Hellings Mwakasungula

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Hellings Mwakasungula
Personal information
Full name Hellings Mwakasungula
Date of birth (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Lilongwe, Malawi
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Silver Strikers
Youth career
Silver Strikers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Silver Strikers ? (?)
2007–2008 Moroka Swallows 9 (0)
2009 Santos Cape Town 1 (0)
2009– Silver Strikers ? (?)
International career
2005–present Malawi 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hellings Mwakasungula (born 5 May 1980 in Lilongwe) is a Malawian footballer, who currently plays for Silver Strikers.[1]

International career[edit]

Mwakasungula was part of the Malawi national football team at 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[2] He scored a goal in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo on 9 July 2010.[3]

Football ban[edit]

In April 2019 he was one of four African former international footballers banned for life by FIFA due to "match manipulation".[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hellings Mwakasungula at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ The Standard Bank of South Africa > AFCON > AFCON 2010 tournament Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Mponda, Justice (10 July 2010). "Flames Hold Togo In Lome". Malawi Voice. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Former Sierra Leone captain Kargbo among African internationals banned for life by Fifa". BBC Sport. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.