Full name Paul "Sayal" Moukila Name Paul Moukila Role Footballer | Place of death Meaux, France Position Forward Playing position | |
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Date of birth (1950-06-06)6 June 1950 Date of death 24 May 1992(1992-05-24) (aged 41) Died May 24, 1992, Meaux, France | ||
Place of birth Souanke, Middle Congo | ||
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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.
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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. Moukila was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Republic of the Congo in 2000.
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.