Christopher John Banda

John Banda

Personal information
Full name	Christopher-John Banda
Date of birth	10 July 1974(1974-07-10)
Place of birth	Blantyre, Malawi
Date of death	6 September 2009(2009-09-06) (aged 35)
Place of death	Lilongwe, Malawi
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996-2001	MTL Wanderers	74	(20)
2001-2003	Big Bullets	41	(8)
2003-2009	Kuchekuche Stars	88	(25)
National team
1996-2009	Malawi	70	(23)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Christopher-John Banda (10 July 1974, Blantyre, Malawi - 6 September 2009) was an Malawian footballer.^[1]

Club career

• 1996-01: MTL Wanderers
• 2001-03: Big Bullets
• 2003-09: Kuchekuche Stars

International career

A long time member of the Malawi national football team, has competed for his national team from 1996^[2] and played his last three games 2009,^[3] his last international game was two days for his death against Guinea national football team.^[4]

Death

He collapsed in the game from his club Kuchekuche Stars against Man Tour in a qualifying game for Standard Bank Fam Cup and died later in the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe.^[5]

References

1. ^ Malawi player dies on the pitch
2. ^ Profile on national-football-teams.com
3. ^ John Banda - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
4. ^ Spielstatistik Malawi - Guinea 2:1 (0:1) - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
5. ^ Malawi player dies on pitch

Persondata
Name	Banda, Christopher John
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 July 1974
Place of birth	Blantyre, Malawi
Date of death	6 September 2009
Place of death	Lilongwe, Malawi