Afimico Pululu (born 23 March 1999) is an Angolan professional

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who plays as a

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for Greuther Fürth.

Club career

Pululu started his youth football with local club A.S. Coteaux Mulhouse. In the summer of 2013, he moved to

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's youth academy and advanced through all stages until in 2015 he reached their U-21 team, who played in the third tier of Swiss football. In May 2017 Pululu signed a four-year contract and advanced to Basel's first team under head coach

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. After playing in three test games Pululu played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 20 August 2017 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with

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. On 29 January 2019 Basel announced that Pululu was transferred to Xamax on loan until the end of the season. He debuted for Xamax in the match against Young Boys on 2 February. He scored two goals for Xamax in the match against

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on 9 March. He returned to Basel for their 2019–20 season under head coach

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and signed an extended contract until summer 2022. In the team's first test match that season Pululu was substituted in at half time and scored a hat-trick and helped the team win 4–2 against

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after being two goals down at the break. He scored his first domestic league goal for his club on 8 December in the home game as Basel won 1–0 against

. In this season Pululu had 29 appearances, however always as substitute. To gain match practice he played in the U-21 team. Therefore, the club looked for a new solution and the player left the club on a free transfer. Between the years 2017 and 2022 Pululu played a total of 115 games for Basel's first team scoring a total of 13 goals. 59 of these games were in the

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, eight in the

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, 6 in the UEFA competitions (Champions, Europa and Conference League) and 32 were friendly games. He scored four goal in the domestic league, one in the cup and the other eight were scored during the test games. On 7 January 2022 Basel announced that Pululu would move to

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side Greuther Fürth. Greuther Fürth confirmed the transfer on the same day and stated that the players had signed on a two-and-a-half year deal.

Honours

Basel *

: 2018–19

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pululu, Afimico 1999 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Angolan footballers French people of Angolan descent French footballers Association football forwards FC Basel players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Swiss Super League players Bundesliga players French expatriate footballers Angolan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Germany