Derby Makinka Explained

Derby Makinka
Fullname:Derby Makinka
Birth Date:1965 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Death Place:Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1984–1989
Clubs1:Profund Warriors
Years2:1989
Caps2:3
Goals2:0
Years3:1990
Clubs3:Darryn Textiles Africa United
Years4:1991–1993
Clubs4:Lech Poznań
Caps4:3
Goals4:0
Years5:1993
Clubs5:Al-Ettifaq
Nationalyears1:1985–1993
Nationalteam1:Zambia[1]
Nationalcaps1:98
Nationalgoals1:10

Derby Makinka (5 September 1965 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer and member of the national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993.[2]

Career

Makinka played club football for Profound Warriors in Zambia, where he was voted Zambian Footballer of the year in 1989,[3] before moving to Pomir Dushanbe in the Soviet Top League near the end of 1989 after being spotted during their 4–0 win over Italy at the 1988 Olympics.[4] With this move he became the first African, along with Pearson Mwanza and Wisdom Mumba Chansa, to play in the Soviet Union. Makinka's debut came on 2 October 1989 in an away match against Torpedo Moscow, before appearing twice more, against Rotor Volgograd and Metalist Kharkiv, before leaving at the conclusion of the 1989 season. Makinka went on to play for Darryn Textiles in Zimbabwe, Lech Poznań in Poland and Ettifaq FC in Saudi Arabia.[5]

Personal life

Makinka had three children - one son and two daughters.[6]

Honours

Lech Poznań

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/makinka-intl.html Derby Makinka - International Appearances
  2. http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"
  3. Web site: Zambia - Player of the Year. RSSSF. 5 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Future looks black. When Saturday Comes. 5 February 2014.
  5. Web site: El Mundo Deportivo. Muere la selección de Zambia. Zambian selection dies. Spanish. 29 April 1993.
  6. Web site: Derby Makinka's children still seek answers over his death. 29 April 2014. 30 April 2014. Farayi Mungazi & Ian Hughes. BBC Sport.
  7. Web site: Derby Mankinka - tragiczne losy lechity z Afryki . . 19 September 2023 . pl . 27 April 2020.