Béni Makouana

Béni Makouana
	Makouana with Montpellier in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	28 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Brazzaville, Congo
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Polissya Zhytomyr
Number	10
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
2017–2019	Diables Noirs
2020–2023	Montpellier
2022–2023	Montpellier B
2023–	Polissya Zhytomyr
International career‡
2018–	Congo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:40, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

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

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

Coupe du Congo: 2018^[2]

Individual

Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Month: October 2023^[6]

References

^ "Béni Makouana". Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ "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.
^ "Montpellier vs. Marseille - 8 August 2021 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Congo vs. Liberia". National-Football-Teams.com. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Макуана та Калітвінцев — найкращі у жовтні!".

External links

Béni Makouana at Soccerway
Béni Makouana at National-Football-Teams.com
Béni Makouana – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
Béni Makouana at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)

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[1] "Béni Makouana". Montpellier HSC. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[:0-2] "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.

[6] "Макуана та Калітвінцев — найкращі у жовтні!".

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