Football sometimes offers great stories and great revenge. Antoine Makoumbou illustrates this well. From the top of his 25 years, the midfielder made the heyday of Cagliari in Serie B. Trained at AS Monaco where he never played professionally, he had then known the reserve of Ajaccio then that of Mainz . He had to wait for his departure to… Slovenia to launch his career. Transferred in 2020 to NK Tabor Sežana, Makoumbou was loaned in 2022 from a legendary club in the country, Maribor.
There, he chained good performances and ended up making people talk about him in Italy. Maribor decides to exercise the option to buy the player and immediately sell him to Cagliari. In Serie B, he continues his ascent and has a full season playing 36 games last season. Meanwhile, he also discovers international football under the colors of Congo (14 selections). Revelation of the season, Makoumbou caught the eye of Bologna but also of Fenerbahçe according to our information. He still has 3 years left on his contract, but a departure cannot be ruled out to finally discover first division football.
