May 26, 2010
'Fwayo Tembo is the most expensive Zambian player ever?
Chipolopolo winger Fwayo Tembo is believed to have a four year deal with Switzerland champions FC Basel from Tunisian side Etoile du Sahel is a deal worth 2 million Euros, Zambianfootball.net understands and can exclusively reveal.
The ‘Galactico’ as he is known has been spotted in the Swiss city of Basel by a Zamfoot Crew source.
“Tembo is here. Has just signed a four year contract and it is worth 2 million Euros,” the Zamfoot Crew source revealed in what could be the highest transfer fee ever for a Zambian player considering Portsmouth paid Kaizer Chiefs around 500, 000 Pounds for the services of Collins Mbesuma and Chris Katongo’s move to Germany Bundesliga 2 side Arminia Bielefeld from Danish side Brondby at around 1.3 million Euros two years ago.
FC Basel who won the Swiss league last season with 80 points started tracking the progress of the former Zambia-20 star at the turn of the year after a string of man of the match performances for Etoile du Sahel in the Tunisian league. The 21 year old was Etoile’s star performance for Etoile in which he banged in 8 goals in 12 games.
Fwayo is a product of Edusport Youth academy which has also produced the likes of Rodger Kola and Justine Zulu.
He came to stardom at the 2007 African Youth Championship in Congo were he emerged as the top scorer with 5 goals and this led him to a trial at Spanish giants Real Madrid. While a move could not materialize at Santiago Bernabeu , his signature was snatched by Etoile at the end of 2007.
Fwayo caught the eye of FC Basel from February to May 2010
While his stay in Tunisia wasn’t successful initially, the 2007 World Youth Championship star made he utilized his second chance when he was welcomed back.
Surprisingly Fwayo has only won two international caps with his first coming on 29th March 2009 in the 1-1 draw with Egypt in Cairo as an injury time substitute. His last also was against a North African opposition three months later in the 2-0 home loss to Algeria at Konkola Stadium.
Fwayo will be playing Champions League football next season and also be a teammate of Ghanian right back Samuel Inkoom
Zambian players have been on the move recently. Signs Chibambo has signed a pre-contract with Egyptian side El Masry. El Masry finished the season on 13th place.
Chibambo has been on the books of Heartland of Nigeria.
Maccabi Tev Aviv’s Zambian striker Emmanuel Mayuka is also believed to be in Switzerland tying up a deal at Young Boys though the two clubs are yet to agree a fee which is believed to be over 1 million Euros. Young Boys came second behind FC Basel and will also be competing in Europe’s top club competition.
49 Comments on "Fwayo signs a four year deal at Swiss side FC Basel"
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General on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:25 AM
Good move go go fwayo we are behind you
Jojo on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:30 AM
Brilliant..if we can also have a few defenders playing in europe,we will be a force again…
atlanta,ga on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:36 AM
yes thats waz up class of 2007 u20 will take us very far,unlike the class of 1999 u20 ,we dont even know where all those players have gone ,only andrew sinkala and chintu kampamba are playing competitive soccer ,the rest we dont know.
chamz on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:43 AM
This boy has made us eat humble pie, remembers the reports on this blog that he was drinking Chibuku in Kalingalinga? Mayuka must also go. These boys are young and I am sure they will end up in France. Pity Mbola and Kalaba. Sometimes, I wonder, Kalaba moving from Europe to SA? Do you guys now that the Maliga from Kenya at Inter was in Sweden like Isaac but he ended up at Parma now Inter while Isaac is back at Orlando.
Alexander Liwana,RSA on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:46 AM
That is what is expected of many of our players.Zambian players should ply their trade in Europe and not here in South Africa.South African league is very inferior even within African continent.I am surprised to hear that players like Isaac Chansa and Rainford Kalaba are opting to come here in South Africa when they can play in European leagues.Bravo Mayuka and Fwayo.
