Béni Makouana

Béni Makouana (born 28 September 2002) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polissya Zhytomyr and the Congo national team.

Béni Makouana
Makouana with Montpellier in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-28) 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 9 (2)
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)

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

References
  1. "Béni Makouana". Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. "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.


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