Chapters Godfrey Chitalu Ben Bamfuchile Kalusha Bwalya Patrick Phiri Zeddy Saileti Source Wikipedia Pages 28 Not illustrated Free updates online Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge Excerpt Godfrey Chitalu October 22 1947 April 27 1993 was a Zambian footballer who is regarded as the greatest Zambian player ever and is also believed to hold the national team goal scoring record Nicknamed Ucar Chitalu was a forceful and often temperamental target man who was Zambian footballer of the year a record four times and in 1972 rewrote the record books by scoring 107 goals in all competitions in a single season Upon retirement Chitalu took to coaching and was in charge of the Zambia national team when the entire squad perished in a plane crash off the coast of Gabon on April 27 1993 Chitalu was born in the Zambian Copperbelt town of Luanshya in a rough neighbourhood called Mikomfwa where youths got involved in various vices besides playing barefoot football It is believed that these early experiences helped shape his character He first tried his luck with local team Roan United in the mid 1960s but was ignored by the coaches and only got as far as the reserves Frustrated he packed his bags and headed for the neighbouring town of Kitwe where he joined Kitwe United in 1967 and soon started playing regularly for the team quickly became a crowd favourite at Buchi stadium As much as he was an exciting striker with an eye for goal Chitalus temperament and disciplinary record left much to be desired The young striker did all sorts of appalling things on the pitch arguing with referees punching and head butting opponents and at times erring teammates as well as spitting and hurling insults at them As a result he was often in bad books with football authorities earning himself a reputation as the bad boy More http booksllc net id 867071