Kalusha Bwalya

Kalusha Bwalya

Kalusha Bwalya is a former Zambian International footballer, footballer coach and current president of the Football Association of Zambia. He is Zambia's second most capped player after Joseph Musonda, second all-time top goalscorer behind Godfrey Chitalu, and is regarded as the greatest Zambian footballer of all time. He was named African Footballer of the Year in 1988 by the magazine France Football and was nominated for the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year where he was voted the 12th-best player in the world, the first to be nominated after playing the entire year for a non-European club. His older brother Benjamin Bwalya played professional football, and his younger brother Joel Bwalya also played for the Zambia national football team. His cousin is former Cardiff City and Welsh national football team international Robert Earnshaw.

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