Kazadi Mwamba

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Kazadi Mwamba
Personal information
Full name Robert Kazadi Mwamba
Date of birth (1947-03-06)6 March 1947
Place of birth Élisabethville, Belgian Congo
Date of death 1998
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
TP Mazembe
National team
1968–1980 Zaire[1] 40 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Robert Kazadi Mwamba[2] (6 March 1947 – 1998[3]) was a goalkeeper who played for TP Mazembe and Zaire. He was named the Player of the Tournament when Congo won the 1968 African Cup of Nations and followed this up with another victory in the 1974 African Cup of Nations where he was named to the Team of the Tournament.

At the 1974 FIFA World Cup, in a group game involving the Leopards and Yugoslavia, Kazadi conceded three goals in the first 20 minutes and was substituted by his Yugoslavian coach, Blagoje Vidinić.

He appeared in two 1982 World Cup qualifying matches; a 5–2 win over Mozambique on 13 July 1980 and a 3–2 win over Madagascar on 21 December 1980.

Kazadi was voted the IFFHS Keeper of the Century for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2000.[4]

He was the cousin of fellow footballer Bwanga Tshimen.[5]

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References[]

  1. ^ Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Archived copy". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Arruda, Marcelo Leme de (21 January 2000). "IFFHS' Players and Keepers of the Century for many countries". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  5. ^ "World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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