Nchimunya Mweetwa (born March 22, 1984) is a

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for

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Career

Mweetwa began his career whilst still at high school, with his Choma based school being a feeder club for local second division club Kabibya United. After playing for Medical Stars,

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, Kitwe United and

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in Zambia, Mweetwa went on trial with Finnish

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club

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, eventually signing with them. During his first season with RoPS, Mweetwa scored 17 goals in 24 games, which included a run of scoring 1 goal in 12 consecutive games. Mweetwa's second season was cut short by a serious knee injury. In the 2010

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season Mweetwa made dramatic come-back with total of 13 goals in 23 games, of which in 13 he was in the starting line-up. He was the top scorer for RoPS and according to local newspaper Lapin Kansa, he received three offers from foreign clubs outside Finland. In August 2014, Mweetwa was named as one of three foreign players for

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's 2014–15 Uganda Super League season. In September 2015, Mweetwa received a work permit to join

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club

Match fixing

On 24 March 2011, Mweetwa and seven other RoPS players,

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, Chileshe Chibwe, Francis Kombe, Stephen Kunda, Christopher Musonda, Chanda Mwaba,

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and

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were all arrested and taken into custody on match-fixing charges. In July 2011, Mweetwa received a suspended jail sentence for his part in the match fixing scandal. On 30 April 2012, Chibanga, Chibwe, Kunda, Musonda, Mwaba, Nchimunya and Mweetwa were all banned from football by

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until 5 April 2013.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 1 October 2005''

References

External links

*
at rops.fi
*
at veikkausliiga.com
1984 births Living people Footballers from Lusaka Zambian men's footballers Zambia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Ndola United F.C. players Kitwe United F.C. players ZESCO United F.C. players Rovaniemen Palloseura players NAPSA Stars F.C. players SC Villa players Nico United players Zambia Super League players Veikkausliiga players Zambian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Finland {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub