Béni Makouana
![]() Makouana with Montpellier in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 September 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Brazzaville, Congo | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Polissya Zhytomyr | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014 | CSO Espoir | ||
2015 | AC Mbila Sport | ||
2016 | Ajax de Ouenzé | ||
2017 | JS Poto-Poto | ||
2019–2020 | Académie SOAR | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Diables Noirs | ||
2020–2023 | Montpellier | 31 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Montpellier B | 5 | (0) |
2023– | Polissya Zhytomyr | 18 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2018– | Congo | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:40, 29 January 2022 (UTC) |
Béni Makouana (born 28 September 2002) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polissya Zhytomyr and the Congo national team.
Club career
[edit]During the early part of his career in his native Congo, Makouana won the 2018 Coupe du Congo with the Diables Noirs.[2] He then went on to join Académie SOAR in Guinea in 2019.[2]
On 19 October 2020, he signed for Montpellier in France for a reported transfer fee of €800,000. He was handed the number 28 jersey at the club, and initially began training with the reserve side.[3] On 8 August 2021, Makouana made his professional debut for Montpellier as he came on as a late substitute in a 3–2 Ligue 1 loss to Marseille.[4]
International career
[edit]Makouana made his debut for the Congo national team on 11 October 2018, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 win over Liberia in Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Béni is the grandson of former footballers Gabard and Bolida Makouana, who played for CARA Brazzaville in the 1960s and 70s.[2]
Honours
[edit]Diables Noirs
Individual
- Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Month: October 2023[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Béni Makouana". Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "TRANSFERT : Béni Makouana, de l'ombre à Montpellier" [TRANSFER: Béni Makouana, from the shadows to Montpellier]. La Semaine Africaine (in French). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Beni Makouana, nouvelle recrue du MHSC" [Beni Makouana, new recruit of MHSC] (in French). Montpellier HSC. 19 October 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Montpellier vs. Marseille - 8 August 2021 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Congo vs. Liberia". National-Football-Teams.com. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Макуана та Калітвінцев — найкращі у жовтні!".
External links
[edit]- Béni Makouana at Soccerway
- Béni Makouana at National-Football-Teams.com
- Béni Makouana – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Béni Makouana at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)