Felix Katongo (born 18 April 1984) is a

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...

n professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Green Buffaloes Green Buffaloes Football Club is a Zambia Army-sponsored football team which was founded in 1965 as Zambian Army and later changed to Green Buffaloes FC. Green Buffaloes is one of the most successful club in the history of Zambian football and dom ...

. Between 2004 and 2016, he made 68 FIFA-official appearances scoring 5 goals for the Zambia national team. His older brother Christopher was also an international player.

Club career

Born in

Mufulira Mufulira, is a town in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Mufulira means "Place of Abundance and Peace". The town developed around the Mufulira Copper Mine in the 1930s. The town also serves as the administrative capital of Mufulira District. ...

, Katongo has played club football in Zambia, South Africa, Angola, France and Libya for Butondo Western Tigers,

Forest Rangers ''The Forest Rangers'' is a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1965. It was a co-production between CBC Television and ITC Entertainment and was Canada's first television show produced in colour. Executive producer Maxine Samue ...

, Jomo Cosmos, Petro Atlético, Rennes B, LB Châteauroux,

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football ...

and

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

. Katongo's career in Libya was cut short by the 2011 Libyan civil war, which saw the Zambian government sending a plane to rescue him. In June 2014, he moved to the Egyptian side Al Ittihad on a three-year deal.

International career

Katongo made his international debut for

in 2004, and he has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. In January 2012, he was selected to Zambia's 23-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. He was also called up to Zambia's 23-man squad for the

2013 Africa Cup of Nations The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized ...

International goals

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Katongo, Felix 1984 births Living people People from Mufulira Zambian footballers Zambia international footballers Zambian expatriate footballers Zambian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Expatriate footballers in France Stade Rennais F.C. players LB Châteauroux players Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Angola Association football midfielders Expatriate footballers in Angola Zambian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Egypt Ligue 2 players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players Green Buffaloes F.C. players Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Forest Rangers F.C. players Libyan Premier League players