Yannick Makota

Yannick Daniel Jacques Makota Ngalle (born 20 January 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Eccellenza Apulia club Manfredonia.

Club career Makota started his career with the reserves of French Ligue 1 side Nancy. After that, he signed for Market Drayton Town in the English eighth division. In 2014, Makota signed for Portuguese second division club Sporting da Covilhã after trialing for Shrewsbury Town in the English third division. In 2015, he signed for French fifth division team Pays d'Aix. In 2018, Makota signed for Macedonian outfit Pobeda. In 2019, he signed for Jeunesse in Luxembourg.

Before the second half of 2019–20, he signed for Omani side Saham but left due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, Makota signed for Bisceglie in the Italian third division, where he made 20 league appearances and scored 3 goals. On 13 December 2020, he debuted for Bisceglie during a 3–1 loss to Catanzaro. On 20 December 2020, Makota scored his first goal for Bisceglie during a 2–1 loss to Virtus Francavilla. In 2021, he signed for Israeli second division club Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.

International career Makota represented Cameroon at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.