Beston Chambeshi

Beston Chambeshi
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-04-04) 4 April 1960
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)[1]
Club information
Current team
Zambia U20 (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Nkana
National team
1988 Zambia Olympics
Teams managed
2012–2013 Power Dynamos
2017 Nkana
2017– Zambia U20
2018 Zambia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Beston Chambeshi (born 4 April 1960) is a Zambian football coach and former player.

Playing career

Chambeshi played club football for Nkana.[2]

He represented Zambia at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Coaching career

He coached Zambian club side Power Dynamos from 2012 to 2013.[2] He became manager of the Zambian under-20 team in 2017,[2] and managed them at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3] He combined his role with that of club side Nkana, and he won the 2017 FAZ Coach of the Year Award.[4]

In May 2018, following the resignation of Wedson Nyirenda, he was appointed interim manager of the Zambian senior team.[5] He was replaced by Belgian manager Sven Vandenbroeck in July 2018.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. Beston ChambeshiFIFA competition record (archive)
  4. "Beston Chambeshi wins 2017 FAZ Coach of the Year Award". Lusaka Times. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. Kennedy Gondwe (24 May 2018). "Zambia national coach Wedson Nyirenda resigns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. Kennedy Gondwe (6 July 2018). "Zambia name Belgian Sven Vandenbroeck as new coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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