Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miguel Changa Chaiwa | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 June 2004||
Place of birth | Luanshya, Zambia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Young Boys | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2019–2022 | Shamuel Academy | ||
2022 | → Atletico Lusaka (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Young Boys U21 | 19 | (0) |
2022– | Young Boys | 15 | (0) |
2024 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 14 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019–2020 | Zambia U17 | 9 | (1) |
2022– | Zambia | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024 |
Miguel Changa Chaiwa (born 7 June 2004) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Zambia national team.
A youth product of Shamuel Academy, Chaiwa joined the Zambian club Atletico Lusaka on loan in 2022. He transferred to the Swiss club Young Boys on 14 June 2022, signing a 4-year contract. [2]
On 14 February 2024, Chaiwa moved on loan to Schaffhausen. [3]
Chaiwa is a youth international for Zambia, having represented the Zambia U17s in 2019 and 2020. He debuted for the senior Zambia national team in a friendly 3–1 loss to Iraq on 20 March 2022. [4]
Chaiwa's father, Changa was also a professional footballer in Zambia. [5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Boys U21 | 2022–23 | Swiss Promotion League | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Swiss Promotion League | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
Total | 19 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 0 | |||||
Young Boys | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |||
Schaffhausen (loan) | 2023–24 | Swiss Challenge League | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
Career total | 48 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Zambia | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
2024 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
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