Aristote Nkaka

Aristote Nkaka (born 27 March 1996) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Spanish club Racing de Santander on loan from Anderlecht.[3] Nkaka can also play as a centre back.

Aristote Nkaka
Personal information
Full name Aristote Nkaka
Date of birth (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996
Place of birth Ghlin, Belgium[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Racing Santander
(on loan from Anderlecht)
Number 8
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– Anderlecht 0 (0)
2019 → Almería (loan) 1 (1)
2019– → Racing Santander (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2017–2018 Belgium U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:38, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Professional career

Nkaka signed for Mouscron in June 2015, arriving from the Brugge academy.[4] He scored his first goal in a 2–1 loss against his previous club, Brugge, on 26 January 2017.[5]

On 17 July 2019, Nkaka was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería from Anderlecht, for one year.[6] He made his debut for the club on 17 August, coming off the bench and scoring the third in a 3–0 home defeat of Albacete Balompié.[7]

On 26 August 2019, Nkaka's loan with the Andalusians was terminated due to the club's change of ownership.[8] and agreed to a one-year loan deal with fellow league team Racing de Santander just hours later.[9]

International career

Nkaka was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.[10]

References
  1. "Custovic overtuigde Aristote Nkaka om voor KVO te kiezen". 23 February 2018.
  2. "Aristote Nkaka - Player Profile - Football".
  3. http://www.rmp-foot.be/fr/actu.php?id=204&cat_id=0#ontitle
  4. "Aristote Nkaka signe à Mouscron-Péruwelz". 16 June 2015.
  5. "Bruges termine 2016 en tête du championnat". 26 December 2016.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. http://www.africatopsports.com, Publié par Isidore AKOUETE pour Africa Top SportsJournaliste à Africa Top Sports Premier portail sportif Africain (17 June 2015). "Aristote Nkaka : Le Belgo-Congolais a signé 2 ans au RMP".


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