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|name = Derby Makinka
|fullname = Derby Makinka
|image = Derby Makinka (left).jpg
|caption = Derby Makinka, [[Kalusha Bwalya]] and [[Whiteson Changwe]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1965|9|5}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|4|27|1964|4|17}}
|birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe
|death_place = Libreville, Gabon
|height = {{height|meters=1.77}}
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|position = Midfielder
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| years1 = 1984-1989  | clubs1 = Profound Warriors                       | caps1 =    | goals1 = 
| years2 = 1989       | clubs2 = CSKA Pomir Dushanbe  | caps2 = 3  | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1990       | clubs3 = Darryn Textiles Africa United           | caps3 =    | goals3 = 
| years4 = 1991       | clubs4 = Lech Poznań                         | caps4 = 3  | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1993       | clubs5 = Ettifaq FC                  | caps5 =    | goals5 = 
|nationalyears1=1986-1993 |nationalteam1=[[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] |nationalcaps1=  | nationalgoals1 = 
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'''Derby Makinka''' (born 5 September 1965, in Harare, Zimbabwe, died 27 April 1993) was a [[Zambia]]n [[:Category:Zambian footballers|footballer]] and member of the [[Zambia national football team|national team]]. He was among those killed in the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|crash of the team plane]] in Gabon in 1993.<ref>[http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"]</ref>

==Career==
Makinka played club football for [[Profound Warriors]] in [[Zambia]], where he was voted Zambian Footballer of the year in 1989,<ref>{{cite web|title=Zambia - Player of the Year|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/zambpoy.html|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref>  before moving to [[CSKA Pomir Dushanbe|Pomir Dushanbe]] in the Soviet Top League near the end of 1989 after being spotted during their 4-0 win over [[Italy national football team|Italy]] at the 1988 Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Future looks black|url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3501&Itemid=29|publisher=When Saturday Comes|accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref> With this move he became the first foreigner, along with [[Pearson Mwanza]] and [[Wisdom Mumba Chansa]]. Makinkas debut came on 2 October 1989 in an away match against FC Torpedo Moscow, before appearing twice more, against FC Rotor Volgograd and FC Metalist Kharkiv, before leaving at the conclusion of the 1989 season. Makinka went on to play for Darryn Textiles in Zimbabwe, Lech Poznań in Poland and Ettifaq FC in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web|work=El Mundo Deportivo|title=Muere la selección de Zambia|trans_title=Zambian selection dies|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1993/04/29/MD19930429-026.pdf|language=Spanish|date=29 April 1993}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Makinka had three children - one son and two daughters (Debby, Debbie and Diana).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27204246|title=Derby Makinka's children still seek answers over his death|date=29 April 2014|accessdate=30 April 2014|author=Farayi Mungazi & Ian Hughes|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=53463/index.html Derby Makinka] - FIFA.com profile
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/derby-makinka-1.html Biography] at Sports-reference.com
*[http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=1258 Biography] at 90minut.pl
*[http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/49318/Derby_Makinka.html Derby Makinka] National Team Football player

{{Zambia Squad 1988 Summer Olympics}}
{{1993 Zambia national football team air disaster}}

[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:1993 deaths]]
[[Category:Zambian footballers]]
[[Category:Zambian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Zambia international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers of Zambia]]
[[Category:1990 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:1992 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Gabon crash victims]]
[[Category:People of Zambia]]