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Kalusha Bwalya

1963 - Today

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Kalusha Bwalya (born 16 August 1963) is a Zambian former professional footballer. He is Zambia's eighth-most capped player and third on the list of all-time top goalscorers behind Godfrey Chitalu and Alex Chola. Kalusha was named African Footballer of the Year in 1988 by the magazine France Football and was nominated for the 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year where he was voted the 12th-best player in the world, the first to be nominated after playing the entire year for a non-European club. His older brother Benjamin Bwalya played professional football, and his younger brother Joel Bwalya also played for Zambia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Kalusha Bwalya is the 3,351st most popular soccer player (down from 1,969th in 2024), the 13th most popular biography from Zambia (down from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Zambian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kalusha Bwalya ranks 3,351 out of 21,273. Before him are Slaviša Jokanović, Emiko Kubo, Koldo Aguirre, Carl-Erik Holmberg, José Luis Panizo, and Rubén Paz. After him are Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Gérard Delbeke, Tim Howard, Marco Delvecchio, Pierre Allemane, and Miloš Krasić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Kalusha Bwalya ranks 305. Before him are Toru Sano, Gabriele Reinsch, Michael McElhatton, Taki Inoue, Jean-Marc Vallée, and Kevin Smith. After him are Dylan Walsh, Mohamed Ould Bilal, Hans Gillhaus, Tracey Emin, Fernando Haddad, and Gamal Mubarak.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Kalusha Bwalya ranks 13 out of 41. Before him are Frederick Chiluba (1943), Edgar Lungu (1956), Michael Sata (1937), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Denise Scott Brown (1931). After him are Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), Guy Scott (1944), Dambisa Moyo (1969), Gillian Cowley (1955), Samuel Matete (1968), and Janny Sikazwe (1979).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Zambia

Among soccer players born in Zambia, Kalusha Bwalya ranks 2. Before him are Godfrey Chitalu (1947). After him are Christopher Katongo (1982), Emmanuel Mayuka (1990), Jacob Mulenga (1984), Enock Mwepu (1998), Guus Til (1997), Patson Daka (1998), Chaswe Nsofwa (1978), Kennedy Mweene (1984), James Chamanga (1980), and Emmanuel Mbola (1993).

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