Simon Bwalya

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Simon Bwalya
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-02-25) 25 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kansanshi Dynamos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006 Lusaka Dynamos
2007–2013 Power Dynamos
2014–2019 Nkana
2019– Kansanshi Dynamos
International career
2009–2010 Zambia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:18, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:18, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Simon Bwalya (born 25 February 1985) is a Zambian international footballer who plays for Kansanshi Dynamos, as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Lusaka, Bwalya has played for Lusaka Dynamos, Power Dynamos and Nkana. [1]

He earned 5 caps for Zambia between 2009 and 2010. [1]

In December 2019, Bwalya joined Kansanshi Dynamos. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Simon Bwalya". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. Festus Mbewe joins Kansanshi to take the number of new players at Kansanshi to seven, futaa.com, 31 December 2019