Hellings Mwakasungula

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Hellings Mwakasungula
Personal information
Full name Hellings Mwakasungula
Date of birth (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth Lilongwe, Malawi
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Silver Strikers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2007 Silver Strikers
2007–2008 Moroka Swallows 9 (0)
2009 Santos Cape Town 1 (0)
2009 Silver Strikers
International career
2005–2019 Malawi 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hellings Mwakasungula (born 5 May 1980 in Lilongwe) is a Malawian former professional footballer. [1]

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International career

Mwakasungula was part of the Malawi national football team at 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. [2] He scored a goal in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo on 9 July 2010. [3]

Football ban

In April 2019 he was one of four African former international footballers banned for life by FIFA due to "match manipulation". [4]

References

  1. ↑ Hellings Mwakasungula at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ The Standard Bank of South Africa > AFCON > AFCON 2010 tournament Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Mponda, Justice (10 July 2010). "Flames Hold Togo In Lome". Malawi Voice. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Former Sierra Leone captain Kargbo among African internationals banned for life by Fifa". BBC Sport. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.


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