Nyambe Mulenga

Nyambe Mulenga

Personal information
Full name	Henry Nyambe Mulenga
Date of birth	August 27, 1987 (1987-08-27) (age 24)
Place of birth	Chingola, Zambia
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	ZESCO United F.C.
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006-2007	Forest Rangers	?	(3)
2008-	ZESCO United F.C.
National team‡
2006-2007	Zambia U-20	7	(0)
2008-	Zambia	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 August 2010

Henry Nyambe Mulenga (born 27 August 1987 in Chingola) is a Zambian footballer who currently plays in defence for ZESCO United F.C. in the Zambian Premier League.

Mulenga was part of the Zambian U-20 side which made the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.^[1] 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.^[2]

Domestically, the 2007 season saw him score three times for his club, despite missing 6 weeks on international duty. Following the relegation of his club, Forest Rangers, in 2007, he signed on with ZESCO United F.C. for the 2008 season.

Mulenga was called-up for the first time, to the national team as a late replacement for the first World Cup Qualifying match against Togo on May 31, 2008. A week later, he got his first international cap in a qualifying match against Swaziland as a substitute. The next match, Mulenga earned his first start in a 1-0 home win against the same team.

Nyambe Mulenga featured prominently in Zambia's stunning World Cup qualifying draw away to Egypt, holding the defending African champions to a single goal at home. Mulenga was reunited at centre-back with former U-20 compatriot Dennis Banda.

A knee injury in a friendly match versus Ghana in August 2009 kept Nyambe out of action for 6 months. After successful surgery on his ACL in India, he completed physiotherapy and regained his place in the Chipolopolo starting XI.

Notes and references

1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Squads". FIFA. 2007-06-30. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20071116160052/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/teams/team=1888307/squadlist.html. Retrieved 2007-12-05. 
2. ^ "Zambia surprise Uruguay, advance to quarters in Under20". Reuters. http://in.sports.yahoo.com/070708/137/6htgc.html. Retrieved 2007-12-05. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Nyambe Mulenga at National-Football-Teams.com
• 2007 Zambia results

Persondata
Name	Nyambe Mulenga, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	football player
Date of birth	27 August 1987
Place of birth	Chingola, Zambia
Date of death
Place of death