Samuel Chomba
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Nkana Red Devils | ||
| 1988–1982 | Kabwe Warriors | ||
| 1993 | Dynamos | ||
| International career | |||
| 1988–1993 | Zambia | 20 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
[edit]Chomba played club football for Kabwe Warriors.
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.
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 25 April 1993.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chomba goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 November 1991 | Mbale Municipal Stadium, Mbale, Uganda | 8 |  Zanzibar
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3–2 | 3–2 | 1991 CECAFA Cup | [2] |
| 2. | 17 November 1992 | CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania | 15 |  Ethiopia
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1992 CECAFA Cup | [3] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day" Archived 12 January 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Zambia vs. Zanzibar 1991-11-27". National Football Teams.
- ^ "Zambia vs. Ethiopia 1992-11-17". National Football Tea,s.
External links
[edit]- Samuel Chomba – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Samuel Chomba at National-Football-Teams.com
- Biography at Sports-reference.com
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- Zambian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Zambia men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for 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
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