Fashion Sakala

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Fashion Sakala
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Sakala with Spartak-2 Moscow in 2017
Personal information
Full name Junior Fashion Sakala [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Chipata, Zambia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Fayha
Number 17
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Nchanga Rangers
2016–2017 Zanaco
2017–2018 Spartak-2 Moscow 35 (10)
2017–2018 Spartak Moscow 0 (0)
2018–2021 KV Oostende 80 (24)
2021–2023 Rangers 59 (21)
2023– Al-Fayha 27 (14)
International career‡
2017 Zambia U20 10 (7)
2019 Zambia U23 1 (0)
2017– Zambia 32 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:20, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:56, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Junior Fashion Sakala (born 14 March 1997) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Fayha and the Zambia national team.

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Sakala played for Zambian clubs Nchanga Rangers and Zanaco, winning the Zambia Super League in 2016 with the latter. He signed for Spartak Moscow in February 2017. Sakala made no first-team appearances for the club, instead appearing for Spartak-2 Moscow in the second tier of Russian football. He joined Belgian club KV Oostende in July 2018, where he scored 31 goals in 102 appearances over three seasons. He joined Rangers on a free transfer in 2021, where he won the Scottish Cup and scored 24 goals in 91 appearances.

Sakala was a member of the Zambia under-20 team that won the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. He made his senior international debut in September 2017.

Club career

Early career

Sakala began his senior career in Zambia with Nchanga Rangers and Zanaco. [2] He helped Zanaco win the Zambia Super League in 2016. [3] In February 2017, he signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow, [4] after being invited for a trial at their training camp in Cyprus. [5] He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 23 March 2017, in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad. [6]

On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year contract with Belgian club KV Oostende. [7]

Rangers

On 4 May 2021, with his Oostende contract due to expire in the summer, Sakala signed a pre-contract agreement with Scottish Premiership club Rangers on a four-year deal. [8] On 31 July, he made his official debut in a 3–0 win over Livingston in the league. [9] On 31 October, he scored his first hat-trick for Rangers in a 6–1 league victory over Motherwell. [10] On 4 October 2022, Sakala made his UEFA Champions League debut as a substitute in a 2–0 away loss against Liverpool. [11]

Al-Fayha

On 8 August 2023, Sakala joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Fayha on a two-year contract. [12] [13]

International career

Youth level

Sakala played youth international football for Zambia at under-20 and under-23 levels. [14] He featured for the Zambia under-20 team that won the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, [15] scoring three goals at the tournament. [16] He also played for the under-20 team that reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring four goals in the tournament. [17] He scored seven goals in ten appearances in total at under-20 level. [14] Sakala played one game for the Zambia under-23 team, [14] against Nigeria at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. [18]

Senior level

Sakala made his debut for the senior Zambia national team on 2 September 2017, in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria, and was sent off for two bookings in the 56th minute. [19] [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 April 2024 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Spartak-2 Moscow 2016–17 Russian National League 40————40
2017–18 3110————3110
Total3510————3510
KV Oostende 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 24351——9 [lower-alpha 3] 2386
2019–20 28821———309
2020–21 281310——5 [lower-alpha 3] 33416
Total802482——14510231
Rangers 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 309532013 [lower-alpha 4] 0—5012
2022–23 291230405 [lower-alpha 5] 0—4112
Total59218360180—9124
Al-Fayha 2023–24 SPL 261320—8 [lower-alpha 6] 3—3616
Career total200681856026314526481
  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, Scottish Cup, King Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in Belgian Pro League European play-offs
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League

International

As of match played 24 January 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Zambia 201730
201830
201931
202040
202145
202240
202373
202440
Total329
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sakala goal. [22]
List of international goals scored by Fashion Sakala
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 June 2019 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–01–4 Friendly
210 October 2021 National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, ZambiaFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 1–01–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
313 November 2021National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, ZambiaFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 2–04–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
43–0
54–0
616 November 2021 Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–31–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification
723 March 2023 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, ZambiaFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1–13–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
817 October 2023 Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium, Al Hamriyah, United Arab EmiratesFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2–03–0Friendly
917 November 2023Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, ZambiaFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 3–24–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Zanaco

Rangers

Zambia U20

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