Emmanuel Mbola has jetted into Johannesburg to join the Zambia training camp.
The 19-year-old left back from FC Porto in Portugal landed at OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg at 08:30 on Monday.
Mbola’s arrival brings to 24 the players in camp preparing for the 2013 Africa Cup that will run from January 19 to February 10 in South Africa.
Expected next will be striker Jacob Mulenga of Dutch club FC Utrecht who is expected to join the team on January 6.
Emmanuel Mayuka from English Premiership club Southampton is expected join the team by January 9.
Meanwhile, Swaziland has rescinded on their decision to pull out of their January 5 friendly against Zambia due to operational reasons.
The friendly match will go ahead as earlier scheduled in Johannesburg.
Zambia kicks off its defence of the Africa Cup on January 21 against Ethiopia in both sides opening Group C match at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit.
Group C comprises of Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Zambia and Ethiopia.
more news is needed , how is the morale of players? who is fit? who looks nervous? who is not observing camp rules like kunyenganyenga etc
Waba pipe iwe mambala.
How do you verify the age of some of these boys?
There is no age limit in senior teams. Although the writer choose to review the age of Mbola.
test their born marrow
Some players have been stuck at the same age for years now, is it true that their age is also rebased?
you made my day. laughed aloud, if the BOZ rebased the kwacha by removing 000 then age rebasing of national team players is minus say 5 years.
@Bigboss you have made my night…….even the age is also rebased,coz the guy looks 30 or above
we’ve had a rebased hold of the champs cup for only a year instead of two.this tym we’l defend it to add a year.
Aka kachikalah,how lucky is he that his age has stalle? He doesn‘t grow old
Kakatupeleko naifwe chemical.already 2013 another year will be added
obviously the guy is above 20 . don’t even know why he insists on being a teenager
The guy doesnt insist on anything but the LT bloggers do.Please support your national team and we will make zambia proud.
And where is Sunzu?? LT this site though isn’t the best u could design… Is it a re-based site?
Mulekeni umwaiche, ala imwe!!!!!!!!!!!! Mwefikulu fyonse pa kaiche. Ifwe ichikalamba kuwina bola 5-1 against Burkina Faso. Everybody is at liberty to rebase thier age, grade, employment positions and statuses, marital statuses and many more. He is 19 years old, naimwe nga mulefwaya you can call yourselves 13 year olds, but remember we will catch you when you begin failling doing certain things at your rebased age…………………
So this boy was 16 years old at the AFCON held in Angola 2010. B*tch Please!
Mbola was 16 yrs at 2010 afcon he was the youngest player there. Bafikala just because muli fikulu alo tamwasungapo does not mean everyone is old. He has about 10 more years to make mula ngamulefwaya muikulike
On paper yes I believe you – he was 16 years!