Antoine Makoumbou

Antoine Makoumbou
Makoumbou in 2025 with Cagliari
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sampdoria
(on loan from Samsunspor)
Youth career
Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Ajaccio B 0 (0)
2018–2019 Mainz 05 II 7 (1)
2020–2022 Tabor Sežana 24 (0)
2021–2022 → Maribor (loan) 33 (0)
2022–2025 Cagliari 101 (2)
2025– Samsunspor 32 (1)
2026– → Sampdoria (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2021– Congo 17 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2024

Antoine Makoumbou (born 18 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Turkish Süper Lig side Samsunspor. Born in France, he plays for the Congo national team.

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]

On 2 July 2025, Makoumbou joined Turkish side Samsunspor by signing a four-year contract.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 9 September 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Congo 202160
202261
202340
202431
Total191
Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Makoumbou goal.[10]
List of international goals scored by Antoine Makoumbou
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 June 2022 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo  Gambia 1–0 1–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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. ↑ "Reeder Samsunspor yeni transferini resmen duyurdu!" (in Turkish). beIN SPORTS. 2 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Niger-Congo: les Diables rouges battent le Mena 1–0 en amical". adiac-congo.com. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. 1 2 Antoine Makoumbou at National-Football-Teams.com
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