Makabi Lilepo

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Makabi Lilepo
Personal information
Full name Glody Makabi Lilepo
Date of birth (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 26)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Valenciennes
Number 34
Youth career
0000–2019 Vita Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 → Mbabane Swallows (loan)
2019–2020 Renaissance (6)
2020–2022 Vita Club
2022–2023 Al-Hilal Club (7)
2023– Valenciennes 27 (2)
International career‡
2021– DR Congo 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:17, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Glody Makabi Lilepo, known as Makabi Lilepo (born 27 July 1997) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for French Championnat National club Valenciennes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo national team.

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Club career

Lilepo came up from the youth ranks of AS Vita Club but never made it into the first team or saw any Linafoot playing time. [1] In late 2018 he was invited to trials at Zamalek SC of the Egyptian Premier League. [2] In January 2019, after a two-month wait for the paperwork to be finalized, he was loaned to Mbabane Swallows for the 2018–19 Eswatini Premier League season. [3] [4] Halfway through the 2019–20 Linafoot season, Lilepo joined FC Renaissance du Congo. He made an immediate impact scoring four goals in his first seven matches with the club. [1] By 2021 Lilepo had returned to AS Vita and appeared for the club in the 2020–21 CAF Champions League. [5]

International career

Lilepo made his senior international debut on 17 January 2021 in a 2020 African Nations Championship match against the Congo. Thirteen days later he scored his first senior international goal against Cameroon in a quarter-final match of the same tournament. [6]

International goals

Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 January 2021 Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–01–2 2020 African Nations Championship
Last updated 17 July 2021

International career statistics

As of match played 28 September 2023.
DR Congo
YearAppsGoals
202171
202220
202320
Total111

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References

  1. 1 2 Iragi, Elisha. "Renaissance : Lilepo Makabi Glody, la nouvelle coqueluche des Bana Fibo" (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Nzima, Ashmond. "'BIRDS' FIND KOLA'S REPLACEMENT". Times of Swaziland. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Ntiwane, Qondile. "BIRDS FINALLY REGISTER DRC STRIKER LILEPO". Eswatini Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Dlamini, Chris. "EX-BIRDS STRIKER LILEPO SINKS BUFFALOES". Times of Swaziland. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Al Ahly 2 AS Vita Club 2". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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