Rainford Kalaba (born 14 August 1986) is a Zambian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Kalaba was born in

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. He signed a five-year contract with

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side

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in April 2008. In October 2013, due to a disagreement between their club TP Mazembe and the Zambian Football Association over international call-ups, Kalaba and two other players (

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and Stoppila Sunzu) were the subject of a Zambian arrest warrant. All three players later had their passports confiscated by Zambian immigration authorities, before being pardoned by the Zambian government. He made his 100th international appearance against

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in June 2017 but was substituted in a 1–0 defeat and was in the opinion of national team manager

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too hasty to return to the dressing room rather than watch his teammates and needed to be disciplined. He was not chosen in the squads for the 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against

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and

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in autumn 2017.

International goals

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

Honours

ZESCO United * Primera Division de Zambia: 2007 *

Zambian Cup According to records from the RSSSF, there were many association football cup competitions organized in Zambia since 1962, some of which are the Independence Cup, the Zambian Challenge Cup (both organized in 1961), the Champion of Champions Cup ( ...

: 2006 TP Mazembe *

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, 2012,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

, 2013–14, 2015–16 *

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup (also known as African Super Cup or for sponsorship reasons TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup) is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

Zambia *

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

References

External links

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TP Mazembe Profile
1986 births Living people People from Kitwe Zambian footballers Zambia international footballers Zambian expatriate footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players Association football midfielders 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Gil Vicente F.C. players S.C. Braga players U.D. Leiria players TP Mazembe players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players ZESCO United F.C. players Expatriate footballers in France Zambian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Portugal Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo FIFA Century Club {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub

Career

International goals

Honours

See also

References

External links