Fwayo Tembo

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Fwayo Tembo
Personal information
Full name Fwayo Tembo
Date of birth (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Right midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lusaka Dynamos
Youth career
Edusport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 National Assembly
2008–2010 Étoile Sahel 19 (8)
2010–2012 FC Basel 30 (2)
2012 → Étoile Sahel (loan) 5 (0)
2012–2015 Astra Giurgiu 45 (7)
2015–17 Power Dynamos
2016 → Hapoel Ra'anana (loan) 2 (0)
2018– Lusaka Dynamos
National team‡
2007 Zambia U20
2008– Zambia[1] 24 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:47, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Fwayo Tembo (born 2 May 1989) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder for Lusaka Dynamos.

Football career[]

Basel[]

Tembo was born in Lusaka, Zambia. On 29 May 2010, he joined FC Basel from Étoile Sportive du Sahel for a reported fee of €1.2 million.[2] He made his debut on 20 July 2010 in the 3–2 home win against FC Zürich.[3] He scored his first goal for the club on 14 August during the 1–4 home defeat against FC Luzern.[4] He scored another goal from the penalty spot on 10 April 2011 in the away draw against BSC Young Boys in the Stade de Suisse.[5] At the end of the 2009–10 season the Zambian won the Swiss Super League.

Racist incident[]

Fwayo Tembo left FC Basel after he accused club coach Thorsten Fink of making racist remarks towards him during a training session. Fink is reported to have told a collaborator to "get the monkey down from the tree."[6]

Astra Giurgiu[]

In the summer of 2012, he signed a contract with the Romanian side Astra Giurgiu.[7]

Power Dynamos[]

He joined Power Dynamos on a two-year deal on Monday 4 April 2016 and made his debut on Saturday 9 April coming on off the bench at Arthur Davies Stadium in the second half for teammate Luka Lungu in a match Power went on to win 1–0.[8][citation needed]

He left Power Dynamos during the mid-season transfer window to join Lusaka Dynamos.[9][citation needed]

International career[]

Tembo played for the national team in the 2007 African Youth Championship. He was the topscorer of the competition with 5 goals.[10]

He played for the Zambia national under-20 football team during the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup[11] in Canada, scoring a goal from the penalty spot in the game against Jordan national under-20 football team on 1 July 2007.[12]

Fwayo Tembo played for the Zambia national football team at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana.

International goals[]

Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.[13]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 September 2010 Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe, Zambia  Comoros 2–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours[]

Basel

Zambia

  • African Youth Championship Top Scorer: 2007

References[]

  1. ^ Fwayo Tembo at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ "The Post Newspapers Zambia – Angry Fwayo declines interview". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  3. ^ Meister, Remo (2010). "Match Report: FCB – FCZ" (in German). FCB homepage. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  4. ^ Meister, Remo (2010). "Match Report: FCB – FC Luzern" (in German). FCB homepage. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  5. ^ Meister, Remo (2011). "Spektakel und ein 3:3 im Wankdorf". FCB homepage. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Fotbalistul dorit de Becali a regresat în carieră după ce a fost victima rasismului: "Jos cu maimuţa din copac!"". gsp.ro (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Astra, what a business!". ProSport. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Advanced Search Summarization | Online Knowledge". Plex.page. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Zambia : Kelvin Mubanga says he's committed to Power Dynamos". LusakaTimes.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  10. ^ "African U-20 Championship 2007". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  11. ^ Fwayo Tembo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  12. ^ Fifa (2007). "Match Report: Jordan -Zambia". Fifa. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  13. ^ "Monteiro, Dário". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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