Fashion Sakala
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Junior Fashion Sakala | ||
Date of birth | 14 March 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Chipata, Zambia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Nchanga Rangers | 40 | (23) |
2016–2017 | Zanaco | 23 | (11) |
2017–2018 | Spartak Moscow | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 35 | (10) |
2018–2021 | Oostende | 80 | (24) |
2021– | Rangers | 23 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Zambia U20 | 10 | (7) |
2017– | Zambia | 17 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:42, 13 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021 |
Junior Fashion Sakala (born 14 March 1997) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Zambia national team.
Club career[]
Early career[]
In February 2017, Sakala signed a three-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow which was expected to run to 30 June 2020. He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 23 March 2017 in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad.[1]
On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year contract with the Belgian club Oostende.[2]
Rangers[]
On 4 May 2021, with his Oostende contract due to expire in the summer, Sakala signed a pre-contract agreement with Scottish Premiership club Rangers on a four-year deal.[3] On 31 July, he made his official debut in a 3–0 win over Livingston in the league.[4] On 31 October, he scored his first hat-trick for Rangers in a 6–1 league victory over Motherwell.[5]
International career[]
Sakala made his debut for the senior Zambia national team on 2 September 2017 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria and was sent off for two bookings in the 56th minute. He also featured for the Zambia under-20 team that won the 2017 edition of the Afcon, scoring three goals. Sakala made the under-20 team that featured in the World Cup and were knocked out in the quarter-finals, scoring four goals in the tournament.[6]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 13 March 2022[7]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
KV Oostende | 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 9[a] | 2 | 38 | 6 | ||
2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 30 | 9 | ||||
2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5[b] | 3 | 34 | 16 | |||
Total | 80 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 102 | 31 | ||
Rangers | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | — | 36 | 10 | |
Career total | 103 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 138 | 41 |
- ^ Appearances in Belgian UEFA Europa League play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Belgian Europe play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
International[]
- Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sakala goal.[8]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 19 June 2019 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 1–4 | Friendly |
2 | 10 October 2021 | National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia | Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 13 November 2021 | National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia | Mauritania | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 3–0 | |||||
5 | 4–0 | |||||
6 | 16 November 2021 | Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, Tunisia | Tunisia | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours[]
Zanaco
Zambia U20
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations: 2017[7]
- COSAFA U-20 Cup: 2016[9]
References[]
- ^ "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 23 March 2017.
- ^ "NIEUWE AANVALLER: FASHION JUNIOR SAKALA" (in Dutch). K.V. Oostende. 9 July 2018.
- ^ Sked, Joel (4 May 2021). "Rangers confirm signing of pacey Fashion Sakala on four-year deal". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Aribo returns and Sakala makes Premiership debut in Rangers win over Livingston". Goal. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Motherwell 1-6 Rangers". BBC Sport. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Zambia-Algeria game report". FIFA. 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
- ^ a b "F. Sakala". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Fashion Sakala". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "FULLTIME – COSAFA U20: South Africa 1 Zambia 2 – Final". Retrieved 6 July 2021.
External links[]
- Fashion Sakala at Soccerway
- Fashion Sakala at National-Football-Teams.com
- Living people
- 1997 births
- People from Chipata District
- Zambian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Zambia international footballers
- Zambia youth international footballers
- Zambia under-20 international footballers
- 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations players
- Zambia Super League players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Nchanga Rangers F.C. players
- Zanaco F.C. players
- FC Spartak-2 Moscow players
- K.V. Oostende players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Zambian expatriate footballers
- Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Zambian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- Zambian football biography stubs