| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1950-06-06)6 June 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Souanké, Middle Congo | ||
| Date of death | 23 May 1992(1992-05-23) (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | Meaux, France | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1975 | CARA Brazzaville | ||
| 1975–1976 | Strasbourg | 4 | (1) |
| 1976–1978 | CARA Brazzaville | ||
| 1981–1983 | Stade Français | ||
| 1983–1985 | CS Fontainebleau | ||
| 1985–1986 | USM Malakoff | ||
| International career | |||
| 1970–1978 | Republic of the Congo[1] | 31 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Moukila (6 June 1950 – May 1992),[2] nicknamed Sayal, was a footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A Congolese international, he was winner of the 1974 African Footballer of the Year award.[3]
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 team, Moukila won the African Cup of Nationsin1972. He was later voted African Footballer of the Year in 1974.
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[4] Moukila was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Republic of the Congo in 2000.[5]
Moukila died in Meaux, France, from a bout of malaria on 23 May 1992.[2]
His son Noël is also a former professional footballer[6] and made two appearances for the Congo national team in 2007.[7]
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