Samuel Chomba

{{short description|Zambian footballer (1964-1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Samuel Chomba

| fullname =

| image =

| image_size =

| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1964|1|5}}

| birth_place = Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|4|27|1964|1|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Atlantic Ocean, off Gabon

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Defender

| clubs1 = Nkana Red Devils

| years1 = 1984–1987

| years2 = 1988–1982

| clubs2 = Kabwe Warriors

| years3 = 1993

| clubs3 = Dynamos

| nationalyears1 = 1988–1993

| nationalteam1 = Zambia

| nationalcaps1 = 20

| nationalgoals1 = 2

}}

Samuel Chomba (5 January 1964 – 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer who played as a defender. He was a member of the Zambia national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993.[http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 "Remember Gabon air victims on Heroes day"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112054552/http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=30&id=1083591281 |date=12 January 2005 }}

Career

Chomba played club football for Kabwe Warriors.

Chomba made several appearances for the Zambia national team and participated in the 1990 and 1992 African Cup of Nations finals. He also played for Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Career statistics

= International =

: As of match played 25 April 1993.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+Appearances and goals by national team and year

!National team

!Year

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="6" |Zambia

|1988

|3

|0

1989

|0

|0

1990

|1

|0

1991

|4

|1

1992

|8

|1

1993

|5

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!20

!2

: Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chomba goal.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of international goals scored by Samuel Chomba

! scope="col" |No.

! scope="col" |Date

! scope="col" |Venue

!Cap

! scope="col" |Opponent

! scope="col" |Score

! scope="col" |Result

! scope="col" |Competition

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

1.

| style="text-align:left;" |27 November 1991

| style="text-align:left;" |Mbale Municipal Stadium, Mbale, Uganda

|8

| style="text-align:left;" |{{fb|Zanzibar}}

| rowspan="2" |3–2

| rowspan="2" |3–2

|1991 CECAFA Cup

|{{Cite web |title=Zambia vs. Zanzibar 1991-11-27 |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/30853/Zambia_Zanzibar.html |website=National Football Teams}}

2.

|17 November 1992

|CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania

|15

|{{fb|ETH}}

|1992 CECAFA Cup

|{{Cite web |title=Zambia vs. Ethiopia 1992-11-17 |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/30853/Zambia_Zanzibar.html |website=National Football Tea,s}}

References

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