Ariza Makukula was born on 4 March 1981 and is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.
11 Facts About Ariza Makukula
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Ariza Makukula amassed Primeira Liga totals of 26 matches and nine goals over three seasons for Maritimo, Benfica and Vitoria de Setubal, spending the vast majority of his career abroad.
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The son of Kuyangana Ariza Makukula, a Congolese footballer who spent seven years in Portugal with four clubs, mainly Vitoria de Setubal, his mother being Portuguese, Ariza Makukula was born in Kinshasa, then in Zaire.
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Chaves, Ariza Makukula concluded his development at Vitoria de Guimaraes, where he and Cesar Peixoto were loaned to nearby Brito SC.
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Ariza Makukula played one game all season, 13 minutes and a yellow card in extra time in the UEFA Cup semi-final second leg against FC Schalke 04 on 27 April 2006, after Antonio Puerta had scored the only goal for the eventual champions.
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On 11 August 2009, Ariza Makukula was loaned again, now to Super Lig club Kayserispor in Turkey.
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Ariza Makukula ended the season as the competition's top scorer, with eight goals more than the second player in an eighth-place finish.
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Ariza Makukula headed back abroad in September 2013, joining Super League Greece's OFI Crete FC on a one-year deal with the option of a second.
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Ariza Makukula started playing for the under-21s, appearing in the 2002 UEFA European Championship.
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Ariza Makukula met his wife while playing for Nantes, and they had four children before their divorce.
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Ariza Makukula named his first son Aziz Del Nido after Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido, out of gratitude for signing him while long-term injured.