Ariza Makukula

Ariza Makukula

Personal information
Full name	Ariza Makukula
Date of birth	(1981-03-04) 4 March 1981
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Zaire
Height
Position(s)	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)
International career
2001–2002	Portugal U21	14	(4)
2007–2008	Portugal	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ariza Makukula (born 4 March 1981) is a Portuguese retired 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.

Club career

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.

After seven Portuguese top level goals in only 13 matches, Makukula transferred to S.L. Benfica for €3.5 million and four 1/2 years in late January 2008. On 14 February he scored the game's only goal in a home win against 1. FC Nuremberg, for the season's UEFA Cup.

Makukula was not used at all by Benfica in the first part of 2008–09. On 16 January 2009 he signed for Bolton Wanderers, on loan until the end of the campaign with a view to a permanent move costing around £4.5 million in the summer. He made his club debut a day later against Manchester United, playing 64 minutes in a 0–1 home loss.

On 11 August 2009 Makukula was loaned again, now to Süper Lig club Kayserispor in Turkey. He ended the season as the competition's top scorer, with eight goals more than the second player as his club finished eighth; in the very last minutes of the 2010 summer transfer window he signed a three-year deal with another side in the country, Vestel Manisaspor, for €2 million.

In the summer of 2012 Makukula agreed to a contract with another Turkish team, Karşıyaka S.K. in division two. He was released in January of the following year, returning to his country of adoption after five years and joining Vitória de Setúbal.

International career

Makukula chose to represent Portugal internationally. He started playing for the under-21s, appearing in the 2002 UEFA European Championship.

As a senior Makukula tried to switch to DR Congo, but a FIFA amended rule regarding international careers came out in 2005, stating that change in nationality representation should occur before a player's 21st birthday and if they have not yet gained their first full cap, so he was denied in his intentions (he was 23 at time of rule, which was abolished in 2009). In October 2007, after solid performances with Marítimo, he was called up to the Portuguese squad for a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Kazakhstan on the 17th, after Nuno Gomes suffered an injury: in the 84th minute of the game, he scored the first goal in an eventual 2–1 away win.

Although not part of 24-men Portuguese 2010 FIFA World Cup provisional squad, Makukula was named in a backup list of six players, although he did not make the final cut.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 October 2007	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	0–1	1–2	Euro 2008 qualifying

Club statistics

Club	League	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vitória Guimarães	Primeira Liga	1999–00	0	0	*	*	–		–		*	*
		Total	0	0	*	*	–		–		*	*
Salamanca	Segunda División	2000–01	2	0	*	*	–		–		*	*
		Total	2	0	*	*	–		–		*	*
Leganés	Segunda División	2000–01	13	4	*	*	–		–		*	*
		Total	13	4	*	*	–		–		*	*
Salamanca	Segunda División	2001–02	38	20	*	*	–		–		*	*
		Total	38	20	*	*	–		–		*	*
Nantes	Ligue 1	2002–03	18	1	*	*	2	0	–		*	*
		Total	18	1	*	*	2	0	–		*	*
Valladolid	La Liga	2003–04	18	8	*	*	–		–		*	*
		Total	18	8	*	*	–		–		*	*
Sevilla	La Liga	2004–05	13	1	2	0	–		3	1	18	1
		2005–06	0	0	*	*	–		1	0	*	*
		Total	13	1	*	*	–		4	1	*	*
Gimnàstic	La Liga	2006–07	12	1	*	*	–		–		*	*
		Total	12	1	*	*	–		–		*	*
Marítimo	Primeira Liga	2007–08	13	7	1	0	0	0	–		14	7
		Total	13	7	1	0	0	0	–		14	7
Benfica	Primeira Liga	2007–08	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	8	2
		2008–09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Total	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	9	2
Bolton	Premier League	2008–09	6	0	0	0	0	0	–		6	0
		Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	–		6	0
Kayserispor	Süper Lig	2009–10	29	21	1	0	–		–		30	21
		Total	29	21	1	0	–		–		30	21
Manisaspor	Süper Lig	2010–11	16	4	3	0	–		–		19	4
		Total	16	4	3	0	–		–		19	4
Career total			182	67	7	1	2	0	7	2	198	70
* – Not available

Honours

Sevilla

• UEFA Cup: 2005–06

External links

• Ariza Makukula at footballzz.co.uk
• Ariza Makukula profile at ForaDeJogo
• Ariza Makukula profile at BDFutbol
• Ariza Makukula career statistics at Soccerbase
• Ariza Makukula at TFF
• Ariza Makukula at National-Football-Teams.com