Samuel Chomba (5 January 1964 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian

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who played as a defender. He was a member of the Zambia 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

Chomba played club football for Kabwe Warriors. Chomba made several appearances for the Zambia national team and participated in the

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and

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.

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Biography
at Sports-reference.com 1964 births 1993 deaths Zambian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Zambia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Zambia Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1990 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Gabon Footballers killed in the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash {{Zambia-footy-bio-stub