Eston Mulenga

Eston Mulenga
Personal information
Full name Eston Mulenga
Date of birth (1967-08-07)7 August 1967
Place of birth Zambia
Date of death 27 April 1993(1993-04-27) (aged 25)
Place of death Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1989 Green Buffaloes
1990–1993 Nkana Red Devils
International career
1988–1993 Zambia 35 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eston Mulenga (7 August 1967 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer and member of the national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993.[1]

Career

Mulenga played club football for Nkana F.C. in Zambia.[2]

Mulenga made several appearances for the Zambia national football team and participated in the 1990 and 1992 African Cup of Nations finals. He also played for Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 25 April 1993.[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Zambia 1988 4 0
1989 7 0
1990 8 1
1991 4 0
1992 7 0
1993 4 0
Total 35 1
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mulenga goal.[3]
List of international goals scored by Eston Mulenga
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 25 August 1990 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 18  Zimbabwe 3–1 3–1 Friendly [4]

References

  1. ^ "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day" Archived January 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Muere la selección de Zambia" [Zambian selection dies] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 29 April 1993.
  3. ^ a b "Eston Mulenga". National Football Teams.
  4. ^ "Zambia vs. Zimbabwe 1990-08-25". National Football Teams.


Flag of ZambiaSoccer icon

This biographical article related to Zambian association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.