Elvis Bryson Kafoteka (born January 17, 1978 in

Lilongwe Lilongwe (, , ) is the capital and most populated city of the African country of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020 that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in th ...

) was a

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an international

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, in 2014 he retired from playing football

Career

Kafoteka began his career with

CIVO United Civil Service United Football Club-Civo (CIVO United), which represents Civil Services, is a Malawian football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players ...

and signed in January 2008 for the

Hong Kong Rangers FC Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. They have won the Hong Kon ...

. After a half year who earned 7 caps for

returned to Malawi and signed with

Super ESCOM ESCOM United is a Malawian football club based in Blantyre. The club was relegated from the Malawi Premier Division in 2012–13. History ESCOM United was founded in 1992 after a merger between two club from Lilongwe and Blantyre of the same comp ...

. He played for

two years and joined in January 2010 to

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n club APR FC.

International career

Kafoteka was a member of the (Malawi national football team) and one of the best right backs Malawi has produced.

Notes

1978 births Living people People from Lilongwe Malawian men's footballers Malawi men's international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Men's association football defenders Hong Kong Rangers FC players Hong Kong First Division League players Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Malawian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Rwanda APR F.C. players Civil Service United FC players ESCOM United FC players {{Malawi-footy-bio-stub