James Chamanga

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James Chamanga
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-02-02) 2 February 1980 (age 46)
Place of birth Luanshya, Zambia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Red Arrows
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Makumbi Stars
2002–2003 City of Lusaka
2003–2004 National Assembly
2005 → Zanaco (loan) 27 (10)
2005–2006 Bush Bucks 24 (7)
2006–2007 Supersport United 23 (8)
2007–2008 Moroka Swallows 21 (14)
2008–2012 Dalian Shide 121 (30)
2013–2018 Liaoning Whowin 102 (40)
2019– Red Arrows
International career
2005–2015 Zambia 58 (17)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2018

James Chamanga (born 2 February 1980) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Red Arrows.

Club career

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Chamanga's goal against the South Africa national team earned him his first move abroad as the then South African Premier Soccer League side Bush Bucks signed him in 2005. After Bush Bucks were relegated in 2006, he signed with Supersport United where he was the club's top goalscorer for the 2006–07 season.

Chamanga scored a record-breaking five goals for Swallows in a 6–2 league win against Platinum Stars on 9 December 2007. This included a hat-trick between the 20th and the 24th minute.

In April 2008, Chamanga moved to Chinese Super League club Dalian Shide, after he scored 14 goals in ABSA Premier League for Moroka Swallows in the previous season.[1]

On 6 May 2012, Chamanga made his 100th league appearance for Dalian in a 4–1 home win against Tianjin Teda. He scored a hat-trick in this match.

He scored 14 goals for Liaoning Whowin in 2016 Chinese Super League, tied second on the scorers' ranking table.[2] He renewed his contract with Liaoning Whowin until 2018.

Chamanga suffered serious shoulder injuriy and fractured ribs when challenging for a header during the match against Guizhou Hengfeng on 8 July 2017,[3] but he recovered and decided to stay with team after its relegation to the China League One.

On 6 July 2018, Liaoning Whowin announced that Chamanga would no longer playing for the team, but would participate in team management instead, indicating his retirement.[4]

At the end of March 2019, Chamanga came out of retirement and signed a three-month contract with Red Arrows in Zambia.[5]

International career

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Chamanga made his international debut on 26 February 2005 against Botswana and five months later he scored his first international goal in the COSAFA Cup semifinal against South Africa.

He was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team which finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He netted Zambia's opener against Sudan (2008 African Nations Cup) in the Chipolopolo's 3–0 win. Chamanga also scored Zambia's first goal at the 2006 African Nations Cup against Tunisia.

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 August 2005 Mafikeng, South Africa  South Africa 1–0 2–2 (9–8 p) 2005 COSAFA Cup
2. 22 January 2006 Alexandria, Egypt  Tunisia 1–0 1–4 2006 Africa Cup of Nations
3. 23 July 2006 Windhoek, Namibia File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles 1–0 2–0 2006 COSAFA Cup
4. 3 September 2006 N'Djamena, Chad File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad 1–0 2–0 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5. 22 January 2008 Kumasi, Ghana File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 1–0 3–0 2008 Africa Cup of Nations
6. 21 November 2009 Lusaka, Zambia File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 1–0 4–1 Friendly
7. 2–0
8. 3–0
9. 21 January 2010 Benguela, Angola File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 2–0 2–1 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
10. 5 September 2010 Chililabombwe, Zambia File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 3–0 4–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11. 27 March 2011 Maputo, Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 1–0 2–0
12. 4 February 2012 Bata, Equatorial Guinea File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 3–0 3–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

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Zambia

References

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  5. ^ Red Arrows Sign James Chamanga On 3months Deal, zambianfootballnews.com, 27 March 2019
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