Henry Olufosoye Makinwa (born 6 November 1977) is a Nigerian retired footballer who played as a forward.

A journeyman, he represented 17 clubs in 11 countries during his professional career (his own included).

Henry Makinwa

Club career

Early years / Portugal

After playing for three teams in his homeland, Makinwa moved abroad at the age of 19, his first stop being Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish second division. In the following transfer window, without having appeared officially for the club, he signed for F.C. Penafiel in Portugal, in the same level.

Henry Makinwa

Makinwa (known in Portugal as Maki) spent the following four-and-a-half seasons in the country, mostly for Vitória de Setúbal. In the 2000–01 campaign he scored a career-best – in Europe – eight goals in 28 games, as the Sadinos returned to the Primeira Liga immediately after being relegated; in late February 2003, he left S.C. Farense and switched to Romania with FC Rapid București.

Henry Makinwa

Gretna

Over the course of the following four seasons, Makinwa never settled with a team, playing in Egypt, Portugal, Cyprus, Israel and China. On 8 November 2007, he signed for newly promoted Scottish Premier League side Gretna on a free transfer, following his release from Chinese Super League's Tianjin Teda FC.

Makinwa made his competitive debut on 25 November 2007 against Hearts, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 home draw, with Laryea Kingston scoring at both ends. He failed to score any goal in 14 official appearances and, after Gretna's relegation and dissolve, found himself again a free agent.

Late career

In October 2009, after spending one year in Indonesia, Makinwa joined Maltese First Division team Vittoriosa Stars F.C. on a free transfer.

Honours

Rapid București

Liga I: 2002–03

Supercupa României: 2003

Al Ahly

Egyptian Premier League: 2004–05

References

External links

1977 births

Living people

Footballers from Lagos

Nigerian men's footballers

Men's association football forwards

Nigeria Professional Football League players

Heartland F.C. players

Rayo Vallecano players

Primeira Liga players

Liga Portugal 2 players

F.C. Penafiel players

Vitória F.C. players

Gil Vicente F.C. players

S.C. Farense players

C.D. Feirense players

Liga I players

FC Rapid București players

Egyptian Premier League players

Al Ahly SC players

Cypriot First Division players

AEP Paphos FC players

Israeli Premier League players

Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players

Chinese Super League players

Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players

Scottish Premier League players

Gretna F.C. players

Liga 1 (Indonesia) players

PSMS Medan players

Vittoriosa Stars F.C. players

Nigerian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Spain

Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal

Expatriate men's footballers in Romania

Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt

Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus

Expatriate men's footballers in Israel

Expatriate men's footballers in China

Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland

Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia

Expatriate men's footballers in Malta

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in China

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malta