Derby Makinka

Derby Makinka
Personal information
Full nameDerby Makinka
Date of birth5 September 1965
Place of birthHarare, Zimbabwe
Date of deathApril 27, 1993 (aged 29)
Place of deathLibreville, Gabon
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1984-1989Profound Warriors
1989Pomir Dushanbe3(0)
1990Darryn Textiles Africa United
1991Lech Poznań3(0)
1993Ettifaq
National team
1986-1993Zambia
* 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]

Personal life

Makinka had three children - one son and two daughters.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"
  2. ↑ "Zambia - Player of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Future looks black". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Muere la selección de Zambia" [Zambian selection dies]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 29 April 1993.
  5. ↑ Farayi Mungazi & Ian Hughes (29 April 2014). "Derby Makinka's children still seek answers over his death". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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