Lucky Msiska

{{short description|Zambian footballer and manager (born 1960)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|03|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Northern Rhodesia

| height = 1.76 m{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

| position = Midfielder

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| clubs1 = Power Dyanmos

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| clubs2 = Roeselare

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| nationalyears1 = 1984–1990

| nationalteam1 = Zambia

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| manageryears1 = 2011

| managerclubs1 = Zambia U23

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Lucky Msiska (born 17 March 1960) is a Zambian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), Msiska played club football for local side Power Dynamos F.C. before signing with Belgian club K.F.C. Roeselare.{{cite web|publisher=Lusaka Times|title=Zambia: Msiska hopes to evoke spirit of '88|url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2010/06/09/msiska-hopes-evoke-spirit-88/|date=9 June 2010}}{{cite book|publisher=iUniverse|title=Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses|author=Sayela Walubita, Moses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVbs86NdLSEC&pg=PA5|isbn=978-1-4502-7911-6|page=2|year=2011}}{{cite web|publisher=Sports-reference.com|title=Lucky Msiska Bio, Stats, and Results|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ms/lucky-msiska-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065611/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ms/lucky-msiska-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=17 February 2014}}

Msiska played for the Zambia national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.{{cite web|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|title=Lucky Msiska Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ms/lucky-msiska-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065611/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ms/lucky-msiska-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=11 February 2010}} He also played for the senior side at the 1990 African Cup of Nations{{cite web|author=Barrie, Courtney|title=African Nations Cup 1990 - Final Tournament Details|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/90a-det.html|date=12 June 2009}} and appeared in several FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.{{FIFA player|54630}}

Managerial career

Following his playing career, Msiska became a manager of youth clubs in Belgium. He joined the technical staff of the Zambia national team in 2005.{{cite web|publisher=The Post (Zambia)|author=Mukoka, Augustine|title=I'm Happy to Be Associated With National Team - Msiska|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-134985996/im-happy-associated-national.html|date=5 August 2005}} Msiska also managed the Zambia national under-23 football team in the qualifiers for the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|publisher=SuperSport|title=Football is cruel - Msiska|url=http://www.supersport.com/football/article.aspx?Id=420115|date=4 June 2011}}

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