UEFA Conference League Top Scorer Afimico Pululu is eligible to represent the national Democratic Republic of Congo football team.
Afimico Pululu has officially received his Congolese passport and is cleared to join the DR Congo national team for the intercontinental World Cup playoffs this March.
The Polish top flight league side Jagiellonia Białystok striker has completed all the necessary administrative procedures in Brussels, having secured his Congolese service passport.
Previously linked with Angola, the country of his birth, Pululu made his decision some time ago. He confirmed it himself, stating his desire to wear the DR Congo jersey—a choice he says he embraces with pride.
Pululu originally accepted a call-up from Angola for World Cup qualifiers. However, he withdrew before his debut due to health reasons.
After being persuaded by assistant coach Rafael Hamidi Cuadros to represent DR Congo over Angola, Pululu received his first call-up but was ultimately forced to withdraw due to injury.
After a long saga of switch-ups and setbacks, he is now fully cleared to lead the line for the Leopards.
Pululu was born in 1999 in Luanda, Angola to parents from DR Congo and raised in France.
Pululu joined Polish side Jagiellonia Białystok in July 2023 and has become a standout performer. He was a key figure in their 2023-2024 Ekstraklasa championship season, scoring 12 league goals. In early 2026, reports indicated he was in intensive talks for a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv.
Pululu finished as the top scorer of the UEFA Conference League for the 2024-2025 season (8 goals) after winning Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football league title in the 2023-2024 season.
He moved to the German club Greuther Fiirth in January 2022, appearing in both the Bundesliga and 2. and Bundesliga before moving to Poland.
Between 2017-2022, Pululu developed through the youth academy at Basel. He made over 100 appearances for the first team and won the Swiss Cup in the 2018-2019 season. During this period, he also had a loan spell at Neuchatel Xamax (2019).
Early Development: He began his youth career at A.S. Coteaux Mulhouse in France before joining Basel’s academy in 2013.
The Congolese Leopards are going to seek their 2026 FIFA World qualification slot in Mexico next March by facing the winner of the confrontation between Jamaica and New Caledonia during one of the finals of the intercontinental play-offs.
The Leopards secured their spot after a dramatic 4-3 penalty shootout victory over Nigeria. The decisive match, which served as the final of the African playoff tournament, saw DR Congo overcome the Super Eagles at Prince Hassan Stadium in Rabat.
