Aggrey Chiyangi (born 5 June 1964) is a Zambian former

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player and current manager of Green Eagles.

Club career

Born in

Kitwe Kitwe is the third largest city in terms of infrastructure development (after Lusaka and Ndola) and second largest city in terms of size and population (after Lusaka) in Zambia. With a population of 517,543 (''2010 census provisional'') Kitwe is ...

, Chiyangi attended

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, playing for the school team. Upon leaving school, Chiyangi signed for Power Dynamos, playing for the club between 1984 and 1997.

International career

Chiyangi made his debut for

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on 23 May 1993, in a 1–0 loss against

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. On 11 July 1993, Chiyangi scored his first, and only, goal for Zambia in a 3–0 win against

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. In total, Chiyangi made 28 appearances for Zambia, scoring once.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

Following his playing career, Chiyangi moved into management, managing

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, Power Dynamos,

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as well as

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club Lobtrans Gunners. In March 2014, Chiyangi was appointed manager of Zanaco. In 2015, Chiyangi joined

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as manager, before his sacking in January 2017. In June 2017, Chiyangi was named manager of Green Eagles. Between 2019 and 2020, Chiyangi was caretaker manager of the Zambian national team.

References

1964 births Sportspeople from Kitwe Living people Men's association football defenders Zambian men's footballers Zambia men's international footballers Zambian football managers Power Dynamos F.C. players 1994 African Cup of Nations players 1996 African Cup of Nations players Zambia Super League players Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Botswana Zambian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Botswana Zambia national football team managers {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub