President Levy Mwanawasa has described the late Zambia National Soccer team player, Chaswe Nsofwa, who died in Israel last week, as a great loss to the nation.
Nsofwa died on Wednesday last week after he collapsed during a training session of
second division team, Hapoel Beersheva, for which he was playing.
In a message of condolences, signed by his Special Assistance for Press and Public
Relations, President Mwanawasa said Nsofwa was a rising football star, whose future
was bright.
The message of condolences has been sent to Nsofwa’s family and the Football
Association of Zambia (FAZ).
Mr. Mwanawasa said he learnt with deep sense of shock and grief the sudden death of
Nsofwa who died on Wednesday last week.
“On behalf of the government, the people of Zambia and indeed on my own behalf, I
convey our heartfelt condolences to his wife, children and family,” he said.
The President said, despite being a valuable member of the national team, Nsofwa
would be remembered for having been in the Under-20 Zambian side that reached the
semi-finals of the 1999 Africa Youth Cup, the FIFA world Youth cup hosted by
Ghana/Nigeria.
He was also part of the under-20 team that won the 1999 COSAFA Championship in South Africa.
Mr. Mwanawasa said the death of Nsofwa was a great blow, not only to Zambian
football, his family and children, but to the Zambian nation as a whole.
Meanwhile, Nsofwa’s body has arrived in the country for burial. He was in Israel
pursuing his professional carrier in football with the second division side, Hapoel
Beersheva.
we will miss miller mwaiche wandi .may your soul rest in peace.
Black Leopards player dies in crash
September 06 2007 at 09:43AM
The Black Leopards Football Club has confirmed that full-back Fernando Matola was killed in an accident over the weekend. Brand manager Tshifhiwa Thidiela on Thursday said Matola was travelling from Makhado in Limpopo to Mozambique where he was scheduled to represent his country in a match against Tanzania.
The Mozambican national, his wife and two children were together at the time of the accident and were all burned beyond recognition, he said. “It is a sad loss… he was a family-orientated guy and was player of the season for two seasons in a row,” Thidiela said. Further details on the accident were not immediately available. It was reported on Mozambique state radio that the car the family was travelling in veered off the road and hit a tree. Thidiela said the team were receiving counselling to help them deal with the loss of their team-mate. “He had such a big influence on the team,” he added.
Family of the dead footballer and representatives of the Mozambique national football association had travelled to South Africa to repatriate his body.
The 25 year old soccer player started his soccer career at Mozambican side Costa do Sul in 1998 before joining the South African side in 2003.
He was expected to be part of the Mozambique national team, Mambas, playing against Tanzania over the weekend in Dar es Salaam in a run up to the Ghana CAN 2008 qualifiers. – Sapa
Hey people what is happening to the players. Three players dying in a spate of two weeks, Chaswe, Gift Leremi, and now Fenando Matola from Mozambique who died miserably. OOh God help us.
Zambia shall overcome.All SA based bloggers let us meet in capetown.All we need is at least a 2 – 1 win and we are in Ghana.