Samuel Chomba
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 5 January 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) | ||
| Date of death | 27 April 1993 (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
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[]
Choma played club football for Kabwe Warriors before moving to Nkana Red Devils in Kitwe[2]
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.
References[]
- ^ "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day" Archived 12 January 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Twee gestorwenes het vir klubs in SA gespeel" [Two dead played for clubs in SA] (in Afrikaans). Die Burger Laaste. 29 April 1993.
External links[]
- Samuel Chomba – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Samuel Chomba at National-Football-Teams.com
- Biography at Sports-reference.com
1990 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament | |
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| Goalkeepers | |
| Defenders | |
| Midfielders | |
| Forwards | |
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- 1964 births
- 1993 deaths
- Zambian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Zambia international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Zambia
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 1990 African Cup of Nations players
- 1992 African Cup of Nations players
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Gabon
- Footballers killed in the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash
- Zambian football biography stubs