini, during the 2005–06 season, Luyindula failed to convince the club to keep him on a permanent basis. In the summer of 2006, he thus moved back to Marseille and found himself on the fringes of the first team, before another loan move materialized, this time to Spanish club UD Levante.
Luyindula didn't last long in Spain. Following six months during which he saw little first team action, he terminated his deal with the Spanish side to move to Paris Saint-Germain, again on loan. He debuted for the French capital club on 10 February 2007, and netted his first goal two months later against Le Mans, in a crucial game for the battle against relegation. Before the season ended, he scored two more against the likes of Toulouse and Nantes to keep PSG in the top flight.
In the summer of 2007, the Parisian club purchased Luyindula on a definite basis. The club endured a horrendous 2007/08 campaign, only avoiding relegation on the last day of the season. Luydindula scored just 5 goals during the whole season, and became something of a hate figure among PSG fans.
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