Richard Mwanza
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 May 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Zambia | ||
Date of death | 27 April 1993 (aged 33) | ||
Place of death | Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1982 | Vitafoam United Ndola | ||
1983–1993 | Kabwe Warriors | ||
International career | |||
1988–1993 | Zambia | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Richard Mwanza (5 May 1959 − 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer and member of the national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993.[1]
Career
[edit]Mwanza played club football for Kabwe Warriors F.C.
Mwanza made several appearances for the Zambia national football team and participated in the 1992 African Cup of Nations finals. He also played for Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 30 January 1993.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Zambia | 1988 | 3 | 0 |
1989 | 0 | 0 | |
1990 | 1 | 0 | |
1991 | 1 | 0 | |
1992 | 1 | 0 | |
1993 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day" Archived 2005-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Richard Mwanza – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Biography at Sports-reference.com
- Richard Mwanza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Richard Mwanza at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1959 births
- 1993 deaths
- Zambian men's footballers
- Zambia men's international footballers
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Zambia
- 1992 African Cup of Nations players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Footballers killed in the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash
- Kabwe Warriors F.C. players
- Zambian football biography stubs