Makana Baku
 Baku with Sonnenhof Großaspach in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Makana Nsimba Baku | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Mainz, Germany[1] | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
OFI Crete (on loan from Legia Warsaw) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| 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– | Legia Warsaw | 29 | (1) |
| 2024– | → OFI Crete (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | Germany U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Germany U21 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:50, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Makana Nsimba Baku (born 8 April 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Super League Greece club OFI Crete, on loan from Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.[2][1]
Club career[edit]
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]
International career[edit]
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[edit]
Born in Germany, Baku is of Congolese descent. He is the twin brother of the footballer Ridle Baku.[4]
Honours[edit]
Legia Warsaw
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Makana Baku". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Makana Baku wypożyczony do OFI Kreta". Legia Warszawa - Strona oficjalna (in Polish). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Haase, André (6 June 2019). "Holstein Kiel verpflichtet Makana Baku von der SG Sonnenhof Großaspach". Kieler Nachrichten (in German). Sportbuzzer. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Makana und Ridle Baku: Unbekümmert und unberechenbar". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
- ^ "120 minut walki i nic! Zadecydowały dopiero rzuty karne". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Superpuchar dla Legii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 15 July 2023.
External links[edit]
- Makana Baku at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mainz
- German men's footballers
- German sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- 3. Liga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Süper Lig players
- SV Gonsenheim players
- SG Sonnenhof Großaspach players
- Holstein Kiel players
- Warta Poznań players
- Göztepe S.K. footballers
- Legia Warsaw players
- OFI Crete F.C. players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- German expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece