Aristote Nkaka

Aristote Nkaka Bazunga (born 27 March 1996) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German club SC Paderborn 07, on loan from Anderlecht.[4] He can also play as a centre back.

Aristote Nkaka
Personal information
Full name Aristote Nkaka Bazunga[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996
Place of birth Ghlin, Belgium[2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SC Paderborn
(on loan from Anderlecht)
Youth career
2012–2015 Club Brugge
2015–2016 Excel Mouscron
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Mouscron 40 (2)
2018–2019 Oostende 31 (0)
2019– Anderlecht 0 (0)
2019 → Almería (loan) 1 (1)
2019– → Racing Santander (loan) 16 (0)
2020– → SC Paderborn (loan) 4 (0)
National team
2017–2018 Belgium U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Nkaka signed for Mouscron in June 2015, arriving from the Club Brugge academy.[5] He scored his first goal in a 2–1 loss against his previous club, Brugge, on 26 January 2017.[6]

On 17 July 2019, Nkaka was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería from Anderlecht, for one year.[7] He made his debut for the club on 17 August, coming off the bench and scoring the third in a 3–0 home defeat of Albacete Balompié.[8]

On 26 August 2019, Nkaka's loan with the Andalusians was terminated due to the club's change of ownership,[9] and agreed to a one-year loan deal with fellow league team Racing de Santander just hours later.[10]

International career

Nkaka was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.[11]

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 17 de agosto de 2019, en Almería" [Minutes of the Match held on 17 August 2019, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. "Custovic overtuigde Aristote Nkaka om voor KVO te kiezen". 23 February 2018.
  3. "Aristote Nkaka - Player Profile - Football".
  4. http://www.rmp-foot.be/fr/actu.php?id=204&cat_id=0#ontitle
  5. "Aristote Nkaka signe à Mouscron-Péruwelz". 16 June 2015.
  6. "Bruges termine 2016 en tête du championnat". 26 December 2016.
  7. "El belga Ari Nkaka, un todo terreno para el centro del campo del Almería" [Belgian Ari Nkaka, an all-round player for Almería's centre of midfield] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. "El VAR dictó sentencia y el Almería no lo desperdició" [VAR sentenced it and Almería took advantage of it] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. "Ari Nkaka deja de pertenecer a la primera plantilla de la UD Almería" [Ari Nkaka leaves UD Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  10. "Nkaka, duodécimo refuerzo del Racing 2019/20" [Nkaka, twelfth addition of Racing 2019/20] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  11. http://www.africatopsports.com, Publié par Isidore AKOUETE pour Africa Top SportsJournaliste à Africa Top Sports Premier portail sportif Africain (17 June 2015). "Aristote Nkaka : Le Belgo-Congolais a signé 2 ans au RMP".


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