Samuel Chomba

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Samuel Chomba
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-01-05)5 January 1964
Place of birth Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
Date of death 27 April 1993(1993-04-27) (aged 29)
Place of death Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 Nkana Red Devils
1988–1982 Kabwe Warriors
1993 Dynamos
International career
1988–1993 Zambia 20 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Chomba (5 January 1964 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer 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.[1]

Career

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Chomba played club football for Kabwe Warriors.

Chomba made several appearances for the Zambia national team and participated in the 1990 and 1992 African Cup of Nations finals. He also played for Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 25 April 1993.
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Zambia 1988 3 0
1989 0 0
1990 1 0
1991 4 1
1992 8 1
1993 5 0
Total 20 2
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chomba goal.
List of international goals scored by Samuel Chomba
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 27 November 1991 Mbale Municipal Stadium, Mbale, Uganda 8 Error creating thumbnail:  Zanzibar 3–2 3–2 1991 CECAFA Cup [2]
2. 17 November 1992 CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania 15 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 1992 CECAFA Cup [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day" Archived 12 January 2005 at the Wayback Machine
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  • Samuel ChombaFIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Samuel Chomba at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Biography at Sports-reference.com

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