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Full name | Kennedy Mweene [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 11 December 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lusaka, Zambia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
State House | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2003 | Lusaka Celtic | ||||||||||||||||
2004 | Lusaka Dynamos | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Kitwe United | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2013 | Free State Stars | 191 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2023 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 88 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 336 | (11) | |||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2004–2021 | Zambia | 122 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 July 2023 |
Kennedy Mweene (born 11 December 1984) is a retired Zambian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. On club level he spent most of his career in South African Premier Soccer League clubs Free State Stars and Mamelodi Sundowns. For the Zambia national team, he is the most capped player, having represented Zambia more than 120 times.
Renowned for his penalty-saving and penalty-taking skills, Mweene was arguably one of the best goalkeepers in Africa, winning the PSL Goalkeeper of the Season award (best player in the South African top division) in the 2008–09 season. He played for Free State Stars until the end of the 2012–13 season. On 27 June 2013, he agreed to a three-year deal with Mamelodi Sundowns. [2]
Mweene retired in July 2023. [3]
After being beaten from the spot by Samuel Eto'o at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, he went on to save every penalty he was presented with while playing for the Zambia national team. He was the first-choice goalkeeper for Zambia after making his debut in 2004 and was a participant at the 2006 African Nations Cup, 2008 African Nations Cup, 2010 African Nations Cup and the 2012 African Nations Cup. On 12 February 2012, Mweene kept a clean sheet during the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final and saved one penalty kick (as well as successfully converted his own) in the shootout to decide the game, which was eventually won by Zambia. He was chosen as the goalkeeper of the tournament. During the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Mweene converted a penalty kick, earning a 1–1 draw against Nigeria and also saved two penalties during the tournament. [4]
In 2015, Mweene participated in the sixth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, which was the 30th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations and was hosted by Equatorial Guinea from 17 January to 8 February 2015.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 25 January 2013 | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, South Africa | Nigeria | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations |
2 | 15 October 2014 | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia | Niger | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying |
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