Patrick Apataki

Patrick Apataki
Personal information
Full name Patrick Kifu Apataki
Date of birth (1979-05-14) 14 May 1979
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Bibicha Kinshasa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 DC Motema Pembe
2000–2001 Lokeren 2 (0)
2001–2002 Bursaspor 7 (0)
2004–2005 RCF Paris 21 (2)
2005–2006 FC Rouen 25 (2)
2006 AmaZulu 7 (0)
2007–2008 Mamelodi Sundowns 17 (1)
2008–2009 Dynamos
2009–2010 F.C. Cape Town
2011– DC Motema Pembe
National team
2000–2005 DR Congo 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Patrick Kifu Apataki (born 14 May 1979 in Kinshasa) is a DR Congo football, who currently plays for F.C. Cape Town.[1]

Career

He previously played for AmaZulu, FC Rouen, RCF Paris, AS Marsa, CS Sfaxien, Bursaspor, Lokeren, DC Motema Pembe.[2] He was released by Mamelodi Sundowns at the end of the 2007/2008 season, attended trials at Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin F.C. in August, but complications with travel documents appear to have scuppered his return to that country has been interest in his services from Premiership rookies Bay United.[3] The Congolese striker believes his decision to join struggling First Division side Dynamos will boost his chances of a return to the Absa Premiership or a move overseas.[4] In 2009 left Dynamos of the South African Premier Soccer League[5] and joined to F.C. Cape Town.[6]

International career

Apataki was also member of the DR Congo national football team.

References

  1. ↑ "NFD Squads". Archived from the original on 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  2. ↑ "Patrick Apataki". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  3. ↑ "Congo-Kinshasa: Apataki Hopes to Return to Israel". Kickoff (Cape Town). 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  4. ↑ "South Africa: Apataki Looks Beyond Dynamos Deal". Kickoff (Cape Town). 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  5. ↑ Malabela hits back at Apataki – Kick Off – South Africa Archived 2009-11-30 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Africa Beasts Official Squad Archived May 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
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