James Chamanga

James Chamanga
Personal information
Date of birth	2 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Luanshya, Zambia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Red Arrows
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2002	Makumbi Stars
2002–2003	City of Lusaka
2003–2004	National Assembly
2005	→ Zanaco (loan)
2005–2006	Bush Bucks
2006–2007	Supersport United
2007–2008	Moroka Swallows
2008–2012	Dalian Shide
2013–2018	Liaoning
2019–	Red Arrows
International career
2005–2015	Zambia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2018

James Chamanga (born 2 February 1980) is a Zambian professional

striker for Red Arrows

.

Club career

Chamanga's goal against the

Bush Bucks signed him in 2005. After Bush Bucks were relegated in 2006 he signed with Supersport United

where he was the club's top goalscorer for the 2006–07 season.

Chamanga scored a record-breaking five goals for Swallows in a 6–2 league win against

Platinum Stars

on 9 December 2007. This included a hat-trick between the 20th and the 24th minute.

In April 2008, Chamanga moved to

Moroka Swallows in the previous season.^[1]

On 6 May 2012, Chamanga made his 100th league appearance for Dalian in a 4–1 home win against

hat-trick

in this match.

He scored 14 goals for

Liaoning Whowin

until 2018.

Chamanga suffered serious shoulder injuriy and fractured ribs when challenging for a header during the match against

Guizhou Hengfeng on 8 July 2017,^[3] but he recovered and decided to stay with team after its relegation to the China League One

.

On 6 July 2018, Liaoning Whowin announced that Chamanga would no longer playing for the team, but participate in team management instead, indicating his retirement.[4]

At the end of March 2019, Chamanga came out of retirement and signed a three-month contract with Red Arrows in Zambia.^[5]

International career

Chamanga made his international debut on 26 February 2005 against

South Africa

.

He was part of the Zambian

2006 African Nations Cup

team which finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He netted Zambia's opener against

2008 African Nations Cup) in the Chipolopolo's 3–0 win. Chamanga also scored Zambia's first goal at the 2006 African Nations Cup against Tunisia

.