Benson Sakala

Benson Sakala
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mladá Boleslav
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Red Arrows
2015–2021 Power Dynamos
2021–2022 Viktoria Žižkov[1] 10 (0)
2022–2023 Viagem Příbram[2] 20 (1)
2023– Mladá Boleslav 40 (1)
International career‡
2015 Zambia U23 3 (0)
2015– Zambia 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2023

Benson Sakala (born 12 September 1996) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mladá Boleslav and the Zambia national team where he has been appointed captain ahead of 2023 AFCON qualifiers.[3]

On 6 July 2023 Sakala signed a two-year contract with Czech side Mladá Boleslav.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Profil hráče Benson Sakala". FK Viktoria Žižkov (in Czech). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Benson Sakala - Profil hráče". FK Viagem Příbram (in Czech). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Zambia – B. Sakala – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Mladá Boleslav uzavřela smlouvu se zambijským záložníkem Sakalou z Příbrami". Sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. Retrieved 6 July 2023.


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