Casablanca had 45,000 in the ground on 23 March 1988 and Makanaky silenced them in the 78th minute, the only goal of the semi-final, which put the hosts out and Cameroon into the final. He won that Africa Cup of Nations, played all five matches of Cameroon's 1990 World Cup run to the quarter-finals, the first by an African side, and took two Ecuadorian league titles with Barcelona SC. Career record: 14 caps and 3 goals for Cameroon; club career at Gazélec Ajaccio, CD Málaga, Maccabi Tel Aviv.
| 1985–1987 | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| 1987–1988 | Sporting Toulon Var |
| 1988–1989 | R.C. Lens |
| 1989–1990 | Sporting Toulon Var |
| 1990–1992 | CD Málaga |
| 1992–1993 | Villarreal CF |
| 1993–1994 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 1994–1995 | Barcelona S.C. |
| 1995–1996 | Gazélec Ajaccio |
| 1996–1997 | Barcelona S.C. |
| Cameroon | 14 caps, 3 goals |
Cameroon legends whose careers overlapped Makanaky's
One rank above: Benoît Assou-Ekotto at #20.
One rank below: Jean II Makoun at #22.
Cameroon's editorial top five: Samuel Eto'o · Roger Milla · Thomas N'Kono · Joseph-Antoine Bell · Patrick Mboma.