Paul Moukila

Paul Moukila

Personal information
Full name	Paul "Sayal" Moukila
Date of birth	6 June 1950
Place of birth	Souanké, Middle Congo
Date of death	24 May 1992 (aged 41)
Place of death	Meaux, France
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1975	CARA Brazzaville
1975–1976	Strasbourg	4	(1)
1976–1978	CARA Brazzaville
National team
1971–1978	Republic of the Congo	13	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Paul Moukila nicknamed Sayal (6 June 1950 – 24 May 1992) was a Congolese international footballer and winner of the 1974 African Footballer of the Year award.^[1]

Career

Born in Souanké, Moukila began playing football for local side CARA Brazzaville. He played for the club from 1971 to 1975 and then from 1976 to 1978, after returning from a short spell abroad, at French club Strasbourg (1975–1976).

With the Congo national football team, Moukila won the African Cup of Nations in 1972.

In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.^[2] Moukila was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Republic of the Congo in 2000.^[3]

Moukila's son is also a footballer, playing in the third tier of French football - Championnat National.

Personal

Moukila died in Meaux, France from a bout of malaria on 24 May 1992.^[1]

References

1. Ayelo, Jean Bruno (11 January 2011). "Moukila Paul (Sayal), Ballon d'or africain '74: Le footballeur qui a marqué tout le cinquantenaire du Congo" (in French). Mbokamosika.
2. "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006.
3. Arruda, Marcelo Leme de. "IFFHS' Players and Keepers of the Century for many countries". RSSSF. Retrieved 2000-01-21. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

External links

• Paul Moukila – FIFA competition record
• Paul Moukila at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at Racingstub.com
• Article at rfi (French)