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Belgian footballer

Aristote Nkaka
Personal information
Full name Aristote Nkaka Bazunga
Date of birth (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Ghlin, Belgium
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team Lierse
Number 4
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)
2019–2023 Anderlecht 0 (0)
2019 → Almería (loan) 1 (1)
2019–2020 → Racing Santander (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2021 → SC Paderborn (loan) 13 (0)
2021–2022 → Waasland-Beveren (loan) 10 (0)
2023– Lierse 16 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Belgium U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024

Aristote Nkaka Bazunga (born 27 March 1996) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lierse. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre back.

Club career

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

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

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

On 31 August 2021, he joined Waasland-Beveren on loan with an option to buy.

On 26 July 2023, Nkaka signed a one-year contract with Lierse.

International career

Nkaka was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.

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. Aristote Nkaka at WorldFootball.net
  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. "WELCOME AT THE FREETHIEL, ARISTOTE NKAKA!" (in Dutch). Waasland-Beveren. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  12. "ARISTOTE NKAKA NAAR LIERSE" [ARISTOTE NKAKA TO LIERSE] (in Dutch). Lierse. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  13. Akouete, Isidore (17 June 2015). "Aristote Nkaka : Le Belgo-Congolais a signé 2 ans au RMP".

External links

Lierse S.K. (2018) – current squad
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