Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henry Nyambe Mulenga [1] | ||
Date of birth | August 27, 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Chingola, Zambia | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | ZESCO United F.C. | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Forest Rangers | ||
2008–2017 | ZESCO United F.C. | ||
2014 | → Power Dynamos F.C. (loan) | ||
International career‡ | |||
Zambia U20 | |||
2008–2015 | Zambia | 38 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2015-04-01 [2] |
Henry Nyambe Mulenga (born 27 August 1987 in Chingola) is a Zambian former footballer.
Nyambe Mulenga started his career for Forest Rangers, before signed in December 2007 for ZESCO United F.C. [3] In April 2014 left ZESCO United F.C. and joined to League rival Power Dynamos F.C. on a season long loan deal. [4]
He last played in the defence for ZESCO United F.C. in the Zambian Premier League, before on 20 January 2017 retired. [5]
Mulenga was part of the Zambian U-20 side which made the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. [6] He is a physical central defender, supported by the notion he was suspended for two of the four games Zambian played in the tournament, due to red card accumulation. [7]
In December 2014 he was involved in a road accident, breaking his leg. [8]
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