John Maduka (born 27 September 1970 in

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) is a retired

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. He used to play for

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until his retirement in 2009. He is currently the head coach of Durban, Chartswoth based club Royal AM F.C.

Career

John Maduka started his football career at 16. He played for his school Lilongwe Boys Primary School when his talent was spotted by Davie Saccur; coach and owner of Davie Cosmos. While playing for Davie Cosmos and Lilongwe Boys Primary School, in 1992 he attracted interest of Silver strikers and Mighty

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. John opted for Silver Strikers as he did not want to leave his home town of Lilongwe. He last played for

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, as a

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. Maduka debuted for

in a 0–4 loss against

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in 1991. He has since made close to 90 appearances for ''The Flames''. He also played South African based team club Bloemfontein Celtic where he spent 5 years and made 118 appearances before retiring in 2009. He was the assistant coach at the club with Steve Komphela being the head coach and became coach of Bloemfontein Celtic in July 2020.

Clubs

*2004–2009

118 apps, 6 goals *2003 Zulu Royals 25 apps, 1 goal *1997–2003

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196 apps, 33 goals *1997

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0 apps. *1995

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(on loan) 5 apps. *1992–1996

Silver Strikers Silver Strikers Football Club is a Malawian professional football club based in Lilongwe, currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football. The club was founded in 1977 as a social team for Reserve Bank of Malawi ...

139 apps, 39 goals *1992–1996 Black Aces *1989–1992 Davie Cosmos

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* 1970 births Living people People from Thyolo District Malawian men's footballers Bush Bucks F.C. players Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. players Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Strindheim IL players Malawian expatriate men's footballers Eliteserien players Malawian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Malawian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Men's association football midfielders Silver Strikers FC players Malawi men's international footballers Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. managers {{Malawi-footy-bio-stub