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French footballer (born 1979)

Guy Luyindula Makanda (born 25 May 1979), known as Peguy Luyindula, is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Zaire, he represented France at international level.

Luyindula began his career at Niort joining at the age of 18. In his first professional season scored eight goals where he caught the eye of Strasbourg. On 2 February 2000, he scored a hattrick as Strasbourg beat Lyon. During this time he earned a reputation as one of the hottest prospects in French football.

Luyindula continued his progress up the football ladder after coming to the attention of French giants Lyon. In January 2002 he completed a £5.5 million transfer to Lyon and continued his good form scoring 6 goals and helping Lyon win the French league. He remained at Lyon for the next two season winning two more league championships. He had his most productive season in 2003–04 as he scored 16 league goals helping Lyon to the Ligue 1 title. On 24 May 2004, he scored the third goal in a 3–0 win against Lille which secured the championship.

Following the club record sale of Didier Drogba for £24 million to Chelsea, Marseille set their sights on Luyindula as a replacement. Although Luyindula expressed his desire to remain at Lyon and despite their recent success the club still suffered from financial troubles and a sale looked probable. Eventually he completed a £7.5 million move to l'OM. during the 2005–06 season, Luyindula failed to convince the club to keep him on a permanent basis. In the summer of 2006, he thus moved back to Marseille and found himself on the fringes of the first team, before another loan move materialized, this time to Spanish club Levante UD. He joined the club for the 2006–07 season. On 1 February 2007, the loan was cut short.

On 1 February 2007, the same day his loan with Levante was terminated, Luyindula moved to Paris Saint Germain, joining on a 3 1/2 year contract. As part of the deal, it was agreed he would not make his debut in the following match against Marseille. New York officially announced Luyindula's signing with the club on 19 March 2013. Luyindula scored his first goal for his new club on 13 July against Montreal Impact. In his first year with New York Luyindula appeared in 22 league matches and scored 1 goal and was second on the team in assists with 7. During the season he started to play as a central midfielder and was instrumental in New York capturing the Supporters' Shield on the last day of the season as he assisted on three of the club's goals in a 5–2 victory over Chicago Fire. In his second season with New York Luyindula was a key figure in helping the club reach the league playoffs as he appeared in 26 league matches scoring 5 goals. He was a key player for New York during the MLS playoffs assisting on two goals in the team's come from behind 2–1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in the play in match, and scoring two goals in New York's series aggregate victory of 3–2 over rivals D. C. United which sent the club to the Eastern Conference final.

Luyindula was capped six times and scored his lone goal for the France national team in a 2004 friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2009, Luyindula briefly revived his international career by starting two games on the right wing against Lithuania in France's 2010 World Cup Qualification campaign.

In July 2019 Luyindula joined Dijon FCO's management as a "strategic advisor".

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Luyindula goal. + International goal scored by Peguy LuyindulaNo. DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 18 August 2004 Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes, France 1–01–1 Friendly