Antoine Makoumbou

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Antoine Makoumbou
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Cagliari
Number 29
Youth career
Monaco
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 Ajaccio B 0 (0)
2018–2019 Mainz 05 II 7 (1)
2020–2022 Tabor Sežana 24 (0)
2021–2022Maribor (loan) 33 (0)
2022 Maribor 0 (0)
2022– Cagliari 68 (2)
International career
2021– Congo 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024

Antoine Makoumbou (born 18 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Cagliari. Born in France, he plays for the Congo national team.

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Club career

For the second half of the 2017–18 season, Makoumbou signed for Ajaccio B in the French fifth division after playing for the youth academy of French Ligue 1 side Monaco. [2]

In 2020, Makoumbou signed for Tabor Sežana in the Slovenian top flight after playing for Mainz 05 II, the reserves of German Bundesliga club Mainz 05.

On 20 July 2021, he joined Maribor on a season-long loan. [3] During the season, Maribor activated the option to buy and made the transfer permanent. [4]

On 15 July 2022, Makoumbou signed a four-year contract with Italian Serie B side Cagliari for a reported transfer fee of around €2 million. [5] [6]

International career

Born in France, Makoumbou is Congolese through descent. [3] He debuted for the Congo national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Niger on 9 June 2021. [7] In December 2023, Makoumbou announced his retirement from the national team due to the poor travel and living conditions the Congolese Football Federation forced their players into during the November 2023 international break. [8]

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References

  1. "Antoine Makoumbou #29" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. Antoine Makoumbou, 18 mois à Ajaccio lequipe.fr
  3. 1 2 "Novinec št. 8: Antoine Makoumbou" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. "Prve pogodbe že podpisane" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. A. G. (15 July 2022). "Makoumbou iz Ljudskega vrta na Sardinijo" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. "Makoumbou al Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 15 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. "Niger-Congo: les Diables rouges battent le Mena 1–0 en amical". adiac-congo.com. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  8. "Congo: écœurés, 6 joueurs prennent leur retraite internationale !" [Congo: Disgusted, 6 players retire internationally!]. afrik-foot.com (in French). 11 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.