Evans Kangwa

Evans Kangwa

Kangwa playing for Hapoel Ra'anana in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-10-09) 9 October 1992
Place of birth Kasama, Zambia
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Gaziantepspor
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Nkana
2014–2015 → Hapoel Ra'anana (loan) 23 (4)
2015–2016 Hapoel Ra'anana 33 (11)
2016– Gaziantepspor 8 (3)
National team‡
2011– Zambia[1] 19 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 August 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Evans Kangwa (born 9 October 1992) is a Zambian international footballer who plays for Turkish club Gaziantepspor, as a striker.

Career

Club career

Born Kasama, Kangwa has played club football in Zambia for Nkana.[1] He scored two league goals during the 2010 season,[2] and one league goal during the 2011 season.[3] In December 2012, it was announced that Kangwa would join English club Watford on trial in January 2013.[4]

On 3 July 2014 he was loaned to Israeli club Hapoel Ra'anana[5]

International career

Kangwa played for the Zambian under-20 side, winning the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup in 2011.[6]

Kangwa made his senior debut for Zambia in 2011,[1] and was selected for the final 23-man squad at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[7][8] Kangwa did not appear at the tournament, with manager Hervé Renard stating he did not want to rush the youngster.[9][10][11]

In December 2014 he was named as part of Zambia's preliminary squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[12]

Honours

Nkana

Zambia

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans Kangwa at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Zambia 2010". RSSSF.
  3. ↑ "Zambia 2011". RSSSF.
  4. ↑ "Highly-rated Zambian striker Evans Kangwa 'honoured' to be joining Watford on trial". Watford Observer. 18 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Ra'anan Brenowski (3 July 2014). "Kangwa on loaned to Hapoel Ra'anana". Walla! sport.
  6. ↑ Emeka Enyadike (6 January 2012). "Evans Kangwa's big Afcon dream". Supersport.com.
  7. ↑ Kennedy Gondwe (10 January 2012). "Zambia's Given Singuluma dropped for Nations Cup". BBC Sport.
  8. ↑ "Teenage striker to feature for Zambia in African Cup". iZimbabwe.co.zw. 11 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Zambia coach Herve Renard will not rush Evans Kangwa at the 2012 Afcon". Goal.com. 30 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Renard will not rush Kangwa". Kickoff.com. 30 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "Renard considers Kangwa for Zambia". Soccerway. 30 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Nations Cup 2015: Katongo overlooked for Zambia squad". BBC Sport. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  13. 1 2 Evans Kangwa profile at Soccerway


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