Afimico Pululu

Afimico Pululu (born 23 March 1999) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Jagiellonia Białystok.

Afimico Pululu
Pululu with Basel in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Jagiellonia Białystok
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2013 A.S. Coteaux Mulhouse
2013–2017 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Basel II 62 (27)
2017–2022 Basel 59 (4)
2019 → Xamax (loan) 15 (2)
2022–2023 Greuther Fürth 21 (1)
2022 Greuther Fürth II 10 (8)
2023– Jagiellonia Białystok 11 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023

Club career

Pululu started his youth football with local club A.S. Coteaux Mulhouse. In the summer of 2013, he moved to Basel's youth academy and advanced through all stages until in 2015 he reached their U-21 team, who played in the third tier of Swiss football. In May 2017 Pululu signed a four-year contract and advanced to Basel's first team under head coach Urs Fischer. After playing in three test games Pululu played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 20 August 2017 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Lugano.[1]

On 29 January 2019 Basel announced that Pululu was transferred to Xamax on loan until the end of the season.[2] He debuted for Xamax in the match against Young Boys on 2 February. He scored two goals for Xamax in the match against Sion on 9 March.

He returned to Basel for their 2019–20 season under head coach Marcel Koller and signed an extended contract until summer 2022.[3] In the team's first test match that season Pululu was substituted in at half time and scored a hat-trick and helped the team win 4–2 against SC Kriens after being two goals down at the break.[4] He scored his first domestic league goal for his club on 8 December in the home game as Basel won 1–0 against Sion.[5] In this season Pululu had 29 appearances, however always as substitute. To gain match practice he played in the U-21 team. Therefore, the club looked for a new solution and the player left the club on a free transfer.

Between the years 2017 and 2022 Pululu played a total of 115 games for Basel's first team scoring a total of 13 goals. 59 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, eight in the Swiss Cup, 6 in the UEFA competitions (Champions, Europa and Conference League) and 32 were friendly games. He scored four goal in the domestic league, one in the cup and the other eight were scored during the test games.[6]

On 7 January 2022 Basel announced that Pululu would move to Bundesliga side Greuther Fürth.[7] Greuther Fürth confirmed the transfer on the same day and stated that the player had signed on a two-and-a-half year deal.[8]

On 22 June 2023, Pululu joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok, signing a two-year deal with an extension option.[9]

Honours

Basel

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (20 August 2017). "FC Basel - FC Lugano 1:1 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. FC Basel 1893 (29 January 2019). "Afimico Pululu transferred to Xanax on loan". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. FC Basel 1893 (18 July 2019). "FCB und Pululu verlängern den Vertrag bis 2022". FCB and Pululu extend their contract until 2022 (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (22 June 2019). "FC Basel - SC Kriens 4:2 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (8 December 2019). "FC Basel - FC Sion 4:0 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Afimico Pululu - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. FC Basel 1893 (7 January 2022). "Afimico Pululu wechselt zur SpVgg Greuther Fürth". Afimico Pululu is moving to SpVgg Greuther Furth (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. SpVgg Greuther Fürth (7 January 2022). "Tempo und robustheit". Speed and sturdiness. sgf1903.de. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  9. "AFIMICO PULULU ZAWODNIKIEM JAGIELLONII BIAŁYSTOK" (in Polish). Jagiellonia Białystok. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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