Henry Makinwa

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| name = Henry Makinwa

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| fullname = Henry Olufosoye Makinwa

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|11|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| height = {{height|m=1.81}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

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| years1 = 1995

| clubs1 = Iwuanyanwu Nationale

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| years2 = 1996

| clubs2 = Concord

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| years3 = 1997

| clubs3 = Udoji United

| caps3 = 20

| goals3 = 22

| years4 = 1997

| clubs4 = Rayo Vallecano

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1998

| clubs5 = Penafiel

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1998–2001

| clubs6 = Vitoria Setúbal

| caps6 = 73

| goals6 = 11

| years7 = 2001–2002

| clubs7 = Gil Vicente

| caps7 = 11

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2002–2003

| clubs8 = Farense

| caps8 = 18

| goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2003

| clubs9 = Rapid București

| caps9 = 11

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2004

| clubs11 = Feirense

| caps11 = 8

| goals11 = 1

| years11 = 2004

| clubs12 = Al-Ahly

| caps12 = 7

| goals12 = 1

| years12 = 2005

| clubs13 = AEP

| caps13 = 9

| goals13 = 4

| years13 = 2005–2006

| clubs14 = Maccabi Petah Tikva

| caps14 = 3

| goals14 = 0

| years14 = 2007

| clubs15 = Tianjin Teda

| caps15 = 12

| goals15 = 1

| years15 = 2007

| clubs16 = Gretna

| caps16 = 13

| goals16 = 0

| years16 = 2007–2008

| clubs17 = PSMS Medan

| caps17 = 8

| goals17 = 2

| years17 = 2009–2010

| clubs18 = Vittoriosa Stars

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| totalcaps = 209

| totalgoals = 52

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| managerclubs1 = Abia Warriors

| manageryears1 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs2 = Katsina United

| manageryears2 = 2019

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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.

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.

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;{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/liga_honra/interior.aspx?content_id=85725|title=Santa Clara, Varzim e V. Setúbal regressam à I Liga|trans-title=Santa Clara, Varzim and V. Setúbal return to I Liga|publisher=Record|language=Portuguese|date=27 May 2001|access-date=3 June 2014}} in late February 2003, he left S.C. Farense and switched to Romania with FC Rapid București.

=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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7085469.stm|title=Gretna move for striker Makinwa|publisher=BBC Sport|date=8 November 2007|access-date=8 November 2007}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/26/match.gretna|title=Kingston own goal provides precious point for Gretna|work=The Guardian|date=26 November 2007|access-date=3 June 2014}} He failed to score any goal in 14 official appearances and, after Gretna's relegation and dissolve, found himself again a free agent.