Evans Kangwa

Evans Kangwa
Personal information
Date of birth21 June 1994
Place of birthKasama, Zambia
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Hapoel Ra'anana
(on loan from Nkana)
Number11
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–Nkana
2014–Hapoel Ra'anana (loan)20(7)
National team
2011–Zambia[1]17(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Evans Kangwa (born 21 June 1994) is a Zambian international footballer who plays for Hapoel Ra'anana, on loan from Nkana, as a striker.

Career

Club career

Born Kasama, Kangwa has played club football in Zambia for Nkana.[1] He scored two league goals during the 2010 season,[2] and one league goal during the 2011 season.[3] In December 2012, it was announced that Kangwa would join English club Watford on trial in January 2013.[4]

On 3 July 2014 he was loaned to Israeli club Hapoel Ra'anana[5]

International career

Kangwa played for the Zambian under-20 side, winning the COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup in 2011.[6]

Kangwa made his senior debut for Zambia in 2011,[1] and was selected for the final 23-man squad at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[7][8] Kangwa did not appear at the tournament, with manager Hervé Renard stating he did not want to rush the youngster.[9][10][11]

In December 2014 he was named as part of Zambia's preliminary squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[12]

Honours

Nkana

Zambia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Evans Kangwa at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Zambia 2010". RSSSF.
  3. "Zambia 2011". RSSSF.
  4. "Highly-rated Zambian striker Evans Kangwa 'honoured' to be joining Watford on trial". Watford Observer. 18 December 2012.
  5. Ra'anan Brenowski (3 July 2014). "Kangwa on loaned to Hapoel Ra'anana". Walla! sport.
  6. Emeka Enyadike (6 January 2012). "Evans Kangwa's big Afcon dream". Supersport.com.
  7. Kennedy Gondwe (10 January 2012). "Zambia's Given Singuluma dropped for Nations Cup". BBC Sport.
  8. "Teenage striker to feature for Zambia in African Cup". iZimbabwe.co.zw. 11 January 2012.
  9. "Zambia coach Herve Renard will not rush Evans Kangwa at the 2012 Afcon". Goal.com. 30 January 2012.
  10. "Renard will not rush Kangwa". Kickoff.com. 30 January 2012.
  11. "Renard considers Kangwa for Zambia". Soccerway. 30 January 2012.
  12. "Nations Cup 2015: Katongo overlooked for Zambia squad". BBC Sport. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Evans Kangwa profile at Soccerway