Ariza Makukula

Ariza Makukula

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-03-04) March 4, 1981
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Zaire
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current club	Manisaspor
Number	19
Youth career
1999–2000	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000	Salamanca	2	(0)
2001	Leganés	13	(4)
2001–2002	Salamanca	38	(20)
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–	Manisaspor	35	(5)
National team
2001–2002	Portugal U21	14	(3)
2007–2008	Portugal	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2012. † Appearances (Goals).

Ariza Makukula (born 4 March 1981) is a Portuguese footballer of Congolese descent who plays for Manisaspor in Turkey, as a centre forward.

Club career

The son of a Congolese footballer who played seven years in Portugal for four different clubs, namely Vitória de Setúbal, his mother being Portuguese, Makukula was born in Kinshasa. He started playing professionally in Spain, for CD Leganés and UD Salamanca. With the latter, he scored 20 goals in the 2001–02 season, spent in the second division, second-best in the competition.

The following summer, Makukula moved to France, playing with FC Nantes, splitting the season between the first team and the reserves. He was subsequently loaned to Real Valladolid, scoring eight times but suffering relegation from La Liga.

Makukula was then bought by another Spanish side, Sevilla FC. He appeared sparingly in his first season, 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 first division goals in only 13 matches, Makukula transferred to S.L. Benfica for €3.5 million, for 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 the 2008–09 season. On 16 January 2009, he signed for Bolton Wanderers, on loan until the end of the season 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 next 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.

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	*	*	–		3	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
Last updated on 2 February 2011 * – Not available

International career

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

As a senior, he 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 Makukula was denied in his intentions (he was 23 at time of rule, which was abolished in 2009). On 17 October 2007, after solid performances with Marítimo, he was called-up to the Portuguese squad, for a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Kazakhstan, after Nuno Gomes suffered an injury: in the 84th minute of the game, he scored the 2–1 away winner.

Although not part of 24-men Portuguese 2010 FIFA World Cup provisional squad, he 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

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• PortuGOAL profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Ariza Makukula career stats at Soccerbase
• Ariza Makukula at National-Football-Teams.com