Jean Adelard Mayanga Maku (born 31 October 1948) is a
Congolese former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a
forward for
Zaire
Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...
in the
1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for
AS Vita Club.
Mayanga scored three goals for Zaire at the
1972 African Cup of Nations
The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (Confederation of African Football, CAF). It was hosted by Cameroon, in the cities of Yaoundé and Douala. Just l ...
finals. He represented Zaire in international competition as late as 1979, appearing in a
1980 African Cup of Nations qualifying match versus
Guinea in
Kinshasa.
In 2006, he was selected by
CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.
References
External links
FIFA profile
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Living people
1948 births
Footballers from Kinshasa
Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
Association football forwards
Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers
AS Vita Club players
1974 FIFA World Cup players
1970 African Cup of Nations players
1972 African Cup of Nations players
1974 African Cup of Nations players
Democratic Republic of the Congo football managers
Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team managers
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people