Chisamba Lungu

Chisamba Lungu (born 31 January 1991) is a former Zambian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Nkwazi. He was Al so a Zambian international. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder and a winger.^[2]He is currently an assistant coach at Russian Club Vista’s academy.^[3]

Chisamba Lungu

Lungu with Ural in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kafue, Zambia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nkwazi
Youth career
2000–2007	Kafue Celtic
2007–2008	Zanaco
2009–2009	Kafue Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Baia Zugdidi	29	(1)
2010–2017	Ural Yekaterinburg	141	(7)
2017–2018	Alanyaspor	10	(1)
2018	Buildcon
2018–2020	Nkana
2020–2022	Zanaco
2022–	Nkwazi
International career‡
	Zambia U17[1]
2008	Zambia U20	5	(0)
2011–	Zambia U23	3	(0)
2010–	Zambia	45	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2017

Career

Lungu was born in Kafue, Zambia.

In August 2017, Lungu joined Alanyaspor on a three-year contract.^[4] He made his league debut for the club on 25 August 2017 in a 1–1 home draw with Kardemir Karabükspor. He was brought on in the 15th minute for an injured Isaac Sackey.^[5]

On 27 February 2018, Lungu returned to Zambia, signing with Buildcon.^[6]

In November 2018, Lungu signed for fellow Zambia Super League club Nkana.^[7]

Lungu joined Nkwazi in November 2022.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 January 2018^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Baia Zugdidi	2009–10	Georgian Premier League	29	1	2	0	-		31	1
Ural Yekaterinburg	2010	Football National League	8	0	0	0	-		8	0
	2011–12		18	0	1	0	-		19	0
	2012–13		17	2	1	1	-		18	3
	2013–14	Russian Premier League	22	0	1	0	-		23	0
	2014–15		24	1	1	0	2	0	27	1
	2015–16		18	1	0	0	-		18	1
	2016–17		29	3	4	0	-		33	3
	2017–18		5	0	0	0	-		5	0
	Total		141	7	8	1	2	0	151	8
Alanyaspor	2017–18	Süper Lig	10	1	3	0	-		13	1
Career total			180	9	13	1	2	0	195	10

International

Zambia
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	1	0
2011	1	0
2012	13	0
2013	9	0
2014	7	0
2015	7	0
2016	4	1
2017	3	0
Total	45	1

Statistics accurate as of match played 7 October 2017^[10]

International goals

As of match played 8 November 2016^[10]

Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lungu goal.

List of international goals scored by Chisamba Lungu

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	8 November 2016	Mandela National Stadium, Bweyogerere, Uganda	Uganda	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[11]

Honours

Ural

• Russian National Football League: 2012–13

Zambia

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2012