Full name Mapuata Cedric Makiadi 1998–2002 VfB Lubeck Weight 77 kg Number 16 Height 1.77 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Cedric Makiadi Parents Richard Mapuata N\'Kiambi | |
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Date of birth (1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 31) Current teams Caykur Rizespor (#16 / Midfielder), DR Congo national football team (Midfielder) Siblings Matondo N\'Kiambi, Fabrice N\'Kiambi Similar People Cedric Mongongu, Cedrick Mabwati, Jean Kasusula, Issama Mpeko, Assani Lukimya‑Mulongoti |
Mapuata Cédric Makiadi (born 23 February 1984) is a Congolese international footballer who plays as a midfielder.
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Early and personal life
Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, Makiadi moved to Germany at the age of eight and also holds German citizenship.
His father, Richard Mapuata N'Kiambi, and two brothers, Fabrice and Matondo, are also footballers.
Club career

Until August 2015, Makiadi spent his entire football career in Germany, playing senior football for VfL Wolfsburg, MSV Duisburg, SC Freiburg and Werder Bremen.

In summer 2013, Makiadi joined Werder Bremen. On 27 August 2015, Werder Bremen announced Makiadi's departure for Çaykur Rizespor on a free transfer. He left the club at the end of the season.
International career
Makiadi rejected a call up from the DR Congo national team for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, before declaring his national allegiance in February 2007. Makiadi made his international debut later that same year. In December 2014 he was named in the 29-man provisional squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

