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“He was true to his faith and delivered the results .Ben was an achiever of the highest order”.   These were the words of football associaton of zambia (FAZ) president Teddy mulonga describing the late former zambia and Namibia national soccer team coach Ben ... Full story

RAINFORD KALABA Birthdate: 14 August 1986 Birthplace: Mufulira, Zambia Position: Midfielder Nickname: Genius Appearances: Goals: 1 Current Club: Gil Vicente-loan from Sporting Braga(Portugal) Clubs: Afrisports, Nice(France) Zesco United Honours: 2007 Zambian Player of the Year 2007 KCM/FAZ Golden Boot 2006 Cecafa Cup Winner 2006 Cosafa Cup Winner 2006 & 2008 African Cup of Nations-1st Round With excellent dribbling skills, impressive control and a vicious shot, Rainford Kalaba is rightly held in high esteem by many Chipolopolo and ‘Zescolo’ faithful. But opposition fans in the Zambian Premier league dislike him. Kalaba is one of the most experienced members of the Zambia national soccer team. At just 21, he has been two African Cup of Nations (Egypt 2006 and Ghana 2008). He has won the Cosafa and Cecafa Cups both in 2006. Kalaba started his career at disgruntled 8 times FAZ Premier Division side Mufulira Wanderers which has also produced the likes of Kalusha Bwalya, Charles Musonda, Johnstone Bwalya and Efford Chabala. Full story

Name: Clifford Mulenga Nickname: Diego (Maradona) or The Master Jersey Number: 7 Date of Birth:05/08/1987 Club : Pretoria University Position: Winger Honours: COSAFA Runner Up-2005, CAF African Youth Cup, 2007 FIFA World Youth Cup Individual Honour: 2007 African Young Player of Year It has taken exactly 20 years for a player from Southern Africa to ever claim a CAF award, Clifford Mulenga entered the record books on February 1, 2008 when the young wing wizard was named 2007 CAF African Young Player of the Year. Only Mulenga’s fellow countryman Kalusha Bwalya has won a CAF award before having been named the Best Player of the Year in 1988 when he was playing at Cercle Brugge in Belgium. Full story