Afimico Pululu is one of the summer 2026 arrivals that changed the look of Al-Hazem’s attack. The forward signed for the Saudi Pro League club on 4 August 2026, a few weeks after leaving Jagiellonia Białystok, where he had become the top scorer of the 2024-25 UEFA Conference League. Here is his profile, the clubs that shaped him and what he brings to Ar Rass.
Player facts
- Born: 23 March 1999, Luanda, Angola
- National team: DR Congo (cleared in January 2026)
- Position: forward
- Height: 1.75 m
- Club: Al-Hazem, since 4 August 2026
- Shirt number: 9 (2026-27 squad list)
Basel, where it started
Pululu grew up in France, at AS Coteaux Mulhouse, before joining the youth academy of FC Basel in 2013. He signed his first professional contract there in May 2017 and made his Swiss Super League debut that August against Lugano. A loan to Neuchâtel Xamax in the second half of the 2018-19 season gave him regular minutes. Back in Basel, he was mostly used off the bench: across five years with the first team he played 115 matches, friendlies included, and won the 2018-19 Swiss Cup.
Germany, then the breakthrough in Poland
In January 2022 he moved to Greuther Fürth, then in the Bundesliga, on a deal of two and a half years. The turning point came in June 2023, when he joined Jagiellonia Białystok with the number 10. His first season ended with 14 goals and the club’s first Ekstraklasa title, plus the Polish Super Cup in 2024. The next year he carried Jagiellonia through Europe and finished as the top scorer of the 2024-25 Conference League, with eight goals. When he announced his departure in May 2026, his tally stood at 56 goals and 17 assists in 134 matches.
Why Al-Hazem matters for him
Al-Hazem is a club from Ar Rass, in Al-Qassim, that has spent much of its history moving between the first and second divisions. For a squad built to stay up, a forward with recent European goals is a statement. Pululu arrives in a front line that also lists Elton Acolatse and Aboubacar Diakité on the 2026-27 squad, with the Algerian veterans Amir Sayoud and Sofiane Bendebka behind them.
International career: Angola, then DR Congo
Born in Angola to Congolese parents and raised in France, Pululu could choose between two countries. He first accepted a call from Angola in March 2025, then withdrew for health reasons, and pledged his future to DR Congo two months later. He obtained Congolese nationality in January 2026 and made his debut in a friendly against Uganda in October 2026.
Honours
- Swiss Cup: 2018-19 (Basel)
- Ekstraklasa: 2023-24 (Jagiellonia)
- Polish Super Cup: 2024 (Jagiellonia)
- UEFA Conference League top scorer: 2024-25
- Ekstraklasa Team of the Season: 2023-24
Following Al-Hazem this season
The Al-Hazem club page carries the squad, the next match and the latest results, refreshed every morning from the league data. The full table is on the Saudi Pro League standings, the next rounds on the fixtures page, and every club of the division is listed on the clubs page.
Sources
Wikipedia article on Afimico Pululu (revision of 29 October 2026) and the ESPN Saudi Pro League squad lists for 2026-27, both read on 30 October 2026. Figures are those published by these sources on that date.