René Makondele

René Makondele
Personal information
Full name René Muzola Makondele
Date of birth (1982-04-20) 20 April 1982
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 BK Häcken
Number 24
Youth career
Kinshasa City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Djurgårdens IF 44 (5)
2005 → Gefle IF (loan) 20 (2)
2006–2007 Gefle IF 41 (10)
2007–2010 Helsingborgs IF 70 (17)
2010– BK Häcken 127 (37)
National team‡
2001–2009 DR Congo 6 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:37, 16 April 2015 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2011

René Makondele (born 20 April 1982 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese football midfielder who plays for BK Häcken.

Career

René Makondele started his career in DRC with the club Kinshasa City. He then was spotted by Swedish scouts from Djurgårdens IF who brought him to Sweden, alongside Yannick Bapupa and Blaise Mbemba. During his time in Djurgårdens IF he mostly came on as a substitute, and in 2005 he was loaned out to Allsvenska rivals Gefle IF.[1] He impressed Gefle manager Per Olsson enough for Gefle to buy him from Djurgården.[2] He stayed with the club for another year and a half, when Helsingborgs IF signed him in the middle of the 2007 season.[3] Following a lack of playing time in 2010, Makondele decided to leave Helsingborgs IF. His previous clubs, Gefle IF and Djurgårdens IF, showed interest in him, but he rejected both.[4] Instead he joined BK Häcken, signing a 3-year contract which starts on 1 January 2011,[5] however following a minor dispute between the two clubs over when Makondele would leave Helsingborg, an agreement was reached and Makondele left Helsingborgs IF in the 2010 summer instead.[6]

Personal life

His cousin Guy-Guy Lema played alongside few years with him in Sweden[7] and his other cousin Kuanzambi Barssabas da Cruz played a half-year for Torslanda IK.[8]

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

References

  1. ↑ Riedel, Jonas (3 March 2005). "Makondele till Gefle på lån". Dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Makondele stannar i Gefle" (in Swedish). Svt.se. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "Makondele klar för Helsingborg" (in Swedish). SvD.se. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Makondele: "Vill pröva något nytt"" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Makondele klar för Hisingens stolthet" (in Swedish). bkhacken.se. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Rene lämnar HIF i sommar" (in Swedish). hif.se. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  7. ↑ "Guy Guy Lema klar för IFK Hässleholm" (in Swedish). nsk.se. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Kuanzambi Barssabas Da Cruz "Cedrick" f. 1987, back/mittfältare, kommer från Tyska SG-Bruchköbel 1868. Även Cedrick har sina rötter i Kongo. Han är Tysk medborgare och har precis som sin kusin Guy Guy hamnat i Sverige tack vare kusin Makondele." (in Swedish). Torslanda IK. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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