Career
Nkufo played professionally in Switzerland, Qatar, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. He played for them at the 2010 World Cup. Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, Nkufo emigrated to Switzerland with his family when he was seven and became naturalised as a Swiss citizen at the age of 20.
Club career Nkufo began his professional career in 1993 with Sport, where he spent one season.
He later played with Football Club Echallens before moving to Qatar to play with. After a year in the Gulf, he moved back to Switzerland, and played with Yverdon-Sport Football Club.
He also re-signed for Sports before moving to Grasshopper Club Zürich in 1998. His spell in Zürich included a loan spell to Air Corps Lugano.
He then played with Football Club Lucerne, before moving to Germany to play with Mainz 05 and Hannover 96.
He signed for Football Club in the Netherlands in 2003 and was their leading scorer in five of the six seasons he played there. In February 2010, Nkufo was linked to sign with the Major League Soccer team On 4 March 2010, the Sounders confirmed that they had signed him.
He joined the Sounders" squad on 13 July 2010.
His first appearance for the Sounders was on 18 July 2010 during a friendly versus Celtic. On 18 September 2010 in an away match against the Columbus Crew, he scored his first goal in the Master of Library Science which was the start to his hat-trick for the game, the first ever for the Seattle Sounders.
On 15 March 2011, Seattle and Nkufo agreed mutually to the termination of his deal. Nkufo announced his retirement thirteen days later.
International career Nkufo made his international debut for Switzerland in 2002.
He failed to make the squad for the 2006 in Germany, but he represented them at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Nkufo has himself said in interviews that his surname is Nkufo. The incorrect version North"Kufo is often found in media.
The surname is pronounced Kufo, without the North. However, on the back of his shirt, he has been known variously as Nkufo, North"Kufo and Nkufu.