Hellings Mwakasungula

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Hellings Mwakasungula
Personal information
Full name Hellings Mwakasungula
Date of birth (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Lilongwe, Malawi
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Silver Strikers
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–present Malawi 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hellings Mwakasungula (born 5 May 1980 in Lilongwe) is a Malawian footballer, who currently plays for Silver Strikers. [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]

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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.