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Godfrey Chitalu

1947 - 1993

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Godfrey Chitalu (22 October 1947 – 27 April 1993), nicknamed Ucar, was a Zambian footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as the greatest Zambian player of all time as he holds his national team's goalscoring record and was voted Zambian footballer of the year five times. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African footballers of the past 50 years. Chitalu is the all-time African men's top goal scorer in international football with 79 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Godfrey Chitalu is the 1,050th most popular soccer player (down from 718th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Zambia (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Zambian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 1,050 out of 21,273. Before him are Darko Pančev, Petar Nadoveza, Humberto Maschio, Lothar Emmerich, Manga, and Chieko Hase. After him are Franky Van der Elst, Ivan Hašek, José Pékerman, Luis Artime, Gino Colaussi, and Leopold Kielholz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 258. Before him are Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Emmylou Harris, Andréa Ferréol, Malcolm Ranjith, Nick Castle, and Charlie Hickcox. After him are Bogdan Tanjević, Theo de Jong, Soe Win, Mitch Mitchell, Peter Strauss, and Harry Redknapp. Among people deceased in 1993, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 98. Before him are Wilhelm Gliese, Kenneth E. Boulding, Mario Evaristo, Anna Sten, Felice Borel, and Euronymous. After him are Clarence Zener, Joseph Serchuk, Leo Löwenthal, Józef Czapski, Ugo Locatelli, and Wolfgang Lotz.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 6 out of 41. Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933), Kenneth Kaunda (1924), Stanley Fischer (1943), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (1948), and Levy Mwanawasa (1948). After him are Frederick Chiluba (1943), Edgar Lungu (1956), Michael Sata (1937), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Denise Scott Brown (1931).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Zambia

Among soccer players born in Zambia, Godfrey Chitalu ranks 1. After him are Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Christopher Katongo (1982), Emmanuel Mayuka (1990), Jacob Mulenga (1984), Enock Mwepu (1998), Guus Til (1997), Patson Daka (1998), Kennedy Mweene (1984), James Chamanga (1980), Emmanuel Mbola (1993), and Felix Katongo (1984).

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