Georgia Russia on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:51 AM
wow wow,,am really inspired,we almost lost this boys but am glad he put all bits and pieces together and hes gotten himself a good contract,congrats fwayo and hope to see you in the champion league.
Alex on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:52 AM
Thats the way to go boys and Weelee.
jg on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:58 AM
Am a gud fun of Man U but if it happens that fwayo’s team plays against MAN U in the champions league, am pretty sure i can forget man u for fwayo..!! go man we behind you, but dnt ever forget to come back for chrismass tourneyments in john leing, they helped you rediscover your talent ..!! all the best MAN.!
Spaks on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:00 PM
Thats what i call positive critism, and you should be proud that you did it because your outcry was one of the reasons he reconsidered his decision and well all is well that ends well. Way to go Fwayo
Ba Muzo on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:05 PM
Great. At some point the story was sad for Fwayo. I had even made overtures to see him when he was here in Lusaka on that long break. Now, no hide and seek.
Fwayo Tembo is a terrific talent. This should be the beginning of big things for the boy.
I have always said Zambia is awash with talent. It is how it is managed that matters.
Congratulations Fwayo. Tiye nayo manje go go forward kulibe kubwelela kubuyo manje! Am so excited.
Hope Mayuka’s move goes through soon enough as well. As for SignsWonders Chibambo, work hard and do a ‘Fwayo’ from North Africa. From what I saw of the behaviour of the Algerian club Setif players on their Cameroun import Francis Ambane, I have misgivings.
Anyway, Egypt is different from Algeria, afterall Fwayo has succeeded in Tunisia.
Mario on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:07 PM
@atlanta,ga
I hope the 2007 U20s will reach their peak for the national team in a few years. If you look at Honduras who Zambia beat 4-3 in the 1999 U20 World Cup, they have come through and qualified to the World Cup. It looks as though it takes 8-10 years for top youth teams to have an impact on the national scene. Examples are Greece (R/U Euro U21 1998, Euro 2004 champions), Spain (Winner World U20, Winner Euro 2008).
1 whom knows on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:11 PM
The real transfer fee of Tembo is 550000 EURO not 2 Million… Anyway good move
enock simukonde on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:17 PM
Thumbs up to the young fwayo and i pray the hot mayuka will also land his deal. Zambia certainly deserves better representation in the top leagues of europe. I hope someone is working on something to get our TP contigent into europe also. This is great news for the nation. All the best chipolopolo as you take on Chile!!!!!
Anonymous on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:22 PM
Gud to c that the young man has finally broken into the euro league, luks like our glory days are slowly returning, ba General, i have registerd at myp2p, how do i get to see the match, i only see an option for soccer chat
chamz on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:27 PM
I think age cheating is affecting Zambia. I think only Chintu and Sinks are still active 4 Zambia. I heard that Gerald the Barca defender was in the U-20 team in Canada?
Vincent Numbwa on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:28 PM
Good news indeed for Fwayo, I hope Mayuka also clinches a deal . Swiss clubs are better clubs clubs to have our lads noticed by Europe’s big clubs.
Anonymous on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:28 PM
luks like our frontline is sorted, we are really spoilt for choice in the likes of Chama boy, Mayuka, fwayo, Manadanda (singuluma), Jacob, chris, ba Mupa, jetli, the list is endless, and this is pue quality
Georgia Russia on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:34 PM
yes he was along with grenaro from madrid
D'dama on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:37 PM
Positive move Fwayo,kip on working hard,be focussed and learn from the likes of Jacob Mulenga.
Georgia Russia on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:37 PM
age cheating is real and its destroying our soccer development,remeber our 99 boys who went to the world cup in nigeria,how many are playing soccer activley,none,i expected our boys who went to canada to make it to under 23,but as it is only a few are playing active soccer,we need to fight age cheating
Logic on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:42 PM
Rainford Kalaba should feel very foolish because the same North Africa he dissed has opened up a huge door for Fwayo. It was only a few months ago that we jumped on Fwayo for wasting his talent in the compounds but luckily, he came back to his senses and look where that has led him. Kalaba should not think kicking back in Ndola will do this for him.. Humility my friend.To Fwayo and others like him, I say congratulations on this very great personal and national achievement. Keep on making us proud.
