Makana Baku

Makana Baku
Baku with Sonnenhof Großaspach in 2018
Personal information
Full name Makana Nsimba Baku
Date of birth (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998
Place of birth Mainz, Germany[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Left winger[1]
Team information
Current team
 Atromitos
Number 32
Youth career
2007–2015 Mainz 05
2015–2016 SV Gonsenheim
2016–2017 Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 SV Gonsenheim 7 (1)
2017–2019 Sonnenhof Großaspach 66 (5)
2019–2021 Holstein Kiel 20 (4)
2021 → Warta Poznań (loan) 13 (6)
2021–2022 Göztepe 20 (2)
2022–2024 Legia Warsaw 29 (1)
2024 → OFI (loan) 14 (2)
2024– Atromitos 65 (15)
International career
2018 Germany U20 2 (0)
2019 Germany U21 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026

Makana Nsimba Baku (born 8 April 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Super League Greece club Atromitos.[2][1]

Club career

In June 2019, it was announced Baku would join 2. Bundesliga side Holstein Kiel from SG Sonnenhof Großaspach for an undisclosed transfer fee having agreed a three-year contract.[3]

On 24 July 2024, Atromitos officially announced the signing of Baku on a two-year deal, with Legia Warsaw retaining a resale rate.[4]

International career

Baku is available to play for either Germany or DR Congo. He appeared in five games for Germany's youth teams, though never made any major appearance for the senior team.

Personal life

Born in Germany, Baku is of Congolese descent. He is the twin brother of the footballer Ridle Baku.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 June 2025[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SV Gonsenheim 2015–16 Oberliga 71———71
Sonnenhof Großaspach 2017–18 3. Liga 281——3[b]0311
2018–19 3. Liga 384——3[b]1415
Total 665——61726
Holstein Kiel 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 20423——227
Warta Poznań (loan) 2020–21 Ekstraklasa 136———136
Göztepe 2021–22 Süper Lig 20221——223
Legia Warsaw 2022–23 Ekstraklasa 22050——270
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 71—5[c]01[d]0131
Total 291505010401
OFI (loan) 2023–24 Super League Greece 14230——172
Atromitos 2024–25 Super League Greece 31532——347
Career total 20026156507122733
  1. ↑ Includes Greek Cup, Polish Cup, Turkish Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the Württemberg Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Polish Super Cup

Honours

Legia Warsaw

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Makana Baku". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Galiński, Tomasz (24 July 2024). "Legia pozbyła się balastu. Makana Baku zaprezentowany w nowym klubie". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Haase, André (6 June 2019). "Holstein Kiel verpflichtet Makana Baku von der SG Sonnenhof Großaspach". Kieler Nachrichten (in German). Sportbuzzer. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ανακοίνωσε και Μπάκου ο Ατρόμητος" (in Greek). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Makana und Ridle Baku: Unbekümmert und unberechenbar". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  6. ↑ Makana Baku at Soccerway
  7. ↑ "120 minut walki i nic! Zadecydowały dopiero rzuty karne". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 2 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Superpuchar dla Legii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 15 July 2023.
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