 Makinwa (known in Portugal as "Maki") spent the following four-and-a-half seasons in the country, mostly for Vitória de Setúbal.In the 2000–01 campaign he scored a career-best – in Europe – eight goals in 28 games, as the "Sadinos" returned to the Primeira Liga immediately after being relegated; in late February 2003, he left S.C. Farense and switched to Romania with FC Rapid Bucureşti.Over the course of the following four seasons, Makinwa never settled with a team, playing in Egypt, Portugal, Cyprus, Israel and China.