Tombolilo on Wed, 26th May 2010 12:53 PM
now who is telling us the truth..Zamfoot, can you clarify? but its good theyoung boy has moved to Switzerland..better paltform for him than South Africa..
Man ceasor on Wed, 26th May 2010 1:02 PM
its gud fwayo has dis deal coz age is catchin up wt him,i ustand he is 21 or is he also cheatin?
chiti chitundu on Wed, 26th May 2010 1:03 PM
good move the guy… its possible to pick up as a player and bury your past and move on. good luck for him
Lusakan Gigolo on Wed, 26th May 2010 1:05 PM
Here are 20 minutes of Fwayo, from a rough diamond to an almost finished and polished gem….enjoy!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd716u_tembo-fwayo_sport
ROK on Wed, 26th May 2010 1:11 PM
In a way, our ‘jumping on Fwayo’ has made him achieve what he has just achieved. So let us not relent. When a player or administrator is doing something that is obviously wrong, let us bravely critice and where possible, come up with possible solutions. We all learn from our mistakes but then there are those who are determined not to learn from their mistakes.
I am worried about parents who quickly defend wrongs being done by their sons. They may think they are defending them only to realise they are accelerating their exit from stardom.
Magic on Wed, 26th May 2010 1:24 PM
Good stuff, the prospect of Fwayo and Mayuka playing Champions League football is great. Hope they will be regulars and use it as a spring board to better teams. Keep it up.
kuku on Wed, 26th May 2010 3:18 PM
Isaac Chansa back at Orlando Pirates makes me feel sick: Maybe i overrated him.
Here we are Fwayo was underrated and he has risen to prove his critics wrong. I am happy for him, and the prospects of our football look better going forward.
Matafwali on Wed, 26th May 2010 3:19 PM
This is great news. Certainly, this is not where we thought he was going to end up just a few months ago. But I’m glad he turned it around. I hope the other players will be motivated by his actions. I hope Mayuka secures a transfer as well.
By the way, I like the new look ba Zamfoot! Keep up the good work.
gb on Wed, 26th May 2010 3:24 PM
Ba justice said it in one of the blogs although he was just thinking aloud. Where are you justice, any comment?
Positive thinking ..aka Awe on Wed, 26th May 2010 3:25 PM
This is just awesome!!! Thank goodness Fwayo has made his big move. With hard work our players can acheive anything. Good luck in Switzerland and score many goals my dear brother… we will see you in the chipolopolo shirt soon enough.
Class of 2007 is going to be the backbone of Zed football: Clifford Mulenga, Stophilla Sunzu, Fwayo Tembo, Mayuka, Dennis Banda, Nyambe Mulenga, Sebastien Mwansa, and Justine Zulu. This is the future right here and who knows maybe some of the other guys might also start to bloom. I have no fears for 2012 or 2014 anymore, all we need is a technical bench with vision and thanks to George Lwandamina for unearthing these youngsters you deserve honourable mention sir… only you and Patrick Phiri have taken Zambia to the world cup, and you having taken us past the group phase… let us rinse and repeat at the senior level
Kopala on Wed, 26th May 2010 3:43 PM
Guys let us be positive towards our players, off courese we do not expect all of them to tell their right age but i belive most of them do. We have poor medicle facilities and off coupled with poor medical facilities which make our players retire prematurely and off course our poor disciplinery record. Even in Europe most players playing well now were not god enough for their countries under 20 , under 23 even the under 17 teams , but today they are playing for their respective national teams and will be in South Africa. Most of our players are as old as they are saying off course not all of them.
