Aristote Nkaka

Aristote Nkaka Bazunga (born 27 March 1996) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lierse.[4] Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre back.

Aristote Nkaka
Personal information
Full name Aristote Nkaka Bazunga[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996
Place of birth Ghlin, Belgium[2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lierse
Number 4
Youth career
2012–2015 Club Brugge
2015–2016 Excel Mouscron
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Mouscron 40 (2)
2018–2019 Oostende 31 (0)
2019–2023 Anderlecht 0 (0)
2019 → Almería (loan) 1 (1)
2019–2020 → Racing Santander (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2021 → SC Paderborn (loan) 13 (0)
2021–2022 → Waasland-Beveren (loan) 10 (0)
2023– Lierse 6 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Belgium U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Club career

Nkaka signed for Mouscron in June 2015, arriving from the Club Brugge academy.[5] He scored his first goal in a 2–1 loss against his previous club, Brugge, on 26 January 2017.[6]

On 17 July 2019, Nkaka was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería from Anderlecht, for one year.[7] He made his debut for the club on 17 August, coming off the bench and scoring the third in a 3–0 home victory against Albacete Balompié.[8]

On 26 August 2019, Nkaka's loan with the Andalusians was terminated due to the club's change of ownership,[9] and agreed to a one-year loan deal with fellow league team Racing de Santander just hours later.[10]

On 31 August 2021, he joined Waasland-Beveren on loan with an option to buy.[11]

On 26 July 2023, Nkaka signed a one-year contract with Lierse.[12]

International career

Nkaka was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.[13]

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 17 de agosto de 2019, en Almería" [Minutes of the Match held on 17 August 2019, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. "Custovic overtuigde Aristote Nkaka om voor KVO te kiezen". 23 February 2018.
  3. "Aristote Nkaka - Player Profile - Football".
  4. Aristote Nkaka at WorldFootball.net
  5. "Aristote Nkaka signe à Mouscron-Péruwelz". 16 June 2015.
  6. "Bruges termine 2016 en tête du championnat". 26 December 2016.
  7. "El belga Ari Nkaka, un todo terreno para el centro del campo del Almería" [Belgian Ari Nkaka, an all-round player for Almería's centre of midfield] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. "El VAR dictó sentencia y el Almería no lo desperdició" [VAR sentenced it and Almería took advantage of it] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. "Ari Nkaka deja de pertenecer a la primera plantilla de la UD Almería" [Ari Nkaka leaves UD Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  10. "Nkaka, duodécimo refuerzo del Racing 2019/20" [Nkaka, twelfth addition of Racing 2019/20] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  11. "WELCOME AT THE FREETHIEL, ARISTOTE NKAKA!" (in Dutch). Waasland-Beveren. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  12. "ARISTOTE NKAKA NAAR LIERSE" [ARISTOTE NKAKA TO LIERSE] (in Dutch). Lierse. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  13. Akouete, Isidore (17 June 2015). "Aristote Nkaka : Le Belgo-Congolais a signé 2 ans au RMP".


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