Emment Kapengwe

Football player

1943 –

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Who is Emment Kapengwe?

Emment Kapengwe was one of Zambia’s leading footballers in the ‘60s and he represented the country at independence in October 1964. He was Kitwe United’s key player and among the first Zambians to play professional football abroad when he was signed by Atlanta Chiefs in the United States of America in 1967 together with Howard Mwikuta and Freddie Mwila. He became the first Zambian to play for an English club when he moved to Aston Villa together with Mwila two years later.

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Born
Apr 27, 1943
Broken Hill
Died
May 20, 2024

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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