Nchimunya Mweetwa

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Nchimunya Mweetwa
Personal information
Full name Nchimunya Abishai Mweetwa[1]
Date of birth (1984-03-22) March 22, 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999
2003
2004
2005 Kitwe United
2006 Zesco United
2007–2010 RoPS 73 (34)
2013–2014 NAPSA Stars
2014–2015 SC Villa
2015– Nico United
National team
2005 Zambia 3 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2018

Nchimunya Mweetwa (born March 22, 1984) is a Zambian football Striker for Nico United.

Career[]

Mweetwa began his career whilst still at high school, with his Choma based school being a feeder club for local second division club .[2]

After playing for , , Kitwe United and Zesco United in Zambia, Mweetwa went on trial with Finnish Veikkausliiga club RoPS, eventually signing with them.[2] During his first season with RoPS, Mweetwa scored 17 goals in 24 games, which included a run of scoring 1 goal in 12 consecutive games. Mweetwa's second season was cut short by a serious knee injury.[2]

In the 2010 Ykkönen season Mweetwa made dramatic come-back with total of 13 goals in 23 games, of which in 13 he was in the starting line-up. He was the top scorer for RoPS and according to local newspaper Lapin Kansa, he received three offers from foreign clubs outside Finland.[3]

In August 2014, Mweetwa was named as one of three foreign players for SC Villa's 2014–15 Uganda Super League season.[4]

In September 2015, Mweetwa received a work permit to join Botswana Premier League club Nico United.[5]

Match Fixing[]

On 24 March 2011, Mweetwa and seven other RoPS players, Godfrey Chibanga, Chileshe Chibwe, , Stephen Kunda, Christopher Musonda, Chanda Mwaba, and were all arrested and taken into custody on match-fixing charges.[2][6] In July 2011, Mweetwa received a suspended jail sentence for his part in the match fixing scandal.[7] On 30 April 2012, Chibanga, Chibwe, Kunda, Musonda, Mwaba, Nchimunya and Mweetwa were all banned from football by FIFA until 5 April 2013.[8][9]

Career statistics[]

International[]

Zambia national team
Year Apps Goals
2005 3 3
Total 3 3

Statistics accurate as of match played 1 October 2005[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Nchimunya Mweetwa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "An interview with a match-fixer: the Nchimunya Mweetwa story". thesefootballtimes.co. These Football Times. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. ^ http://www.rops.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2026:mweetwa-valjasti-ropsille-pitkaet-nousujuhlat-liigaan&catid=38:edustusjoukkue&Itemid=188 {fi}
  4. ^ "25 players Unveiled at SC Villa for 2014/15 Season". kawowo.com/. Kawowo. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Nico United's Zambian duo receive work permits". botswanapremierleague.com/. Botswana Premier League. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Keskiviikko päivistä synkin". rops.fi/ (in Finnish). RoPS. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Zambian players spared jail in Finland fixing scandal". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Fifa bans Zambian match fixers in Finland scandal". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Zambian FA confirms Fifa playing ban for match-fixers". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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