Dinamo becomes KR on Wed, 26th May 2010 3:59 PM
Iam happy for Fwayo,just a few months of commitment the lad has found himself at FC Basel.I hope this also happens to hardworking Mayuka in the next few hours or days.To the other lads the sky is the limit if only you remain focused.Congrats Fwayo.
ZAMFOOT,the site really looks good and please big up for your efforts.
To my fellow bloggers,for the past two years plus my ID has been DINAMO derived from my beloved Ndeke based Power Dynamos FC where I was introduced to our beautiful game.The idea was to make the DINAMO noise as a way of promoting my team.Today my ID becomes my initials KR but Istill remain a full time DINAMO fan for life.CHEERS
isaac malukutu on Wed, 26th May 2010 4:28 PM
Fwayo Tembo is reaping from his hard work.Some time back we were busy condemning the boy because of his bad altitudes but now the boy has shown us some maturity.Congratulations Fwayo ,we are proud of you.
DaMwiinger on Wed, 26th May 2010 5:11 PM
This is good for Zambian football. I like the new look site. Well done!!!!!
JOHN on Wed, 26th May 2010 5:41 PM
i am so proud of this…
Mabbwana on Wed, 26th May 2010 6:03 PM
Ili che!
Tm jics on Wed, 26th May 2010 7:08 PM
I thought i was on the wrong site. Good look anyway and keep it up Zamfoot.
Jeremiah on Wed, 26th May 2010 7:34 PM
Good4 fwayo and zamfoot da site looks good,amazing.
Kayz on Wed, 26th May 2010 7:38 PM
ZAMFOOT Angola is with you ……..we will be with you all through out. I really like the New outlook of this site. Keep the good job. I like all the developments going on in Zambian football.
G.M on Wed, 26th May 2010 8:48 PM
yeah!!yeah!! the zamfooot outlook gets thumbs up. I hope news coverage will also improved too.
Mike on Wed, 26th May 2010 9:56 PM
hello together, I am a real FC Basel Fan from switzerland. I wish Fwayo Tembo a good start in Basel. in Switzerland`s “Axpo Super League” shall a good football played. Switzerland is a springboard in a europe top league (Germany, England, Italy, Spain, France)! All FC BASEL Fans wish that the FCB the sudden in the Champions League succeed…..:-) The FCB is the best club in switzerland and has the mostet fans in Swiss. a home game of FCBASEL has 20000 – 24000 audience. watch http://www.fcb.ch or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VTvXYhDbug or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlHlKvnGG1Q or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJYg02Ny2w or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjy81AEerOA best greetings from swiss
Tetman on Wed, 26th May 2010 11:27 PM
This boy is a quality player, awesome holding on to the ball. Needs to polish on crossing and goal attacking. Well, that’s why Europe’s there, to teach and polish up skills. Ba Zambia give him more play time your wings are covered with Jonas. My brother Lusaka Gigolo, thank you for the link.
Chindyman on Thu, 27th May 2010 12:04 AM
This is good news guys lets pray for more of our boys to go. Where is B.Y. Mwila’s son Yorum?
Mushani on Thu, 27th May 2010 1:11 AM
big up!
vinkubala on Thu, 27th May 2010 7:56 AM
Congratulations Zamfoot for give this wonderful site ouf ours a nice facelift. Let the comments flow in. Bravo!
Sibs on Thu, 27th May 2010 10:24 AM
Way to go Fwayo !!
Big Steve from SA on Thu, 27th May 2010 1:33 PM
Fwayo Tembo in Europe, this is amazing for Zambian football. And to top it all off not to some second division team but to one of the best teams in the league. Now that is progress, that is advancement. This will now sound cliche but I have to say it, Rainford look at your friends and just begin to start thinking for a second.
Zamfoot thanx for the new face on the site
Muli on Sat, 29th May 2010 9:56 PM
Am hapi 4 de 2 guyz