Derby Makinka

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Derby Makinka
Personal information
Full name	Derby Makinka
Date of birth	(1965-09-05)5 September 1965
Place of birth	Harare, Zimbabwe
Date of death	April 28, 1993(1993-04-28) (aged 29)
Place of death	Libreville, Gabon
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984-1989	Profound Warriors
1989	Pomir Dushanbe	3	(0)
1990	Darryn Textiles Africa United
1991	Lech Poznań	3	(0)
1993	Ettifaq
National team
1986-1993	Zambia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Derby Makinka born 5 September 1965, in Harare, Zimbabwe, died 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.^[1]

Career

Makinka played club football for Profound Warriors in Zambia, where he was voted Zambian Footballer of the year in 1989,^[2] 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.^[3] With this move he became the first foreigner, along with Pearson Mwanza and Wisdom Mumba Chansa. Makinkas 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 onto play for Darryn Textiles in Zimbabwe, Lech Poznań in Poland and Ettifaq FC in Saudi Arabia.^[4]

Makinka made several appearances for the Zambia national football team and participated in the 1990 and 1992 African Cup of Nations finals. He also played for Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

v t e Zambia football squad – 1988 Summer Olympics

1 Chabala 2 Peter Mwanza 3 Mumba 4 Chomba 5 Chitalu 6 Makinka 7 J. Bwalya 8 Musonda 9 Chambeshi 10 Chikabala 11 Msiska 12 K. Bwalya 13 S. Mwansa 14 Chabinga 15 Melu 16 R. Mwanza 17 Pearson Mwanza 18 Chansa 19 Nyirenda 20 Mulenga Coach: Ndhlovu

v t e 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster

27 April 1993

Players	Banda Chabala Changwe Chansa Chikwalakwala Chomba Kangwa Makinka Masuwa Mulenga Mumba Mutale Mwanza Mwila Mwitwa Simambe Soko Watiyakeni

Coaches	Chitalu Chola

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