Richard Mwanza (5 May 1959 − 27 April 1993) was a
Zambian
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 le ...
and member of the
national team. He was among those killed in the
crash of the team plane in
Gabon in 1993.
"Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"
Career
Mwanza played club football for Kabwe Warriors F.C.
Kabwe Warriors is a Zambian football club based in Kabwe that plays in the Zambian Premier League. They play their home games at Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu 107 Stadium in Kabwe.
They are the second most successful club in Zambia in terms of trophies ...
Mwanza made several appearances for the Zambia national football team and participated in the 1992 African Cup of Nations
The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Senegal. The field expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three; the top two teams in ea ...
finals. He also played for Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in Seoul.
References
External links
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Biography
at Sports-reference.com
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1959 births
1993 deaths
Zambian men's footballers
Zambia men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Zambia
1992 African Cup of Nations players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Footballers killed in the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash
Kabwe Warriors F.C. players
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