Béni Makouana

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Béni Makouana
Makouana with Montpellier in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 21)
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

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

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

Béni is the grandson of former footballers Gabard and Bolida Makouana, who played for CARA Brazzaville in the 1960s and 70s.[2]

Honours

Diables Noirs

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Béni Makouana". Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Montpellier vs. Marseille - 8 August 2021 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Congo vs. Liberia". National-Football-Teams.com. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Макуана та Калітвінцев — найкращі у жовтні!".

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